Sponsored Projects
NOAA's UAS work draws on expertise from industry, academic, and government partners. This broad coalition seeks to apply technologies used in national defense - including high- and low-altitude UAS, communication technologies, and instruments - to benefit the global environment.
Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT)
NOAA El Niño Rapid Response Field Campaign
River Forecasting Center UAS Missions
National Estuarine Research Reserve System UAS Surveys
Targeted Autonomous In-Situ Sensing with Rapid Response (TAISRR)
Deep Freeze 2016 (with USCG)
Arctic Aerial Calibration Experiments
Coyote
Monitoring Marine Sanctuaries with Unmanned Systems
2016 Proposals Selected
Coastline Multi-Purpose Mapping in the NERRS Sentinel Site Network
3D Profiling of the Severe Weather Environment
Advanced VTOL Tech - Protected Species
Evaluation of 3 Tech Mod APH-22
Small UAS Emergency Response Project
Quantifying Juvenile Salmon Restoration
Shipboard Launch & Recovery 10 kg
Arctic Shield 2015 with U.S. Coast Guard
Monitoring Marine Debris with UAS
CICCI Manta 2015
Coastal Trident 2015 & Refugio Oil Spill (Santa Barbara, CA)
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
NOAA/NASA Ikhana Survey of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Puma UAS Survey of North West Hawaiian Islands
Arctic Shield 2014 with U.S. Coast Guard
River Forecasting Center Workshop and UAS Missions
Monitoring Marine Sanctuaries with PUMA UAS
Ozone monitoring using Skywisp® UAS
Arctic Shield 2013 with U.S. Coast Guard
Marginal Ice Zone EXperiment (MIZOPEX)
Monitoring marine debris using two small UAS
Monitoring marine sanctuaries with PUMA