Senator John Hoeven joined leaders from Grand Sky in announcing the purchase of a new system to facilitate real-time collection of weather data to support unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flights. Specifically: Grand Sky has acquired Meteodrone, an unmanned aircraft that will be operated under a multi-year contract with TruWeather Solutions to …
Read More »Friday-night Grey Cup drone show cancelled due to weather
Article content If you’re looking for Friday night lights at this year’s Grey Cup, they won’t be in the sky. Article content The Grey Cup Festival announced Friday afternoon that the NexGen Energy Drone Show won’t be going ahead Friday night due to wind and inclement weather. Two Saturday shows, …
Read More »Drones could be the future of weather forecasting
Meteorology professor and drone researcher Phillip Chilson has a vision, and it goes something like this: A network of 30-foot mesonet towers is stationed throughout the country to sample air pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction. There’s also a complementary network of ground stations, both autonomous and manned. Phillip …
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