NOAA UAS /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 MOC-PACIFIC: Oscar Dyson NEWPORT NEW CASTLE MISSIONS Nautical Charting Henry B. Bigelow Research DAVISVILLE Rainier Oceanographic Research Ecosystem Survey Bell M. Shimada MOC-ATLANTIC: Ocean Exploration NORFOLK Climate Survey CHARLESTON Reuben Lasker PASCAGOULA Thomas Jefferson Okeanos Hi”ilakai Explorer

Gordon Gunter Oscar Elton Sette Ronald H. Brown Nancy Foster Pisces Oregon II

Updated: 021013 NOAA Aircraft Fleet

JET PROP COMMANDER

MINNEAPOLIS

MISSIONS MANASSAS Remote Sensing Fisheries Research Hurricane and Atmospheric Research Environmental Assessment 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 Stellwagen Bank NMS

Gray’s Reef NMS Channel Islands 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, 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 gray whales from our manned These are sightings of all marine mammals seen from our manned aircraft flights. This is the area in the Chukchi Sea with a aircraft flights over the Chukchi Sea in summer 2010. The highest predictable high density of gray whales that we’ve identified density of cetaceans is nearshore just SW of Barrow (there was also as a good place to test whether a UAS can get reliable higher amounts of effort in this nearshore area 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 ●UAS SOPs ●Logistics ●Deconfliction ●Infrastructure oDetect and Avoid ●Multi-FIR Ops oCommunications ●Weather oProcedures oLow Ceilings ●Regulatory Issues oPrecipitation ●Weather Avoidance oIcing oIce Detection oCold Temps oVMC Detection ●Pilot Qualifications and oCold Temps Experience UAS Specific Arctic UAS Technical Challenges UAS Specific ●Remote Operations ●SATCOM > 60ºN oHazards to Humans ●Polar Navigation oField Repairs ●Certification Issues oBatteries ●Radio Spectrum ●Weather Avoidance oIce Detection oVMC Detection