The drone officer

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Operation of unmanned weapons systems – this name is simply a fresh specialty at the Naval Academy. The studies are addressed to future naval officers, who will learn in 5 years, among others, how to plan and carry out drone missions. The recruiting has just begun.

– Unmanned systems For almost 10 years. Now we're taking the next step, which is completely natural. Especially as the request for specialists with this kind of cognition in the Polish army is increasing rapidly," emphasised kmdr hab. Piotr Szymak, Head of the Department of Ship Automation in Naval Academy.

The fresh specialty will be launched in the direction of automation and robotics. It will be addressed to future naval officers. Five-year studies, which may be attended by mid-school graduates with a passed M.A., will prepare for command by sub-chapters where sea drones are used. During lectures and exercises, podchorzeż will learn about the construction, operation and operation of various types of unmanned vehicles equipped with the Polish navy. They will adopt procedures, but besides extended cognition of how to plan and conduct missions utilizing specified systems, and then analyse the data collected during them. Students will yet effort their hand at... designing sea drones. – We will effort to stimulate creativity and an unspeakable way of thinking. The experience of the war in Ukraine indicates that in order to accomplish success in the contemporary battlefield, 1 frequently needs to go beyond the diagrams – noted kmdr dr hab. Szymak.

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The fresh specialty on AMW will be launched in October. Meanwhile, recruitment has already begun. Those willing to registry first on the portal “Become a soldier of Poland”, apply for appointment in a military recruitment centre assigned to his locality and undergo intellectual and medical examinations. The next step is registration in the online recruitment strategy of the Gdynia university and the approach to preliminary examinations. These will be carried out in July. “For studies in the operation of unmanned weapons systems, we intend to take 15 people,” says Dr. Szymak. Candidates must legitimize their Polish citizenship, with a degree and a certificate of unpunishedness. The condition for admission to the university is besides good physical condition.

Military drone studies are an crucial novelty in AMW. It forms part of the vast changes that the army undergoes. Last January it was established drone commandand subsequent systems appear in each kind of armed force. It's no different in the Navy. Here. The most vehicles have mine forces at their disposal. specified devices are primarily utilized by crews of Kormoran II ships, but besides trawlers. – Both autonomous vehicles and remote-controlled vehicles revolutionize marine activities. They supply us with the ability to patrol, probe, inspect or combat the mines and defend critical infrastructure, as stated by Lieutenant Grzegorz Lewandowski, spokesperson for the 8th Coast Defence Fleet in Świnoujście. Unmanned submarines frequently replace sailors in high-risk missions, even erstwhile neutralizing mines.

Z Unmanned vehicles are besides utilized by ship crews hydrographic and submarine combat units. In the first case, drones map the seabed, in the second 1 – they aid train the search and combat of submarines.

Łukasz Zalesinski
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