South River High – Honors Unmanned Aerial Systems (STEM) \[FY\] 0.5/sem
Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester
This course is a yearlong exploration of the field of Unmanned Aerial Systems. Students will be exposed to this exciting STEM career field that is poised to create more than 70,000 new American jobs in the first three years following the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into U.S. national airspace system (NAS). Integration is scheduled to take place in 2015. Beyond the first three years, the study projects that more than 100,000 new jobs will be created by 2025. In this course students will build, program, and operate an UAS, Unmanned Aerial System. Starting with the basics of what is a UAS and how they work and the tasks they can complete. Emphasis on systems components — parts, Theory of Control Loop automation, FC Software, Communications technologies, Ground Station Mission planning, Flight (Stabilize/Acro, Auto) and First-Person View will be taught through presentations, demonstrations, laboratory work (build an ArduCopter UAS), flight training (simulator and actual) challenges, and a final flight mission challenge.
Prerequisites: Honors Systems Science A and B and Aeronautics I & II
Grades: High School (9-12)
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