Italian Government
COMPLETED THE THIRD EDITION OF THE ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING COURSE (A.R.S.) FOR NATO AND PFP COUNTRIES.
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Ten students from England, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Bulgaria attended the third edition of the Advanced Remote Sensing Course (ARS). The course, which began on the 5th of June, provided knowledge and skills for the composition of operational analysis reports, aimed at the recognition and description of military and civilian targets, using digital images from different airborne and satellite sensors.
In addition to Brigadier General Glauco Luigi MORA, commander of the School of Aerocooperation, Brigadier General Clinton J O'Neill, Commander of the Armed Forces of Malta, took part in the graduation ceremony of the course. Brig Gen O’Neill expressed full satisfaction and appreciation for the quality of the training provided to his personnel by JAOS.
The ARS course, certified as "NATO Approved" and included in the Education and Training Opportunities Catalogue (ETOC) of the ACT (Allied Command for Transformation) based in Norfolk - Virginia (USA), is carried out in English and designed, in-house, by the Remote Sensing Courses Command of the JAOS, specifically for NATO and PfP (Partnership for Peace) Countries. It is the second step of the remote sensing training cycle for the imagery analysts, which began with the Initial Remote Sensing Course (IRS), also certified as "NATO Approved" and published on ETOC.
During the course, the attendees acquired knowledge and techniques of operational analysis from remotely sensed images, to identify, describe and analyze military targets (weapon systems and installations), as well as civilian targets, which may have a strategic value, such as different types of terrain, lines of communication, ports, airports, power plants, industrial installations, specific structures and urban areas.
Moreover, the ARS course is preparatory for the admission to the Synthetic Aperture RADAR Imagery Interpretation course (SAR II), specifically designed for the analysis of RADAR images from airborne or satellite sensors.
