How to Develop a World Beating FPV Drone Capability

The Warfighter Podcast, and Karl Eze, are back for another episode of a special mini-season looking at First Person View (FPV) drones and their impact in the modern battlefield.

Karl, who formally served with the British Army and is now the founder of a company that specialises in the development and deployment of unmanned systems, is back to dive a bit deeper into the challenges and opportunities around the FPV capability. 

He discusses with Colin and Tom about how FPV racing can support a lot of the lines of development required by militaries to successfully adopt this emerging technology.

In a wide ranging conversation, we get down into the weeds of how defence needs to develop skills and competencies, whilst exploring the real world capabilities of FPV drones. We also discuss recruitment, and explore how this technology might affect future orbats for fighting forces.

Naturally, some push back can be expected to any new technology. Karl discusses some of the objections commonly shared in this field, as well as the arguments to combat them.

What is clear is that the technology can’t be ignored, but there is a lot of work to be done to understand how best to employ this capability. What is fascinating is the sport of FPV drone racing has a lot of synergies to what defence is trying to do in this space, not least as a mechanism to drive understanding, showcase operational capability and foster the skills and experience that will be vital for successful deployment.

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Military Simulation & Training (MS&T) magazine has proudly signed up to be the exclusive media partner of The Warfighter Podcast, a brand-new simulation and training series that provides insight into the future being built by militaries and government agencies around the world.

The show is co-hosted by Tom Constable, a former British Army Officer turned technology entrepreneur, and ex-British Royal Navy officer Colin Hiller.

MS&T special correspondent Andy Fawkes is also a regular guest, providing a digest of the recent modelling & simulation news, with some discussion around the more interesting trends.