Platform

NightFOX
Nighttime Fire Observations eXperiment

1: Campaigns
0: Data Products

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

The Nighttime Fire Observations eXperiment (NightFOX) is an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) manufactured by Black Swift Technologies and operated by NOAA. NightFOX is primarily used to investigate wildfires and is used to help develop the wildfire UAS Observation Systems (UASOS). It has both in situ and remote sensing instrument packages to measure fire plumes, perimeter, and radiative power. NightFOX has a maximum endurance of about 2 hours, a maximum range of 110 km, and a flight ceiling of 6 km above mean sea level.