UAS Capabilities Groups Qualifications

What is the max weight for a group 1 UAS?

20 pounds

What is the max weight for a group 2 UAS?

55 pounds

Provide an example of a fixed wing UAV

RQ-11 Raven

Provide an example of a rotary UAV

DJI Phantom 4

Provide an example of a not stabilized UAV

FPV Drone

Provide an example of a soldier born system

Reconnaissance

Name the 7 fundamentals of reconnaissance

GORRDDE Gain and maintain enemy contact, Orient on the reconnaissance objective, Report all information rapidly and accurately, Retain freedom of maneuver, Do not keep reconnaissance assets in reserve, Develop the situation rapidly, Ensure continuous reconnaissance

Name the types of reconaissance

Area, Zone, Special, Reconaissance in force

Name the 4 lines of a SALT report

Size, Activity, Location, Time

Name the 3 main types of insurgents

Guerillas, Insurgents, Criminals

What part of the intelligence cycle are we usally in?

Collection

What are the 4 tempos of reconnaissance?

Forceful, Stealthy, Delibrate, Rapid

Name two course that qualify an sUAS operator as a master tariner

Aviation Center of Excelence (AVCOE), Instructor Operator Course, Manever Center of Excellence (MCOE), SUAS Mater Trainer Course

What is the differnce a unit master trainer and a master trainer?

The Unit trainer is trained and evaluated to fill the roles and duties of an MT but has not graduated one of the approved MT courses and have been appointed by their OTP commander

True or False, Unit trainers may conduct initial license training without supervision of a master trainer

False

How many levels of Blooms Taxonomy are there?

4

What are the levels of Blooms Taxonomy?

Rote, Understanding, Application, Correlation

Name the characteristics of learning

Learning is purposeful, learning is multifacted, learning is an active process, learning is a result of experience

What are the 6 elements of call for fire

Observer identification, warning order, target location, target description, method of engagement, method of fire and control

Is a call for fire a request or an order?

Request

What does MTO stand for?

Message to observer

What does FDC stand for?

Fire direct center

What are the main types of missions?

Fire for affect, adjust fire, supress, immediate supression, immediate smoke

What are the main methods of target locations?

Grid, Laser grid, Polar plot, Laser plot, Shift from a known point

What are the fundementals of security?

Maintain enemy contact, orient on the protected force, area, or facility to be secured, provide early and accurate warning, provide reaction time and maneuver space, perform continuous reconnaissance

What are the types of security?

Screen, Guard, Cover, Area

What is the differnce between recon and security?

Recon is focused on enemy, security is focused on the protected body

Describe a security screen

A type of security operation that provides early and accurate warning to the maain body

Describe the gaurd type of security

A type of security operation done to protect the main body by fighting to gain time while preventing the enemy ground observation and direct fire against the main body

Describe the cover type of security

A type of security operation done independently from the main body to protect them by fighting to gain time while preventing enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body

What does MET-TC stand for?

Mission, Enemy, Terrain and Weather, Time, Troops available, Civillian factors

Name the “Crew action, duties, and responsibilities“

Modes of flight, emergency actions, mission considerations, egress procedures, actions to be performed by the vehicle operator

How could weather affect how you plan sUAS missions?

Wind, visibility, rain, humidity, cloud cover can all push you out of you aircrafts’s limitations

When must a crew mission brief be conducted?

Mission crew breifing must happen before every flight

How many tables are there during initial licensing training?

6

What is table 6 of initial licensing training?

Mission Certification

How many steps are in the risk mangement process?

5

What are the steps of the risk management process?

=Identify assess, develop controls and make risk decisions, implemenrt controls, supervise and evaluate

Name ways to identify hazards during risk management

Experience, Historical data, Intuitive Analysis, Judgement

Name the accident cause factors

Human, Enviroment, Material Failure

When can an operator be redesignated

An operator can be re-designated on a platform or mision-level status for a training defiency at the discretin of the unit commander. The operator must be re-trained on all deficienies or if they have not flown within the previous 180 days.

What does army regulation 95-1 cover?

Flight regulations

What does TC 3-04.1-2 cover

sUAS Operator training program

How many classes of incidents are there?

5, A, B, C, D, E

What is a 3000 Level task?

3000 level Tasks are Mission Specific Tasks created at the unit level and become part of the OTP

What must an addintional task include

Task number and title, conditions, standards, description, considerations, requirements for training/evaluation, refrences

What are task conditions.

The condition statement specifies the circumfrances under which the task must be performed and identifies and initating cue or triggering circumstances that lets the operator know how to acomplish the task. It also lists materials, equipment, and personnel required for task accomplishment.

What are the 3 ways tasks can be trained or evaluated?

Live flight, simulator flight, academically

What does LAO stand for?

Local are orientation

What should be included in a LAO?

Include the misison planning procedures (location of maps and other flight planning aids) and the airspace operations. The breifing should include how to obtain maps, how to obtain weather, range information and layout, frequencies and access phone numbers, and a review of the airspacve in the local area