Austin-Travis County EMS launches SPARTAN drone flight team
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ATCEMS says the team name SPARTAN is an acronym for Special Projects – Aerial Recon – Transport – Aid – Navigation.
AUSTIN, Texas - Austin-Travis County EMS has announced the creation of a public safety Unmanned Aerial System program.
ATCEMS says the team name SPARTAN is an acronym for Special Projects – Aerial Recon – Transport – Aid – Navigation. The SPARTAN Team currently has sixteen qualified UAS Pilots who hold FAA Part 107 certificates and have completed a comprehensive 45-hour public safety remote Pilot in Command Academy that included day and night time training evolutions.
In a Thursday statement ATCEMS says of the fleet: