MUST SEE: Drone captures rare inside view of Melissa in Caribbean

ORLANDO, Fla. – History was made during the 2025 hurricane season in more ways than one.

Uncrewed systems such as drones have recently burst onto the scene to help meteorologists obtain critical data in areas once thought impossible.

During a mission into Tropical Storm Melissa last month, it is believed that for the first time ever, video shows the deployment and transition to controlled flight inside a tropical system.

The video shows the uncrewed aircraft system descending through Melissa’s rainbands.

The uncrewed aircraft system or UAS is deployed from a NOAA P3 Hurricane Hunter aircraft.

This drone, the Black Swift S0, then can gather critical data from areas of the atmosphere unsafe for humans.

The Hurricane Hunters gather data around 10,000 feet during the missions. The Black