Tactical Education Centre for Robotics
Canada's Centre for Tactical Robotics Education
TECFOR trains Canadian Armed Forces, law enforcement, fire and search-and-rescue personnel to operate, maintain and deploy uncrewed and robotic systems. Instruction is delivered by operators, on the equipment your unit fields.
- Training division of Remote Robotic Systems
- Canadian-owned and Canadian-operated
- CAF and public safety deployment experience
Simulator licensing
Received your controller? Register it and fly today.
Every TECFOR simulator controller ships with a serial number. Register it with your organisation email to be issued a licence number, download the Windows simulator, activate it and start logging stick time.
How we train
Educate
Advanced instruction and operator development, from first flight to instructor qualification.
Prepare
Mission-ready currency. Crews train the tasks they will be asked to perform on operations.
Innovate
Robotics leadership. Courseware tracks airframes, payloads and firmware as they change.
Collaborate
Interagency capability. Military, police, fire and SAR train to a common standard.
Training disciplines
Five disciplines, delivered in person, on simulator, online or blended, and scoped to your unit's role.
Operator fundamentals
Controls, airspace, failsafes and first flight through to assessed operator qualification.
View allMaintenance & field repair
Bench and field repair, component replacement, firmware and serviceability inspection.
View allISR operations
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tasking, sensor employment and reporting.
View allTactical mission training
Hostage, armed standoff and containment scenarios flown to police tactical doctrine.
View allMilitary operations
Uncrewed systems employed within military planning, orders and mission execution.
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In development
Current platform
TECFOR is a multi-platform institution. Orqa FPV systems are in delivery now; further platforms are in development and will appear here as they are qualified for instruction.
Orqa FPV Systems
First-person-view airframes, goggles, controllers and ground station used for close-range reconnaissance and interior work.
Learn moreTraining for your unit or agency
Tell us the role, the personnel numbers and the timeline. We will return a course pathway and a delivery plan.
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