NOAA hurricane hunters entered a new chapter in the use of unmanned aircraft systems the week of Sept. 15 when scientists aboard the aircraft launched unmanned aircraft directly into Hurricane Edouard.
In September 2014, scientists at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) reported successfully receiving weather data from the Coyote unmanned aircraft system. The Coyote unmanned aircraft is the first unmanned aircraft deployed directly inside a hurricane from NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft.