The first Meridian-class uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) built for Arctic exploration rolled out of the Garrison Flight Research Center's main hangar in December. This UAV, and others to come, will be flown in Greenland and Antarctica as part of a 5-year, $19 million research grant by the National Science Foundation to KU's Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CRESIS)
KUAE's responsibility under the CRESIS grant is to provide an aerial platform for ultra-sensitive ice-penetrating radar developed in KU's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department. The Meridian will begin flights this year with 8 aerodynamic antennas slung beneath the wing. 
The first Meridian has been designed and built on-campus over the past 2 years. Pictures of the manufacturing process can be viewed in the albums below. Photos courtesy of Bill Donovan, KUAE doctoral student.
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