An updated study forecasts significant growth in global trade in military drones, predicting that what was a $4.4 billion market in 2015 will balloon to $8.6 billion by 2022.
Rachel Kaufman
Seeding Trees on the Fly
Planting trees is not easy work. Unlike spreading seeds in a freshly tilled acre of level farmland, forestland is hilly, sometimes inaccessible, and covered in things—rocks, shrubs, vines and other trees.
Drone Pilot Courses Taking Off
There is palpable excitement within the unmanned aircraft industry about the opportunities opening up now that restrictions on commercial drone flights are being relaxed.
“Find It” Drones Track Trillions in Inventory and Assets
Amazon has its dancing “pick and pack” robots, and now Walmart has flying inventory management drones. The company’s goal is to reduce the time it takes to check the stock in a warehouse from one month to one day.
New Class of UAS Go From Water to Air and Back Again
A new class of multi-domain drones now under development is able to operate underwater as well as in the air or on land, opening up new possibilities for applications like mine clearing, environmental monitoring and underwater inspections.
Drones Could Provide Earlier Tornado Warnings
“Tornado Alley” could become a much less dangerous place to live, thanks to drones.
Drones Joining Arsenal of Disease-Fighting Tools
From mapping infected communities to snatching mosquitoes out of the air, disease-preventing drones are on an upward trajectory.
Hunter Becomes the Hunted
Rangers in Africa’s wildlife parks are getting access to predictive algorithms and surveillance drones with help from researchers and nonprofits formed to help counter poachers.
