The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is studying what spectrum is needed now and in the future to support technologies used…
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Unmanned Systems Grow in European Agriculture
Unmanned systems’ global inroads are including European agriculture. GNSS for precision guidance of tractors and harvesters is already in place….
Farm Bill Boosts Rural Broadband with a Drone Perspective
The recently signed Farm Bill will dramatically boost funding for expanded broadband coverage in rural areas, where it is an…
Chula Vista Police Approved for Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drone Flights
The police department in Chula Vista, California is now the first public safety organization allowed to regularly fly drones beyond…
Last Call — Webinar: Scanning Ahead with Unmanned Waveform LiDAR
LiDAR has introduced pulsed-light precision and project-specific flexibility across sectors from agriculture to line inspection. Maximizing its deployment can yield…
Five Good Questions: Young Kim, CEO, Digital Harvest
Q: Your firm is using drone-gathered data in conjunction with satellite data and other information to forecast crop yields for large companies….
senseFly, MicaSense Join to Offer the senseFly eBee X with MicaSense RedEdge-MX for Crop Analysis
The agriculture industry now has a new tool for in-depth crop analysis: the senseFly eBee X with MicaSense RedEdge-MX. senseFly…
FAA UAS Symposium Slated for June 3-5 in Baltimore
Presented by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and AUVSI, the FAA UAS Symposium will be held June 3-5, 2019 at…
Aireon, Thales Collaborating to Expand Space-Based ADS-B
With designs on building a more interconnected sky in a future of increased air traffic, Aireon and Thales today announced…
Impossible Areospace’s US-1 Drone Assists in SWAT Mission
Newly released video from Impossible Aerospace‘s groundbreaking electric drone shows how the unmanned aircraft took part in its first SWAT…
The Drone Fund Invests in Malaysia-based Aerodyne Group
Tokyo-based Drone Fund has invested in the Aerodyne Group, a Malaysia-based drone service provider with offices in 10 nations around…
Yuneec International and Mobilicom form Partnership to Develop Two UAS
Yuneec International and Mobilicom recently entered into a strategic partnership to develop two unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both the…
DOT Looking for Research Proposals From Small Firms
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking research proposals from small companies aimed at solving nearly a dozen of…
Hoverfly joins Persistent Systems Wave Relay® Ecosystem
Persistent Systems has announced a five-year agreement with Hoverfly Technologies Inc. Hoverfly will be joining the Wave Relay® Ecosystem, an network…
Must We Fly Out of Sight to Farm?
BVLOS rules will revolutionize unmanned agriculture. But they’ll need to economically and quickly convert raw data into actionable information farmers can deploy.
Webinar: Scanning Ahead with Unmanned RIEGL Waveform LiDAR
With a significant increase in demand for high performance sensors and systems as the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) marketplace expands…