{"id":24293,"date":"2022-12-12T17:03:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=24293"},"modified":"2022-12-12T17:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:03:18","slug":"frontier-precision-unmanned-donates-50000-in-drones-to-support-aerox-workforce-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/frontier-precision-unmanned-donates-50000-in-drones-to-support-aerox-workforce-programs\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Frontier Precision Unmanned Donates $50,000 in Drones to Support AeroX Workforce Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; Frontier Precision Unmanned\u2019s Cole Martz (third from right) poses with AeroX President Basil Yap (far right), AeroX STEM partner Donald Sweeper (center) and Sweeper\u2019s students after donating drones to AeroX. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measurement technology provider Frontier Precision Unmanned\nhas donated two drones valued at $50,000 to AeroX to support its STEM and\nworkforce development initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drones will be used in two new AeroX programs that\nprepare high school and college students for jobs and careers in the\nfast-growing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS, or drones) sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis generous gift will be invaluable in helping young\npeople in this community gain the experience they need to qualify for new high-paying\njobs we expect to attract through AeroX\u2019s work. We applaud and thank Frontier\nPrecision Unmanned for playing a leadership role in helping us propel our\nworkforce and our economy,\u201d said Donald Sweeper, drone aviation and\nanimatronics engineering educator, who serves as AeroX\u2019s STEM\/Workforce\ndevelopment coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGiving back to the community and younger generation is a\nbig part of what Frontier Precision Unmanned and myself want to be a part of.\nThis donation will give students the resources for UAS experience,\u201d said Cole\nMartz, UAV operator \u2013 sales and services support specialist for Frontier\nPrecision Unmanned. Martz previously worked as a UAS operator for UPS Flight\nForward and was integrally involved in advancing its path-breaking drone medical\npackage deliveries, routinely operating across the Atrium Health Wake Forest\nBaptist campus since 2020. As a specialist with Frontier Precision Unmanned,\nMartz has been an active supporter of local unmanned aviation youth camps,\noffering demonstrations and talking with students about unmanned aviation\ncareer opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frontier Precision Unmanned has donated a Delair UX11 PPK\nmapping drone used widely in the construction and environmental industries to\ncreate two-dimensional and three-dimensional maps of targeted areas. The second\ndrone, a DJI Matrice 210 RTK, is commonly used for inspecting infrastructure\nand structures of any kind, as well as taking pictures of accident and incident\nscenes to provide situational awareness for public safety agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AeroX will use the drones for two STEM initiatives under\ndevelopment for summer 2023 \u2013 a summer internship program for students enrolled\nin Elizabeth City State University\u2019s aviation science bachelor\u2019s degree\nprogram, under a recently signed partnership agreement, and a program that will\nprovide training and work experience for high school students to prepare them\nfor jobs as UAS operators upon graduation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Frontier Precision Unmanned\u2019s Cole Martz (third from right) poses with AeroX President Basil Yap (far right), AeroX STEM partner Donald Sweeper (center) and Sweeper\u2019s students after donating drones to AeroX. Measurement technology provider Frontier Precision Unmanned has donated two drones valued at $50,000 to AeroX to support its STEM and workforce development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,116,53,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-front-page-slider","category-north-carolina","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AeroX_FP-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24295,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293\/revisions\/24295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}