The British Army wants better drone pilots, so it makes them learn ‘the hardest way to fly’

The British Army is training future drone operators to fly manually without flight aids or GPS to make them better pilots, a commander involved in the efforts told Business Insider.

Lt. Col. Matt Keogh said at a UK defense industry exhibition last week that Britain has acquired more than 10,000 drones in the last year through the Project Rapstone rapid procurement initiative.

Most of these drones are for training purposes, not conflict. Because drone warfare technology and tactics change so quickly, as the Ukraine war has demonstrated, Rapstone doesn’t buy large numbers of the newest products, which may become obsolete in a matter of weeks or…

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