NOAA chief would like to use UAVs to track hurricanes

The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says unmanned aerial systems are a "very promising technology" that his agency could use to monitor storms, study the atmosphere and track the polar ice cap. "We have a very small manned aircraft fleet, so anything we can do to...

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