UAV

Equipment Capabilities

Aircraft

Payload

Helicopter - stabilized flight, telemetry, autonomous flight with programmable waypoints, 4 kilos payload, 2 hour flight time (est.), gasoline engine

Airplane - electric powered, 30 mins. flight time (min.), surveillance cameras, autonomous flight, instruments payload for atmospheric monitoring

Quadcopter - extra stable hover flight, 2 kilos payload, auto navigation with programmable waypoints, electric powered, 30 mins. flight time (min.)

Long Range Airplane - gasoline engine, 5 hours flight time (min.), autonomous navigation, GPS tracking, satellite comms, 10 kilos payload

Laser Scanner (LIDAR) - 100 meter range with 2 cm. accuracy, 360 deg. Horizontal and 4 deg. Vertical views, 32 lasers at 800,000 points per second, GPS time synchronization

DLSR camera with zoom capabilities, with stereo 3D option

Radiosonde - with 400 Mhz link, open source, low cost, recoverable and re-usable without need for calibration, U.S. NWS certified

Ozonesonde - electrochemical mechanism, compatible with radiosonde link, ground processing station required

Thermal spectral cameras for volcano monitoring

Portable spectroradiometers for ground truthing of MODIS stations and acquisition of near field spectral data

Applications

Remote sensing and In-situ atmospheric measurements
Photogrammetry and 3D mapping of rivers and near view terrestrial targets
Hazardous environment monitoring
Search and rescue
Surveillance and reconnaisance
Infrastructure inspection (grid transmission lines, powerplants, oil exploration, pipelines)
Aerial photography
Coastal monitoring and surveillance
Forest classification mapping