UAV Sighting over HUBC

Don’t be alarm if you see a drone going around the Howard University Beltsville Campus (HUBC), that’s Nakul Karle and Ricardo Sakai testing new instruments on the drone. They are preparing for incoming campaigns this year to measure from methane to ozone and other parameters like wind speed. The drone will carry these devices and fly them high around HUBC, but future projects will have the drone flying other places and with other instruments. So, don’t panic if you see our drone flying around, it’s only HUBC testing and taking measurements to new heights.

HUBC’s drone with instruments ready to go.
Nakul Karle doing the final preparations before flying the drone.
All systems are go! Taking flight!
Preparing for landing after a successful flight.
Ricardo Sakai and Nakul Karle pointing out things to modify for the next flight.