UAS Past Projects

Date	Platform	Project
2005	Altair	NOAA/NASA fly Altair over Channel Islands Marine National monument. Flights reached altitudes of 45,000 ft and duration of 18.4 hours.
2005	Aerosonde	NOAA/NASA fly Aerosonde into tropical storm Ophelia off North Carolina Coast
2006	Silver Fox and Manta	Filght tests by NOAA from Upolo Point, Hawaii
2006	Altair	NASA/USDA-FS/NOAA Fire Mission with Altair
2007	Aerosonde	NOAA/NASA make first unmanned flight into a hurricane (Noel)
2008	Manta	Glacier ice and melt pond mapping demonstration in Greenland
2008	ScanEagle	Successfully launched from NOAA ship Oscar Dyson in preparation for study of ice seals in Bering Sea
2009	ScanEagle	Ice Seal imaging demonstration in Bering Sea
2010	Global Hawk	NASA/NOAA Global Hawk Pacific (GloPac) Experiment with first flight from California to Alaska to 85°N latitude and back
2010	Global Hawk	NASA/NOAA Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Experiment with first flight of Global Hawk over high-impact oceanic storms
2011	VTOL	Penguin photography demonstration in Antarctica with Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL)
2011	Manta	Soot Transport, Absorption, and Deposition Study (STADS) in Norway
2011	Global Hawk	NOAA/NASA Winter Storm Pacific and Atmospheric Reviers (WISPAR) Experiment with first release of high-altitude dropsonde in the Arctic
2011	PUMA	US Coast Guard / NOAA Simulated Oil Spill Exercise
2012		Field testing of methane and trace gas sensing payload for potential UAS applications
2012	PUMA and Aeryon Scout VTOL	Steller sea lion demonstration in Aleutian Sea
2012	Global Hawk	NOAA Scientists Part of NASA-Led Mission to Study The Damaging Storms With Unmanned Aircraft, New Instruments