Veteran-owned and operated
Harbor 153 plans and delivers UAS support for military exercises, training programs, and industry demonstrations. Experienced operators and instructors, involved from preparation through debrief.
01 / Capabilities
Harbor can deliver the UAS portion of your event or work alongside your personnel to strengthen the capability you are building.
Bring live UAS activity into your event. Harbor personnel prepare and operate aircraft, troubleshoot systems, and perform friendly-force or opposing-force roles defined by the exercise plan.
Personnel, aircraft, and supporting equipment matched to the event.
Bring instructors and operators into exercise preparation. Work through how the UAS element fits the training plan, the capabilities of the systems, and the support required on site.
Clear objectives · Defined UAS roles · Equipment & preparation plan
Build proficiency through hands-on instruction and system familiarization. Develop the operators and instructors responsible for sustaining your UAS training program.
Instruction shaped around your systems, experience, and training needs.
02 / The team
Harbor draws on UAS personnel with military and special operations backgrounds, including experience in real-world operations, exercise planning and execution, and operator and instructor training.
The team working with your planners and pilots brings firsthand flying and training experience to the assignment. Each team is selected for the systems, roles, and qualifications the project requires.
Each proposed team member’s relevant background, UAS experience, and platform familiarity are discussed privately during scoping.
03 / Example engagements
Starting points for a package shaped around your training objectives and existing capabilities.
You want UAS integrated into the training without building an internal UAS team. Harbor can plan and prepare the UAS element, provide personnel and agreed equipment, execute the exercise roles, and contribute to the debrief.
Your organization leads the exercise. Harbor delivers its agreed UAS portion.
You are developing an in-house UAS capability. Harbor personnel work with your pilots and training leadership from planning and preparation through the exercise and debrief, helping your team put the training into practice on the ground.
Combine your existing personnel and systems with the operators and instructors the event needs.
Your personnel will conduct the flying. Harbor experts help establish clear training objectives, define UAS roles, and build an equipment and preparation plan informed by their experience operating and teaching the systems.
Planning-only support is available; on-site advisory support can be included.
Harbor can source suitable aircraft, prepare equipment, provide operators, coordinate the UAS portion of your demonstration, and return operator feedback afterward.
Aircraft availability, equipment responsibilities, preparation, and costs are agreed for the event.
Your program needs direct instruction or a stronger instructor base. Harbor can provide system familiarization, hands-on operator development, and train-the-trainer support for continuing instruction.
The training is matched to the systems and proficiency your people need.
04 / Who we support
UAS expertise for exercise planners, training staff, and the personnel delivering unit training.
Field support for demonstrations, customer instruction, and system familiarization across defense and commercial work.
Support for UAS training programs, operator development, and agency exercises.
Operator and instructor development, response exercises, and multi-agency training.
05 / How we work
From the first conversation, we work with you to shape a package around your objectives, your existing capabilities, and the support Harbor can provide. Together, we define the scope, match personnel and equipment to the assignment, and confirm qualifications, responsibilities, site access, and required approvals.
Discuss the objectives, existing team and systems, location, timing, and practical constraints.
Define UAS roles and the equipment and preparation plan. Agree personnel, costs, responsibilities, and deliverables.
Perform the agreed UAS roles or support your personnel in carrying them out, coordinated with event leadership.
Discuss observations and equipment limitations. Provide written feedback and recommendations where included in the scope.