Carrier operations at sea

Air Vehicle Pilot Expertise

AVP training and integration for complex unmanned aviation programs.

CATSHOT helps customers turn new air vehicle capability into credible training, procedures, and operational execution by pairing active pilot expertise with rapid curriculum development.

30+

MQ-25 mission plans

Created and flown across carrier and air-refueling mission profiles.

16

MQ-25 AVPs trained

Trained using existing assets while new system capability matured.

15

ACTC modules

Created and instructed for MQ-25 level 1 syllabus development.

320

Page dNTP

Authored and accepted for shore and shipboard normal operating procedures.

Proven Value

The right team with the right experience at the right time.

The team has deep developmental and operational test experience with ship-based unmanned air systems, including MQ-25 curriculum, mission planning, simulator events, and procedures that connect shore-based training to carrier operations.

Immediate instructor availability for teaching, integrating, testing, and updating material in real time.

Active AVP experience across current system development and hands-on integrated MQ-25/MDX proficiency.

Mission planning and ship-based operational experience with developmental and operational test insight.

Carrier operations at sea

Carrier-based mission context, simulation, and training delivery

Delivery Strategy

Spiral curriculum development.

CATSHOT turns operational discoveries into training updates through a repeatable loop. Test findings inform TTP refinement, curriculum is updated in real time, and instructors feed those discoveries back into the next training cycle.

Curriculum and real-time refinement of TTPs

1

Operational Integration

Lead integration of delivered system capabilities.

2

Test & Evaluate

Identify system deficiencies through operationally relevant testing.

3

Curriculum Development

Refine TTPs and courseware from test findings.

4

Train Current Capability

Train current capability and developmental TTPs.

5

Immediate Feedback

Feed discoveries back to instructors and operators.

Instructor Pedigree

Elite qualifications, practical delivery.

CATSHOT starts with operators and instructors who understand the training problem from the cockpit, the carrier environment, and the test program.

CAGs and squadron commanding officers

Air bosses, LSOs, CAG strike ops, TOPGUN, and CAEWWS instructors

Qualified MQ-25 ITT test AVPs and MQ-25 dNTP authors

USNTPS qualified UAS developmental and operational experts