Capability Over Hype
Cobalt Academy trains professional drone operators, and the field experience from that training shapes the low-cost UAS and Counter-UAS technology we develop. Capability Over Hype.
Why Cobalt exists, and the cost imbalance we are built to close.
Capability Over Hype → // 02From no experience to a certificated, working commercial remote pilot.
See the pipeline → // 03Vendor-neutral Counter-UAS advisory for agencies and critical sites.
Capabilities → // 04Low-cost Counter-UAS hardware in active development.
What we are building →Most people arrive having never flown anything. This is the route from there to a certificated pilot with logged hours and an assessed standard.
Arrive with nothing but interest. No licence, no flight time.
How aircraft fly, airspace, weather, and the rules you operate under.
Structured ground school aimed squarely at the FAA exam.
Sit the Part 107 knowledge test at an FAA-approved centre.
Logged time on real aircraft with an instructor beside you.
Specialise: manual FPV flying, or spec and assemble your own airframe.
A Cobalt flight assessment against a written standard.
Certificated, hours logged, assessed, and ready to work.
The FAA issues the certificate. Cobalt prepares you for it and assesses your flying against our own practical standard.
You can buy an aircraft and watch a course online. Plenty of people do, and most of them stall out somewhere between the certificate and actually being able to fly a job. This is the difference.
The FAA certificate is the same either way. What differs is whether you can fly the mission once you have it.
Cobalt Academy is operating, generating revenue, and building on real, combat-earned operational experience.
From FPV and quadcopters to fixed-wing, you train on real airframes with a combat-veteran instructor, not slideshows. Field-ready, low-cost UAS. Hands-on flight from day one.
Explore the programs →Close the gap between certification and real operational capability , and build drone operators who can actually fly the mission.
Structured FAA Part 107 prep with realistic flight scenarios, airspace, weather, sectional charts, ops planning, and decision-making, taught by a Part 107-certified combat veteran.
Hands-on prototyping with a manufacturability-first mindset. Spec, source, assemble, and iterate low-cost UAS platforms that survive the field.
Move from operator to mission contributor. Cobalt graduates feed better feedback into better systems, closing the loop between training, hardware, and real-world operations.
Low-cost systems designed to put practical Counter-UAS capability within reach.
A low-cost, attritable Counter-UAS interceptor designed to challenge incumbent cost structures and expand access to practical Counter-UAS capability. Testing, validation, and partner integration underway.
// Concept shown is illustrative. Technical details shared under briefing.
Cobalt Academy is veteran-owned and keeps training affordable for those transitioning into the UAS field. Your gift covers flight hardware, in-person flight time, and seats for those who can't yet pay their own way.
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