NOAA UAS Alaska/Arctic Flight Operations NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) CAPT Philip Hall, OMAO

NOAA UAS Alaska/Arctic Flight Operations NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) CAPT Philip Hall, OMAO

Overview NOAA s Ship and Aircraft Fleet UAS Operations Arctic Focus AeroVironment Puma AE APH-22 Hexacopter Quadrocopter md4-1000 Sensintel Coyote Sensitnel Manta 2015 Marine Mammal Arctic Study NOAA-NASA Global Hawk Partnership Arctic UAS Challenges

NOAA Ship Fleet KODIAK KETCHIKAN Ferdinand R. Hassler Fairweather Oscar Dyson MOC-PACIFIC: NEWPORT NEW CASTLE Bell M. Shimada Rainier Reuben Lasker MISSIONS Nautical Charting Fisheries Research Oceanographic Research Ecosystem Survey Ocean Exploration Climate Survey DAVISVILLE MOC-ATLANTIC: NORFOLK CHARLESTON Henry B. Bigelow PASCAGOULA Hi ilakai Thomas Jefferson Okeanos Explorer Gordon Gunter Oscar Elton Sette HONOLULU Pisces Oregon II Ronald H. Brown Nancy Foster Updated: 021013

NOAA Aircraft Fleet JET PROP COMMANDER MINNEAPOLIS MISSIONS Remote Sensing Fisheries Research Hurricane and Atmospheric Research Environmental Assessment MANASSAS KING AIR AOC: TAMPA GULFSTREAM IV TWIN OTTER (4) P-3 ORIONS (2) Updated: 9-18-12

AeroVironment Puma AE 6 Air Vehicles 2 Ground Control Stations

FY2014 Puma Operations USCG Arctic Shield Olympic Coast NMS Monterey Bay NMS Channel Islands NMS Stellwagen Bank NMS Gray s Reef NMS Florida Keys NMS Flower Garden Banks NMS Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

APH-22 Hexacopter 4 Systems (2 Marine)

FY2014 Hexacopter Operations Aleutian Islands Stellar Seal Lion Survey Northern Vancouver Island, Canada Killer Whale Study Antarctic Predator Assessment

Quadrocopter md4-1000 Operations Olympic Coast NMS (Dual UAS Mission with Puma)

Sensintel Coyote 5 Systems with METOC payload Iridium Controlled Launched from P-3 Into Tropical Storms

Sensintel Manta 2 Systems Iridium Controlled Air Chemistry Research Deployment to Svalbard, Norway

2009 Ribbon Seal Bering Sea Survey NOAA Ship MacArthur II

Fisheries plan to evaluate UAS for large whale surveys, 2015 These are sightings of all marine mammals seen from our manned aircraft flights over the Chukchi Sea in summer 2010. The highest density of cetaceans is nearshore just SW of Barrow (there was also higher amounts of effort in this nearshore area These are sightings of gray whales from our manned aircraft flights. This is the area in the Chukchi Sea with a predictable high density of gray whales that we ve identified as a good place to test whether a UAS can get reliable density estimates of large cetaceans.

Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) to Mitigate the Risk of Satellite Observing Gaps The NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program: Status and Activities

NASA Global Hawk Flight History 2009-2014 (missing 2011)

Arctic UAS Operational Challenges Aviation Challenges Logistics Infrastructure Multi-FIR Ops Weather olow Ceilings oprecipitation oicing ocold Temps Pilot Qualifications and Experience UAS Specific UAS SOPs Deconfliction odetect and Avoid ocommunications oprocedures Regulatory Issues Weather Avoidance oice Detection ovmc Detection ocold Temps

Arctic UAS Technical Challenges UAS Specific SATCOM > 60ºN Polar Navigation Certification Issues Radio Spectrum Weather Avoidance oice Detection ovmc Detection Remote Operations ohazards to Humans ofield Repairs obatteries