OPTIMIZATION OF TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT OPERATORS IN THE SPHERE OF BORDER SURVEILLANCE

Resumen

The study reveals the theoretical and practical approaches of developing training programs for
Remotely Piloted Aircraft operators in the sphere of border surveillance of the state border protection
agencies of the European Union and Ukraine using multicriteria optimization to find required rational
parameters. According to the developed methodology, using the multicriteria optimization method
provides an opportunity to choose a program for training such specialists, which will best meet the
objectives and peculiar needs of the state border protection agencies of the European Union and
Ukraine. The results of the study within the educational grant of Frontex Agency conducted by the
team of experts from the Border Guard Services of Ukraine and EU countries were used to enhance
the training program of air reconnaissance units of border protection bodies at the Main Training
Centre of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine based on the best EU practices, in order to ensure
obtaining of knowledge and practical skills by personnel of the border guard Remotely Piloted Aircraft
external crews, which will increase the level of interoperability and professional competence of border
guards while conducting border surveillance tasks.