Embry-Riddle Professors Use Unmanned Aircraft to Aid Community in Assessing Hurricane Damage

When Hurricane Irma passed over Daytona Beach, tearing off roofs, twisting signs and knocking over a water park slide, professors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University were there to help assess the damage. Using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, from the university's Daytona Beach Campus, three College of Aviation professors worked with police officers from the ["]