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USGS CESU cooperative agreement to pilot BVLOS drone imaging and AI workflows for river discharge estimation

USGS is funding a CESU-affiliated partner to test the Skydio Dock drone for remote beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights and to collect image velocimetry (IV) data. The project will stream/upload imagery using Skydio Cloud and satellite communications, then process the images (with AI-supported water/vegetation masking) to compute discharge comparable to USGS methods. Streamgages at the Bureau o…

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Agency: Geological Survey

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Total Funding: $120,000

Award Ceiling: $120,000

Award Floor: $1

Dates

Open Date: May 1, 2026

Close Date: May 30, 2026

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Keywords

usgs

cesu

bvlos drone

image velocimetry

satellite communications

ai computer vision

river discharge

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