DASAL Aviation Technologies, a subsidiary of Altınay Defense Technologies, the developer of numerous UAV and anti-drone air defense systems actively used in this area, brought its engineering experience to a project that will contribute to the field of scientific research and education.
Developed in collaboration with ITU and DASAL, the METRON meteorology drone allows use in education and research and development studies by measuring the structure of the air at different altitudes.
METRON, implemented with DASAL's experience in autonomous flight and mission software, is academically led by faculty member Assoc. the Faculty of Climate Science and Meteorology at ITU. Dr. Emrah Tuncay Özdemir takes over.
It is planned to put the system into operation within the ITU, together with the training to be carried out after the completion of the project, the development and preparatory processes of which are still underway. METRON can be actively used by students in applied measurement and experimental learning studies. In this way, theoretical information is supported by real, practical data.
The aim is to use the measurements obtained with METRON to better understand weather events, to study the behavior of the atmosphere at different altitudes and for scientific evaluations in the field of climate science.
“We ensure that data is measured and analyzed directly in the field”
Murat Koç, General Manager of DASAL Aviation Technologies, stated in his statement on the matter that METRON is an important system for use in academic studies.
Koç explained that METRON is designed to carry out atmospheric measurements in flight and within the framework of a given mission plan: “We ensure that data such as wind, temperature and pressure at different altitudes are measured and analyzed directly on site. It is valuable for us to be part of a study where we can contribute directly to the Academy while continuing our activities in the defense sector.” he said.
Koç continued his words by mentioning that they have developed a project that has a counterpart in the field and focuses on the needs with valuable academics at ITU:
“We believe that the active use of METRON among students in this field will lead to meaningful results on the educational and research side. Traditional meteorological measurements are mostly carried out using ground stations and weather balloons, but it becomes difficult to monitor the changes at different altitudes in a controlled and comparable manner within the same measurement system. In academic studies, it is of great importance to directly see the changes of data such as wind, temperature and pressure as a function of altitude. We developed METRON in line with this need.”
Koç emphasized that balloons rise in more than two hours in traditional radiosonde measurements, saying they can rise over 30 kilometers and be carried away by the wind.
Koç explained that it is very difficult for weather balloon measurements to remain constant in a specific region: “We are developing METRON to work within a predefined mission plan in the specific region. Our system is capable of measuring basic meteorological data such as wind direction and intensity, temperature and pressure directly from the field at specific altitude ranges. With this capability, we will ensure more controlled and repeatable data production, which is very important for academic studies.” he said.
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