Three Words ... Unmanned Robot Planes
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Located at the Thief River Falls Regional Airport, Northland’s aviation campus features 86,000 square feet of training area and cutting edge equipment and facilities.
Completion of the AMT program and Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) certification will take students approximately 20 months. This certification is a pre-requisite for UAS certification, which requires another semester of coursework to complete approximately 23 additional credits. Students in the UAS program will also earn their Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) certification, graduating with a total of three certifications (A&P, UAS, and AET) in just two years! A Wind Turbine certification program is currently being developed. All students completing the UAS Maintenance Technician training program will receive comprehensive step-by-step job placement support, ensuring a fulfilling, profitable career in an industry that is growing quickly.
Northland is the first school in the nation to offer Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Maintenance Training. UAS are aircraft that can function without the presence of a human flight staff onboard. UAS provide a safe option for a variety of military and civil situations that are determined too dangerous for a manned aircraft. UAS have a wide variety of military, civic, and commercial applications, including intelligence, border management, security, search and rescue, forest fire monitoring, land and sea traffic monitoring, weather, agriculture management, freight, pipeline and power line monitoring, and more.
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