A team from Textron Systems Unmanned Systems provided its personnel and operations in support of disaster
response efforts for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
last week. Textron's Civil & Commercial team provided full-motion
video in real-time to the Emergency Operations Center in Oklahoma
City and the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla. The
video was used to rapidly and safely assess the tornado damage from
an EF-2 tornado that took place in Elk City on May 16.
Textron Systems' operators, as well as
representatives from Aeryon Labs, traveled 120 miles to the
impact site and began operations within 20 minutes after
the tornado's impact. Once on-site, the team operated an Aeryon
SkyRanger small unmanned aerial system to collect more than one hour
of high-definition video and georeferenced still imagery over the
tornado damage.
With more than one million flight hours
of unmanned systems experience, the Textron Systems Civil &
Commercial team consists of highly experienced professionals who are
armed with some of the most capable platforms in the world. In
addition to this recent operation in support of the Oklahoma
Department of Emergency Management, Textron's team also provides
aerial solutions in oil and gas pipeline inspection and security,
precision agriculture, as well as other natural disaster efforts.
