Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

NOAA Missions now to use UAV systems

'Most people are familiar with NOAA’s use of unmanned or autonomous underwater vehicles, but NOAA is also interested in routinely using unmanned aircraft systems to explore and gather data in the atmosphere between satellite and ground-based observing systems. UAS-acquired data will supplement data gathered by current “suborbital” airborne platforms — aircraft, sounding rockets, airships and balloons — and complement existing surface-based and space-based observing systems.'

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Posted by Darren at March 22, 2006 09:59 AM | More from UAV News |