USGS Fact Sheet 2015–3013: National Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office

National Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office

By Susan E. Goplen and Jeff L. Sloan

Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office leads the implementation of UAS technology in the Department of the Interior (DOI). Our mission is to support the transition of UAS into DOI as a new cost-effective tool for collecting remote-sensing data to monitor environmental conditions, respond to natural hazards, recognize the consequences and benefits of land and climate change and conduct wildlife inventories. The USGS is teaming with all DOI agencies and academia as well as local, State, and Tribal governments with guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration and the DOI Office of Aviation Services (OAS) to lead the safe, efficient, costeffective and leading-edge adoption of UAS technology into the scientific research and operational activities of the DOI.

First posted March 9, 2015

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For additional information, contact:
Director, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046, Mail Stop 980
Denver, CO 80225
http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/

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Suggested citation:

Goplen, S.E., and Sloan, J.L., 2015, National unmanned aircraft systems project office: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2015–3013, 2 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20153013.

ISSN 2327-6932 (online)

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