British Army Recruitment for Uncrewed Aerial System 2024/2025

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Drones are uncrewed aircraft that can fly over the battlefield. Join us as a Gunner – Uncrewed Aerial Systems and we’ll teach you how to control them: how to prepare a drone for missions, how to fly it and how to read and interpret the images, videos and data – either live or when it brings them back. In time you could attempt the arduous P Company couse and join the battery which supports the Parachute Regiment. At the same time, you’ll learn skills and get qualifications that you can use in civilian life – in everything from IT to leadership. In your spare time, you’ll have the chance to play sports, enjoy Adventurous Training and hang out with your mates – who may well become friends for life.

The Royal Artillery is the heart of the action – everywhere across the battlefield – providing the British Army with its eyes, ears and firepower. Using high-tech surveillance devices and uncrewed aircraft, the Royal Artillery finds the enemy. We then monitor them before striking decisively. We do this by co-ordinated use of our guns, rockets and missiles, the Army’s attack helicopters and other weapons, including fast jets and even the guns of Royal Navy ships.

Your Jobs

• Fly remote controlled drones
• Find enemy threats
• Be vital to mission success
• Protect troops in combat

Entry Requirements for British Army Recruitment for Uncrewed Aerial System 2024/2025

• From 16 years & 0 months to 35 years & 6 months
• No formal qualifications needed

Basic physical fitness assessment:

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
• Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
• MSFT (beep test) level 6.6

Training for the Role

Steps One

Your initial military training teaches you how to be a soldier, covering everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle.

• If you join as a Junior Soldier (under 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do basic military training (long) course at Harrogate.
• If you join as a Regular Soldier (over 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do the regular adult basic training.

Step two

Then it’s off to Larkhill for 15 weeks to train as a Gunner. You do military training, sports and Adventurous Training. You also learn to drive a car and trailer and do a cross country driving course in a Land Rover. After this, you join 32 Regiment Royal Artillery, Larkhill or 47 Regiment Royal Artillery, Thorney Island. At this point, you learn to control a drone (uncrewed aircraft) to help find and destroy the enemy.

Qualification

• HGV truck licence
• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
• Computer Literacy and Information Technology Stage 1 (CLAIT)
• NVQ in Learning and Development
• Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)

Pay and Benefits

You’ll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.

How to apply for British Army Recruitment for Uncrewed Aerial System 2024/2025

Apply online here: https://jobs.army.mod.uk/roles/royal-artillery/gunner-unmanned-aerial-systems/

Once your online application has been approved, you’ll meet with a local recruiter. This is your chance to tell us about the role that you’re interested in. When you go to the Assessment Centre, you’ll take tests – the results will show whether you’d be suitable for this role, or should consider a different role.