Media | Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

A gray uncrewed aircraft sits on a orange launch pad in an open field. A storm with dark clouds forms in the distance

A Coptersonde uncrewed aircraft prepares for operations.

Mariner Jason Dlugos enjoying the sunset on the dock in front of NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette.

The red DriX uncrewed marine system sits in its gray gondola at night

A DriX sits in its gondola at night.

Eight computer monitors with varying content

The command area of DriX onboard the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

A gray davit arm extends over the edge of a ship. The DriX deployment gondola with a red DriX are being lowered by the davit.

DriX being lowered alongside the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

A DriX uncrewed surface transits across the ocean.

NOAA Programs and Integration Engineer Nick Underwood in his flight suit

NOAA Programs and Integration Engineer Nick Underwood stand next to an uncrewed aircraft system and underneath one of NOAA's two Lockheed WP-3D Orion "hurricane hunter" aircraft.

Chief Boatswain Leslie Allen aboard a small boat.

A collage of uncrewed systems platforms and operators in action

A NOAA corps officer in a blue flight suite adjusts the blades of an uncrewed aircraft on a work bench

A NOAA Corps officer adjusts the blades of an uncrewed aircraft

Visual depiction of the orientation of people and platforms to achieve visual vs beyond visual line of sight UAS operations.

Visual depiction of beyond visual line of sight vs visual line of sight operations.

A collage of four photos of NOAA's different aircaft in different weather conditions to illustrate that their is no off-season for science and NOAA's aircraft.

A collage of NOAA's aircraft.