Israeli High School Offers UAV Studies

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The Ort IAI school offers special UAV studies for high school students, studies which have already attracted global attention.

Over the years the two traditional specializations offered by the school were aviation mechanics and electronics and devices. These are the two traditional support specializations in aviation – military or civilian. In the last couple of years a third option joined its two older siblings – unmanned aerial vehicles, with graduates later serving in the Israeli Air Force UAV support units.

The school prepares its students for their IDF service, perhaps even for a civilian career later in the Israel Aerospace Industry. Graduates receive an engineering certification before their military enlistment, with top students having the option to study for two more years as IDF technical reservists.

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The students come from all over Israel, studying five days a week between eight a.m. And four p.m. The studies focus on practical applications, with students vising the IAF Palmachim base regularly and attending workshops at the IAI Malat Division. One of the highlights is actual UAV taxying, takeoff and landing at Malat’s Ein Shemer facility. The new classes proved very popular and the screening processes are thorough. Currently all of the students are male, although many of the IDF’s aviation support technicians are female.

Principal Yehuda Horev explained that the school, a part of the Ort network, cooperates with the IDF, IAI and the Ministry of Economy. According to Horev Economy Minister Naftali Bennet visited the school last week and lauded that cooperation. “We’re proud to offer studies that are considered among the best technical studies in Israel and proud that our top student this year is a member of the Ethiopian community in Lod. Our UAV studies advance Ort IAI to the forefront of technology.”