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Future of AV’s: Benefits and Challenges for Current Mobility System and Society
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A Multi-Tier Autonomous Aerial Architecture for Wildfire Detection, Characterization, and Communication in Infrastructure-Denied Environments
Wildfire response depends on how fast an ignition can be confirmed and located, especially in remote regions where ground-based communication and monitoring may be limited. Geostationary sensors provide frequent observations but at kilometer-scale resolution, which is too coarse to resolve small fires in remote terrain. Ground camera networks require sightlines and infrastructure that back-country areas lack. To address these limitations, this work proposes a Multi-Tier Autonomous Wildfire Intelligence System that combines wide-area monitoring with targeted, high-resolution sensing. A solar-powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) platform operating at approximately 60,000 ft provides persistent wide-area thermal and optical surveillance, running onboard edge inference to screen candidate ignitions and reduce false positives and downlink bandwidth. When a candidate ignition is detected, low-altitude uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) can be deployed to conduct localized observations, including high-resolution imaging and atmospheric measurements such as wind and plume observation. By combining persistent detection with local sensing, the proposed architecture is designed to provide first responders with timely, high-resolution information about fire location and behavior to aid in emergency decision making.
Small UAS radiological survey flights at the NNSS
News highlight intended for a new publication, the "LDRD Quarterly Highlights." The quarterly newsletter contains highlights from LDRD and SDRD programs and will be published on a LANL-hosted website. This story was previously featured on the NNSS.gov website
Rapid Assessment of Distribution Line Damage via Autonomous UAV
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Profiling Airborne Microwave Radiometer for Atmospheric and Cloud Research
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Using UAV Technology to Sample Aerosols Emitted from Wildfire Plumes
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Using UAV Technology to Sample Aerosols Emitted from Wildfire Plumes
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Systems for Monitoring and Analytics for Renewable Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Resources and Management (SMARTFARM SBIR/STTR)
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High Speed and Low-Noise Open-Path Gas Detection System
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