HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Aviation Academy signed an MoU with ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) to provide advanced training for drone pilots.
The aviation academy’s CEO, SN Reddy, and NRSC Director Prakash Chauhan signed the agreement in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, and ISRO Chairman S Somanath at the Secretariat on Wednesday.
As part of the agreement, training on drone piloting, drone data management, and data analysis will be provided. A 15-day training course on data analysis, data processing, and mapping will be conducted for NRSC scientists and drone pilots at the academy.
Meanwhile, officials from the aviation academy’s requested Revanth to allocate land to develop an exclusive facility for training drone pilots in Hyderabad.
They highlighted the inconvenience of providing training at RGIA due to increasing air traffic. In response, the chief minister inquired with officials about the land requirement for establishing a drone port and other infrastructure facilities.
The drone port will be useful for pilot training as well as conducting trials by drone manufacturing companies. Revanth instructed officials to identify 20 acres of land required for the establishment of a drone port at the Pharma City.
Revanth also directed officials to take steps for the renovation of Warangal airport. He suggested consulting the Airport Authority of India to establish an airport in the surroundings of Kothagudem and Bhadrachalam areas.