A small business that teamed up with NOAA to design a new tool that NOAA is using to improve the nation’s elevation measurements is now taking flight in the commercial market.
![The Centaur flies over Nantucket, Massachusetts, as part of a project to identify great white sharks. The plane was operated remotely from a nearby research vessel. (Image credit: Courtesy of Aurora Flight Sciences) The Centaur flies over Nantucket, Massachusetts, as part of a project to identify great white sharks. The plane was operated remotely from a nearby research vessel.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-Centaur%20soars%20over%20Nantucket-%20Aurora%20Flight%20Sciences%20-%201125x534-Landscape.jpg?itok=TkZ0zvY5)
The Centaur flies over Nantucket, Massachusetts, as part of a project to identify great white sharks. The plane was operated remotely from a nearby research vessel. (Image credit: Courtesy of Aurora Flight Sciences)