Russia Offers Students 5 Million Rubles to Fill Military Drone Pilot Ranks

1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 15

Bauman Moscow State Technical University students were offered more than 5 million rubles ($68,275) to pause their studies for a year and serve as military drone pilots.
Pamphlets said recruits would join Russia’s unmanned systems forces, fly drones from well behind the front lines and still receive combat veteran status.
Free tuition on returning to university was included in the package, underscoring Moscow’s push to use financial incentives to fill drone-pilot shortages.

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