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December 2017

NOAA, Tennessee University Test Electric UAV with Autopilot

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  With a legacy of delivering reliable, robust and highly accurate small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), NOAA Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division (ATDD) of the Air Resources Laboratory has selected Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, to integrate their SwiftCore Flight Management System with a UAV Factory Penguin BE UAV platform in support of a joint research project with the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI). Chosen for its reliability, intuitive user interface and […]

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Dr. Amber E Emory from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Briefs a Global Hawk UAS Results at AGU 2017

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Title: It Takes Two: NASA and NOAA’s Shared Path of Hurricane Science Flights with the Global Hawk. Time for the Research To Operations (R2O) Transition? The impacts of Harvey, Irma, and Maria during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season re-emphasized the critical need for accurate operational forecasts. The combined NASA East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes (EPOCH) and NOAA UAS field campaign during August 2017 was the fourth campaign in a series of dual agency

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Dr. Gary Wick Presents Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) Results at AGU 2017

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Operational Impact of Data Collected from the Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) During SHOUT The primary scientific goal of the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) Project was to determine the potential utility of observations from high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft systems such as the Global Hawk (GH) aircraft to improve operational forecasts of high-impact weather events or mitigate potential degradation of forecasts in the event of a future gap in satellite coverage. Hurricanes

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UAS Program Conducts Unmanned Aerial System-Based Lidar and Imagery in National Estuarine Research Reserve Marshes: Post Mission Review

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Dr. Kirk Waters, PhD from NOAA Office for Coastal Management’s Applied Sciences Program led the team and review as Principle Investigator with PrecionHawk UAS supporting the effort.   The NOAA UAS Program conducted the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)-Based Lidar and Imagery in National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Marshes Post Mission Review on November 21st to assess the Readiness Level (RL) of the UAS, sensors and application in the operational NERR environment. The UAS missions were

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