Vietnamese drones will take photos of fishing grounds.

Drones from the Institute of Space Technology (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) will conduct test flights out to sea, covering a distance of 100km.

This information was provided by Dr. Pham Ngoc Lang, the project leader, after the flight to report to the Central Highlands Steering Committee on May 19th.

Images obtained from a drone. (Source: Provided by the research team.)

Accordingly, the three-day flight mission in the Central Highlands by six drones, which completed a total of 37 flights, yielded good results, with no technical errors occurring despite the very complex flight conditions in Da Lat. Da Lat was characterized by dense clouds, very thin air density, low pressure, strong swirling winds, and erratic up-and-down gusts with fluctuating amplitude.

During the test flights, these aircraft took 10,000 photos, and the cameras recorded the entire state of the forest area, vegetation, lakes, and land conditions in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province. The working group sent the Central Highlands Steering Committee an aerial photograph compiled from 45 images with a resolution of 130 megapixels.

(Source: Provided by the research team.)

According to Mr. Lang, the six aircraft will continue to be deployed for testing purposes to support marine scientific research in collaboration with the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography.

While no specific timeframe was given, the sea flight program is expected to last three days, covering a distance of 100km. The aircraft will be equipped with cameras, specialized photographic equipment, and reflectance spectrometers to measure and photograph fishing grounds and the marine ecosystem of Central Vietnam.

"The results of these scientific research flight tests will help the research team further refine the aircraft so that they can soon be put into mass production, expected in 2013," Mr. Lang said.

According to (Vietnam+) - VT