Behind the technologies at the forefront of improving NOAA hurricane data, By Madison Alder for FEDSCOOP (August 19, 2024) Drones and small data-collection devices aim to improve measurements used to track and monitor the intense tropical cyclones in an effort to provide potentially life-saving information. ...
Record breaking drone flight gathers critical data inside Hurricane Ernesto, NOAA Communications (August 19, 2024) One of the largest challenges in hurricane research is studying the inner dynamics of a storm. The regions within the hurricane that provide the most valuable data are often the most...
Dawn of Autonomy Podcast Features Dr. Jack Elston, By Dawn Zoldi, June 5, 2024 This week's Dawn of Autonomy podcast features Dr. Jack Elston, the CEO and co-founder of Black Swift Technologies. Jack’s journey into complex ops began when he earned his Ph.D. from the University...
UAS-Based Soil Integrity Measurements Ensure Solid Ground For Remote Runways, by Dawn Zoldi for Auvsi (December 5, 2023) Boulder, Colorado-based Black Swift Technologies, developers of rugged dual-use uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) designed for extreme tasks, recently received a $1.3M 2-year Direct to Phase II (D2P2)...
NOAA Pioneers New Ways to Advance Hurricane Forecasting, NOAA Communications (November 27, 2023) November 30th marks the official end to the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. Scientists and forecasters from across NOAA pushed boundaries as they worked throughout this active season to conduct crucial tropical cyclone...
NOAA Measures Hurricane Tammy from Satellites through the Sea, NOAA Communications (October 30, 2023) NOAA conducted the first ever collocated drone mission into a hurricane recently, collecting vital data in the lower levels of the storm that have been historically too hard to reach –...
Exciting news from the forefront of atmospheric research: NOAA has taken a groundbreaking step in advancing our understanding of tropical storms with the deployment of Black Swift Technologies’ cutting-edge S0 unmanned aerial system (UAS) into Tropical Storm Tammy. Uncrewed UAS are shaping up to play...
CU Boulder grads launch startups to change the future of aerospace, by Jeff Zehnder, CU Boulder Website (October 9, 2023) “From our experiences doing research at CU Boulder we developed an appetite for solving difficult problems with uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and the tools to...
NOAA deploys drones in the ocean and atmosphere to advance hurricane forecasting, NOAA Research (June 28, 2023) NOAA and partners are improving hurricane forecasting by harnessing the power of new technologies and working to coordinate these technologies to predict hurricane track, intensity, and rapid intensification....