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RIEGL introduces the miniVUX-4UAV LiDAR sensor, offering selectable pulse repetition rates up to 400 kHz, increased spatial resolution and multi-target capabilities for UAV-based scanning applications
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John Deere’s acquisition of Sentera enhances drone-enabled precision agriculture, integrating advanced aerial imaging and analytics to improve farm efficiency, sustainability, and data-driven decision-making
Ed Celiano, former executive director of a UAS test site, is joining WarrenUAS as a consultant and instructor in the safe planning and operations of large UAS within the NAS
Pyka has unveiled the Pelican 2, its next-generation autonomous agricultural spray aircraft, featuring a 300-liter payload and FAA authorization for commercial operation in the United States
Drone Nerds partners with ABZ Innovation to deliver agricultural drones, offering advanced spraying systems, precision technology, and sustainable solutions for American farmers
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Sikorsky and Rain have demonstrated how an autonomous helicopter can take off, identify the location and size of a small fire, and then accurately drop water to suppress the flames
Funded under the Photonics Partnership, the HyperImage project is developing a new spectral camera for geo surveillance drones and automated vertical farming applications
DronTech Asia 2024 will take place at on the 25th-27th November IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, Thailand, focusing on the latest in drone application developments across industries
BBLeap has chosen Silicon Sensing’s DMU11 inertial measurement unit (IMU) to power its LeapBox sprayer, enabling enhanced accuracy in the application of autonomous crop treatment
Advanced Navigation has launched the Certus Mini Series offering navigation solutions with less weight and more performance, ideal for drones and autonomous land vehicles
Pyka announces Heinen Brothers Agra Services as the first U.S. customer for the Pelican Spray Autonomous Electric Crop Protection Aircraft
Ground Control integrates Videosoft’s adaptive video compression for secure real-time surveillance, enabling cost-effective video transmission from remote sites via satellite
Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems will host a grand opening field day to showcase a new FAA-approved 49,000-square-mile agricultural drone testing facility that covers partial airspace in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, on August 22, 2024
Tesseract’s Ag Drone will use advanced computer vision and optics to give farmers detailed, real-time information about their fields, enabling them to make informed crop or data decisions
Pyka has signed SLC Agrícola as a customer for the Pelican Spray, a fully-autonomous and 100% electric crop protection aircraft, entering one of the world’s largest agricultural markets
Working with several collaborators, Telia Company has remotely operated forestry machinery in an area with limited connectivity through the use of a drone-mounted 5G network, successfully controlling the equipment from 80km away
The planting machine BraSatt from Boid and Södra increases the survivability rates of plants, logging the exact coordinates of each planted sapling, and using AI and sensors to handle variable conditions
Drone Nerds has partnered with Sentera to expand its range of agricultural and industrial drone solutions, adding Sentera's PHX fixed-wing drone and multispectral sensors to its offerings
The first graduates are being turned out from a new agriculture program that students at Warren County Community College can meld with the school’s program for drone training, that then leads them into the precision agriculture field
Commercial UAS industry leaders serving on the Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board will provide guidance for the 10th edition of the event taking place 3–5 September 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Yanmar Vineyard Solutions and Moët & Chandon have partnered to advance robotic and autonomous solutions in vineyards with the implementation of the YV01 autonomous vineyard robot
DJI’s Agras T50 and T25 will provide real-time mapping capabilities, 3D flight route generation, multidirectional obstacle sensing and automatic obstacle bypassing to bolster Drone Nerds enterprise solutions
The $699,000 federal grant will support a program that can launch students into a career in a field where skilled professionals are desperately needed, with a portion going towards outreach, particularly in the agriculture community
The International Drone Show has revealed a strong line-up of influential international drone speakers at this year’s event on May 29th in Denmark
The Operating Certificate allows the company's US subsidiary, Volatus Aerospace USA Corp., to operate any drone approved for agricultural operations, including drones weighing 55 pounds or greater
u-blox and Nordian will facilitate precise positioning for a diverse range of applications, including agriculture, service robots, machinery automation, unmanned systems, and more
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