Welcome

Thank you for visiting Drones Give Back, a Nevada-based non-profit drone training organization focused on providing Military Veterans with drone pilot skills and drone application/business training. If you are a Military Veteran interested in our program, or a caring citizen who would like to contribute to our cause or get involved in any way, please read on!

Our founders are serial entrepreneurs who have achieved success in building, growing, and selling multiple, multi-million dollar businesses. Thankful for their past success, they are passionate about using their talents and business acumen to give back to Southern Nevada and far beyond.

Our Mission

To provide our country’s most deserving citizens with highly specialized skills that will enable them to thrive – whether as business owners or employees – in the cutting-edge drone industry.

What We Do

What we do is two-fold: we train Military Veterans in drone (UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle) aeronautical knowledge including aerial footage capture, and we provide general business management training.

The UAV training portion is conducted within guidelines for commercial drone use, in accordance with Part 107 "ground school" training, combined with online courses from a certified flight instructor. Photo and video editing classes are also part of the training.

The business management training focuses on best practices for startup and ongoing operations, accounting, and marketing including market research and strategic business development.

Why drones, why now?

An industry still in its relative infancy, commercial drone use is expected to triple over the next 10 years, creating more than 100,000 jobs and generating billions in economic growth. By 2020, the FAA predicts drone application to be 42% commercial use for industrial inspection, 22% real estate and aerial photography, 19% agriculture, 15% insurance and 2% for government use.

The Ultimate Benefit

Once trained to pilot drones and capture aerial imagery, Military Veterans will be perfectly positioned to insert themselves into the emerging commercial drone industry - an industry expected to generate $82.1 billion in job creation and economic growth by 2025. We can assist Military Veterans in taking advantage of their new knowledge and skillsets in two ways:

  1. Job Placement

    We are developing a national job board to place trained drone pilots with companies in need of: infrastructure inspections, precision agriculture, real estate photography, video production, surveying, and more.

  2. Franchise Opportunity

    For those Military Veterans interested in business ownership, we are developing a drone franchise (Higher Standards Aerial Solutions) which will create more jobs. We will offer the franchise program to Military Veterans at a discounted rate with special financing options.

Community Outreach

Along with training new workers for the commercial drone industry, Drones Give Back also conducts community outreach, bringing drone awareness to students that will take the drone world to unthinkable heights. We participate in Career Days and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs.

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