A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF A SIMULATOR SYSTEM FOR THE INITIAL
TRAINING OF OPERATORS OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES 

Anatoliy A. Koval, Engineer of the sub-department of information educational technologies and systems, Lugansk State Pedagogical University (2 Oboronnaya street, Lugansk, Russia), E-mail: navigatorsystem@yandex.ru
Denis A. Kapustin, Doctor of technical sciences, associate professor, head of the sub-department of information educational technologies and systems, Lugansk State Pedagogical University (2 Oboronnaya street, Lugansk, Russia), E-mail: kap-kapchik@mail.ru
Gennady V. Korop, Candidate of technical sciences, associate professor, leading systems analyst of the department of development and information systems of the information technology service, LLC "Volga-Dnepr Airlines" (build. 3, 28B Mezhdunarodnoye highway, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: korop_g@mail.ru
Svetlana V. Onopchenko, Candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, associate professor of the sub-department of information educational technologies and systems, Lugansk State Pedagogical University (2 Oboronnaya street, Lugansk, Russia), E-mail: osv260176@rambler.ru
Roman N. Sentyay, Senior lecturer of the sub-department of information educational technologies and systems, Lugansk State Pedagogical University (2 Oboronnaya street, Lugansk, Russia), E-mail: sentyayroman@yandex.ru

Background. The content of approaches and technologies for the development of a conceptual model of a simulator system for the initial training of operators of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is analyzed on the basis of a structural decomposition of a list of typical tasks of their professional activity. Materials and methods. The results of the structural and functional decomposition of the simulator training process and the analysis of its components are presented. Results and conclusions. The principles of determining the minimum composition of a complex UAS simulator from the point of view of the methodology of initial training are formulated. General approaches to the formation of initial practical training courses for UAS operators are proposed. The optimal forms and methods of controlling the level of operator skills formed during training are considered. A conceptual model of a simulator system for the initial training of UAS operators is proposed.

conceptual model of the simulator system, typical tasks of professional activity, methodology of initial training of UAS operators, optimal composition of a complex UAS simulator, course of practical training of UAS operators, technologies for monitoring the level of formed competencies

Koval A.A., Kapustin D.A., Korop G.V., Onopchenko S.V., Sentyay R.N. A conceptual model of a simulator system for the initial training of operators of unmanned aerial vehicles. Nadezhnost' i kachestvo slozhnykh sistem = Reliability and quality of complex systems. 2025;(1):54–65. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2307-4205-2025-1-7