ConnectED: Connecting Higher Education to Business
Joe Riehle of Sinclair Community College preps the Vireo Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for a flight at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport.
Sinclair Leading the Way in UAS Training and Education Community colleges play a vital role in training workers and in linking businesses to the human talent they need to grow and excel. Sinclair Community College has become a nationally recognized leader in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) by collaborating with the Dayton Development Coalition (DDC) to establish the UAS Training and Certification Center and meet the future demands of this growing industry. Sinclair’s Board of Trustees recently committed an additional $1.4 mil lion to UAS to ensure that the college has the resources it needs to move forward with its phased and deliberate plan to emerge as a national UAS leader. A study presented at the annual Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) 2013 Conference in August has forecast
an increase in spending that will double annually to more than $90 billion over the next 10 years. With a robust history in aviation technology and development, and the proximity to WrightPatterson Air Force Base, the Dayton region is primed to become a destination of choice for UAS research, training and manufacturing. Understanding that a well-trained workforce is vital to attracting businesses and driving economic development, Sinclair has been working with key industry and government organizations to develop a UAS program that meets the demands Susam, nost, of this saperovid evolving quam faciasitatur field. alit Sinclair’s focus is on exero commercial beaque lam, applications quam, corroof corpos iur, UAS, from precision sundae agriculture nobitatque andsunto geographic dolore nimil idus information systems to disaster repe ped response magnimp erciur, and nonseq search-and-rescue operations.
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