The Vidar Group, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Enterprise comprised of present and former army operators, will present assist to the Royal Netherlands Air Drive Aircrews’ Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Coaching.

The Vidar Group makes use of workers with {qualifications} akin to Joint Terminal Assault Controllers (JTAC) from the U.S. Air Drive, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Military, and U.S. Navy to offer sensible, live-fly coaching missions, aircrew flight simulation situations, formal classroom instruction, and radio communication coaching to its world prospects. Since 2017, The Vidar Group has skilled 100S of Governments and Army Aircrews from across the globe, enabling them to be uniquely certified for real-world missions following coaching.

“Our staff takes nice delight in working straight with every buyer, guaranteeing they’ve the information and understanding to execute their function within the struggle. Most aircrews will merely conduct ISR missions, however those that get tossed into a fancy, multi-role, kinetic mission, we would like them to know how they supply worth,” mentioned CEO/Founder Wes Shover. “Our staff is aware of they impression actual missions and our function right here is extraordinarily vital to everybody at Vidar.”

The Vidar Group has turn out to be an integral a part of the growth at Grand Sky Enterprise Park, giving entry to a few of the most gifted subject material specialists in a location exceptionally conducive for RPA missions. By working with native landowners within the surrounding space, Vidar provides aircrews a reside simulation of missions they’ll see sooner or later. North Dakota serves as a superior location to simulate austere environments, arctic situations, and even barren terrain.

“Our staff has utilized RPAs, fighter plane, bombers, and different shut air assist (CAS) belongings for greater than 20 years within the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa and different areas around the globe in austere, harmful wartime missions. We all know how you can practice like we struggle, and we additionally know how you can practice like we might want to struggle sooner or later,” Shover mentioned. “We love our job and our mission right here, and we perceive our worth in getting ready the brand new and veteran aircrews for what’s coming.” Hinting at what the corporate is aimed to do with the U.S. Air Drive MQ-9 Reaper Program quickly.

The Vidar founders and workers come from a various post-9/11 background, hailing from the unique MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper coaching applications which have been conducting this form of coaching since 2008 at bases in New Mexico and Nevada. Vidar coaching crews draw their expertise from different applications such because the MC-12W Venture Liberty Program, contract CAS coaching, and a wide range of army unmanned plane automobile (UAV) applications within the U.S. and deployed areas.

“Our staff comes from all branches of service and from everywhere in the world to Grand Forks to organize the following era of aircrews. It’s a good spot to be, on the middle of all issues unmanned – the Silidrone Valley,” Shover mentioned. “Grand Forks is the proper place to be if you wish to practice with the most effective.”