General Atomics to train foreign military UAV operators in North Dakota

General Atomics has confirmed its plan to set up a training academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota to teach foreign military operators of the MQ-9.

Photo: Cpl Mark Webster/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

The company signed a 10-year lease agreement for the five-and-a-half acre complex, which can train up to 60 flight crews per year.

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