The OAR ORTA UxSRTO is no longer operating.
For further information, please visit The Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) Uncrewed Systems Program webpage.
UxSRTO Past Projects
- EMILY to collect sea-level data to improve hurricane forecasts
- Ozone Monitoring using Skywisp® UxSRT
- Monitoring Marine Debris using two Small UxSRTO
- Monitoring Marine Sanctuaries with PUMA
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| Altair | NOAA/NASA fly Altair over Channel Islands Marine National monument. Flights reached altitudes of 45,000 ft and duration of 18.4 hours. |
| Aerosonde | NOAA/NASA fly Aerosonde into tropical storm Ophelia off North Carolina Coast |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| Silver Fox and Manta | Flight tests by NOAA from Upolo Point, Hawaii |
| Altair | NASA/USDA-FS/NOAA Fire Mission with Altair |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| Aerosonde | NOAA/NASA make first unmanned flight into a hurricane (Noel) |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| Manta | Glacier ice and melt pond mapping demonstration in Greenland |
| ScanEagle | Successfully launched from NOAA ship Oscar Dyson in preparation for study of ice seals in Bering Sea |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| WISDOM | Weather In-Situ Deployment Optimization Method program developed at NOAA OAR |
| ScanEagle | Ice Seal imaging demonstration in Bering Sea |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| Global Hawk | NASA/NOAA Global Hawk Pacific (GloPac) Experiment with first flight from California to Alaska to 85°N latitude and back |
| Global Hawk | NASA/NOAA Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Experiment with first flight of Global Hawk over high-impact ocean storms |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| VTOL | Penguin photography demonstration in Antarctica with Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) |
| Manta | Soot Transport, Absorption, and Deposition Study (STADS) in Norway |
| Global Hawk | NOAA/NASA Winter Storm Pacific and Atmospheric Reviers (WISPAR) Experiment with first release of high-altitude dropsonde in the Arctic |
| PUMA | US Coast Guard/NOAA Simulated Oil Spill Exercise |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| Field testing of methane and trace gas sensing payload for potential UAS applications | |
| PUMA and Aeryon Scout VTOL | Steller sea lion demonstration in Aleutian Sea |
| Global Hawk | NOAA Scientists Part of NASA-Led Mission to Study The Damaging Storms With Unmanned Aircraft, New Instruments |
| Ozone monitoring using Skywisp® UAS | |
| Monitoring marine debris using two small UAS | |
| Monitoring marine sanctuaries with PUMA |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| Ozone monitoring using Skywisp® UAS | |
| Arctic Shield 2013 with U.S. Coast Guard | |
| Marginal Ice Zone EXperiment (MIZOPEX) | |
| River Forecasting Center UAS Missions | |
| Monitoring Marine Debris with UAS | |
| Monitoring Marine Sanctuaries with PUMA UAS |
| Platform | Project |
|---|---|
| SHOUT | Sensing high impact weather-related hazards |
| Arctic Shield 2015 with U.S. Coast Guard | |
| Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) | |
| River Forecasting Center UAS Missions | |
| National Estuarine Research Reserve System UAS Surveys | |
| Monitoring Marine Debris with UAS | |
| CICCI Manta 2015 | |
| Coastal Trident 2015 & Refugio Oil Spill (Santa Barbara, CA) | |
| Coyote | |
| National Marine Fisheries Service Unmanned Systems Support | |
| Arctic Scan Eagle (Chuckchi Sea) | |
| NW Hawaiian Island Monk Seal Survey 2015 | |
| NOAA R/V Bigelow Turtle Survey | |
| Monitoring Marine Sanctuaries with Unmanned Systems |