Fixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri River
By Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
August 2011 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Fixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri River in August of 2011 when the NUSO worked with the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (LBST) Environmental Protection Office to evaluate UAS’s ability to safely collect data along dangerous or even inaccessible shoreline.
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Public Domain.
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NUSO 2011 Research Missions
The NUSO performed its first UAS missions this year, starting with a February mission in restricted air space during a prescribed wildfire burn exercise at the Eglin Airforce Base in Florida, followed in March by its first mission in civilian air space to perform Sandhill Crane population counts at Colorado’s Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge.
Related
NUSO 2011 Research Missions
The NUSO performed its first UAS missions this year, starting with a February mission in restricted air space during a prescribed wildfire burn exercise at the Eglin Airforce Base in Florida, followed in March by its first mission in civilian air space to perform Sandhill Crane population counts at Colorado’s Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge.