Environmental News & Articles

NCCOS, RTsys and Arctic Rays join forces to better understand our oceans, mitigate climate change and protect marine life

AutoNaut’s USV remotely collected data from the Sonardyne Fetch AZA BPR, changing how oceanographic data is collected and reducing reliance on ships for deep sea fieldwork

SAMS has deployed the two deep-sea BPRs, one in the north-east Atlantic and one in the Labrador Sea, to record regular changes in sea surface height

POLLi supports data collection and analysis by utilizing automated drone operations for image collection, and utilizing machine-learning cloud computing for object detection

The first Black Swift Technologies’ S0 drone launch into a hurricane, along with other instruments and technology, has collected data on how storms form, build, and intensify

The sensors on board the AutoNaut USVs will provide scientists at BMS with humidity, conductivity, temperature, depth, wind and wave data to assist with Hurricane tracking

The EverClean IQ System harnesses data collected during cleaning operations, aided by the robot’s highly accurate hull relative navigation system

Over 1,100 Teledyne Marine Slocum AUVs have been deployed worldwide, equipped with sensors to measure various ocean parameters, including temperature, salinity, and depth-averaged currents

Draganfly has been granted the Transport Canada Special Flight Operations Certificate for wildfire suppression operations, authorizing BVLOS drone operations at altitudes exceeding 400 feet

The partnership between Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and 3D at Depth aims to create the next generation of subsea lidar technology that can generate detailed high-resolution maps of underwater features

In total, 12 Saildrone Explorers will be deployed throughout the mission, storm chasing in the Tropical Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico to study why some relatively mild tropical storms rapidly intensify into major hurricanes

The S-100 is equipped with a Trakka TC-300 EO/IR sensor, an Explicit Mini Sniffer for emission monitoring, a Becker Avionics BD406 Emergency Beacon Locator, an Automatic Identification System receiver and a Mode-S Transponder ADSB out

Under contract with the USAF, WingXpand will ruggedize its 7ft backpackable aircraft and develop AI software that supports the early detection and mitigation of wildfires

Embarked on board the patrol vessel Bamberg, Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 is being used to monitor commercial ship emissions within the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

Meteomatics autonomous flight system will collect real-time weather data to fill gaps in visibility into local weather phenomena from GrandSKY aviation park in North Dakota

RASA Surveying’s approach synchronizes current photogrammetry and LiDAR practices with the bathymetric data collection capabilities of the TOPODRONE AQUAMAPPER

Parallel Flight Technologies will work with the USDA Wildlife Services to develop a drone-based aerial rodenticide baiting platform to improve the safety, cost, and effectiveness of current operations and to promote island conservation efforts

Teledyne FLIR Defense will integrate enhanced autonomy features and control on its SkyRaider UAS, and will develop new chemical and radiological sensing payloads to assess toxic threats on the battlefield

The SnifferDRONE™ unmanned aerial solution for emissions monitoring has received broad approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental technology innovator LI-COR has acquired Anemoment LLC specialists in mobile sensing systems used in exacting meteorological applications

TEKEVER’s AI-driven drones will provide intelligence on threats to marine life including whale and dolphin migration, illegal fishing and pollution over the maritime and the coastline environments

Taking place 14-16 February 2023, OiA 2023 aims to unlock the innovations necessary to meet the needs of climate change adaptation, ocean health, the energy transition and market developments in the Blue Economy

The Natural Disasters Expo will welcome experts from around the globe to exhibit the latest revolutionary solutions to natural disaster management and mitigation, including unmanned systems and technology

The Aerospace Corporation’s retro-reflector spectroscopy system is implemented in Censys’ RetraSpectra system which enables long-range intelligence gathering for 3D mapping of methane, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases

Leveraging its extensive research into the automatic detection of maritime vessels, TEKEVER has adapted its AI model and trained algorithms to detect different types of marine wildlife, supporting conservation efforts

The 90-foot wingspan UAS, named Dawn One, is the first airplane to emerge from Electra’s new development facility in Virginia as part of the Stratospheric Airborne Climate Observatory System (SACOS) program