Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomy
Proof-of-concept support for autonomous environmental observing capability.
This funding supports proof-of-concept projects to develop, integrate, deploy and demonstrate innovative autonomous solutions for atmospheric science or autonomous aerial systems for environmental applications.
Projects can develop and demonstrate autonomous sensing, instrumentation and measurement capabilities that advance atmospheric science, or autonomous aerial systems (UAS), sensing technolo…
Projects must develop and demonstrate innovative autonomous sensing, instrumentation and measurement capabilities that advance atmospheric science, or autonomous aerial systems (UAS), sensing technologies, instrumentation and measurement systems for environmental applications. Autonomous aerial systems projects must have UAS as a central component of the proposed approach. Atmospheric solutions do not need to be based on aerial platforms.
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