{"id":49467,"date":"2025-09-09T08:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npolar.no\/?post_type=nyhet&p=49467"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:49:58","slug":"the-troll-observing-network-tone-drone-access-call","status":"publish","type":"nyhet","link":"https:\/\/npolar.no\/en\/newsarticle\/the-troll-observing-network-tone-drone-access-call\/","title":{"rendered":"The Troll Observing Network (TONe) drone access call"},"content":{"rendered":"

TONe is proud to announce a pilot season access call to the new TONe drone service infrastructure. TONe has built a new and unique capability with long range instrumented drones infrastructure that will support the research in Dronning Maud Land (DML). The infrastructure will be deployed in the field from the Troll Research Station<\/a> for the first time in the 2026\u201327 austral summer season.<\/p>\n

The pilot campaign is already financed by Research Council of Norway through the TONe project, and therefore this presents an opportunity for scientists to propose drone missions in DML to gather data in support of their research free of charge.<\/p>\n

NORCE<\/a> is the drone operator and will deploy two of their drone pilots at Troll for the pilot campaign. Norwegian Polar Institute<\/a> owns the TONe project and operates Troll Research Station. In addition to the large long range drones the team will bring some smaller  electric VTOL drones that are field portable. These have RGB and IR cameras and Ultra Wide band radar systems.<\/p>\n

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Descriptions of the sensor systems and capabilities of the drones that will be deployed can be found on the TONe project page<\/a>. The pilot season will be carried out between mid-November and mid-December, or alternatively between mid-January and mid-February, depending on the incoming requests. The duration of the pilot campaign is approximately one month.<\/p>\n

The drone endurance is up to 800 km and 8 hours in the air, giving an anticipated operational range out to the coast, see map sketch below. Range will be affected by wind conditions so there will be some variation depending on weather. <\/p>\n

\nDown-circled<\/title>\nDown-circled<\/desc>\n<\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span>Drone specifications and payload<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n