Aurora Flight Sciences Expands NOAA’s UAS Capabilities with Successful Commercialization of SBIR
February 2017
Channel Island National Marine Sanctuaries Continues Successful PUMA AE UAS Autonomous Net Capture System Testing
NOAA R.V. Shearwater supports the Spiral Development of UAS technologies currently being deployed by the United States Navy, Coast Guard and NOAA On February 9th, an AeroVironment team met with NOAA personnel and departed Santa Barbara aboard NOAA R/V Shearwater for the operations area in the Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) for on-going testing of the Puma-AE Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). This continues a strategic partnership between NOAA and industry in support of the
NOAA’s Grav-D & UAS Programs Team for a Successful SBIR Phase III Transition to Commercialization
Aurora Flight Sciences conducts gravimetry missions over California for the State’s High-Speed Rail Program. The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s (OAR) UAS Program and Nation Ocean Service’s GRAV-D Program successfully captured GRAV-D Observations with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) through a joint Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) effort. In April 2016 industry partner, Aurora Flight Science successfully tested their optionally-piloted aircraft (OPA), Centaur, in an operational capacity for NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) program. The
GOES-R and NOAA UAS Programs Successfully Conduct Operational Assessment with Maryland UAS Test Site
On January 20th, the University of Maryland (UMD) Test Site flew the UAV Solution’s Ace XL for NOAA’s GOES-R and UAS Programs. The team conducted six flights and were successful in collecting all of the data points as per their requirements. Some of the notable maneuvers and testing included: Project Manager Frank Padula added, “Friday was a fantastic and successful flight day. Our GOES-R data analysis is looking good from this collection. It seems we