A drone built by Santa Monica company FlightWave has completed its part in an almost month-long Schmidt Ocean Institute mission to assess the health of the world's seas. The tests successfully demonstrated that autonomous vehicles can work together to simultaneously measure conditions under the sea, along the surface and in the air. The unmanned aircraft was launched from a barge at Moffett Field on Monday and will spend about two weeks surveying ocean conditions around the world. FlightWave co-founder Trent Lukaczyk said the mission in the north Pacific moved science a step closer to having a "persistent presence in the ocean".
A drone built by Santa Monica company FlightWave has completed its part in an almost month-long Schmidt Ocean Institute mission to assess the health of the world's seas. The unmanned aircraft was launched from a barge at Moffett Field on Monday and will spend about two weeks surveying ocean conditions around the world. FlightWave co-founder Trent Lukaczyk said the mission in the north Pacific moved science a step closer to having a "persistent presence in the ocean".