Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Selects Top Drone Pilots in the Public Sector

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 2nd that it held the '2020 Public Sector Drone Piloting Competition' at the Siheung Drone Education and Training Center in Gyeonggi Province.

The drone piloting competition was held as part of the performance presentation of the public sector drone pilot workforce development project. Institutions participating in pilot training competed in drone operation skills by field.

Since 2018, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has been conducting a drone pilot workforce development project targeting employees of national, local governments, and public institutions, including customized on-site specialized training, to promote the introduction and utilization of drones in the public sector.

In 2019, pilot training and mission-specialized courses were conducted in 10 fields such as defense, security, environment, safety, and surveying. This year, the training fields are continuously expanding to include structure inspection, illegal activity tracking and monitoring, and water resource management.

In this drone piloting competition, a total of 40 teams and over 100 participants from 20 institutions that took part in public sector drone pilot workforce training competed in four fields: structure inspection, search and exploration, cadastral survey, and natural environment management.

In the structure inspection field, the results of inspecting defects in facilities using bridges, tunnels, and intersections installed at the drone education and training center were evaluated.

The search and exploration field evaluated object identification at vertical identification points and obstacle navigation, while cadastral survey assessed ground control point photography and video post-processing capabilities.

For the competition awards, one grand prize team, one excellence award team, and one encouragement award team were selected in each of the four fields. The grand prize teams received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award, and the excellence and encouragement award teams received the Korea Transportation Safety Authority Chairman's Award.

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