Unmanned aircraft have been used for science and research by the Department of Landscape Management since 2015. In the early days, members of the Department delved into the development of own unmanned system for photogrammetry. In 2016, the Department procured a DJI S 900 hexacopter with a mirrorless camera, and the same year saw the Agency successfully obtain licences for aerial work - OK-X021Q.

Unmanned systems - drones are used by the Department for the purposes of Bachelor’s, diploma and dissertation theses:

• Use of photogrammetric software in KOPU, Ing. Václav Roháč/ 2020
• Technical condition inventory of farm buildings using drone technology and comparison with KN, Ing. Pavel Božák/2018
• Use of unmanned technology for determination of drainage systems and their failures on agricultural land, Ing. Vojtěch Fürst/ 2017

Unmanned systems are also used for research in the following projects:

• Disposal of radiation-contaminated biomass after a NPP accident - distribution in the landscape, logistics of harvest, use of biogas technology. No. VI20172020098
• Automation and objectification of monitoring of piscivorous predators. No. QK1920102