PrecisionHawk Signs UAS R&D Agreement with Indiana State University

By Mike Ball / 22 Dec 2015

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PrecisionHawk Lancaster UAVPrecisionHawk, an unmanned aircraft data collection company, and Indiana State University have announced that they have signed a research and development partnership that aims to advance the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry from multidisciplinary perspectives. The university-business collaboration will focus on safety, education, training and algorithm development for PrecisionHawk’s DataMapper aerial data software.

“PrecisionHawk is a strategic partner for Indiana State,” said Robert English, dean of Indiana State’s College of Technology. “Together we make a strong team in research and development of flight crew training, UAS applications, and data analysis. We see this collaboration as a foundation for the future of our students, the state of Indiana and the nation.”

“Our longstanding relationship with Indiana State University creates the perfect environment to explore the next frontier in aviation and beyond line of sight drone operations,” said Patrick Lohman, vice president of partnerships at PrecisionHawk. “PrecisionHawk is fortunate to boast a number of ISU alumni on its team, and we look forward to enhanced collaboration around our data and safety initiatives.”

The partnership will explore and pursue the following areas of interest:

  • Airspace deconfliction
  • Advanced mission planning algorithm development
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Opportunities within PrecisionHawk safety initiatives, including LATAS, its low altitude traffic and airspace service platform.
  • Development of analytics clusters and full-spectrum analytics support

“Indiana State is proud to be stepping forward with PrecisionHawk in this partnership to further the applications of unmanned systems,” said Richard Baker, associate professor and chair of the aviation technology department and director of the university’s unmanned systems initiative. “We will work to strategically address issues across the entire spectrum of data collection, analytics, and safety for unmanned aerial systems.”

The university will provide access to airspace, indoor flight facilities, unmanned aerial vehicles and flight crews. PrecisionHawk will provide access to its software platform, DataMapper, algorithm licenses, desktop orthomosaic processing and the ability to test its safety services platform, LATAS.

Posted by Mike Ball Mike Ball is our resident technical editor here at Unmanned Systems Technology. Combining his passion for teaching, advanced engineering and all things unmanned, Mike keeps a watchful eye over everything related to the unmanned technical sector. With over 10 years’ experience in the unmanned field and a degree in engineering, Mike’s been heading up our technical team here for the last 8 years. Connect & Contact

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