Forestry, Agriculture & Farming News & Articles

AI Vision-Driven Perception Demonstrated by Stereolabs

Stereolabs is set to give vision and crucial insights to autonomous tractors such as Monarch Tractors MKII, crop and harvesting robots, weeding robots, sprayers and more

Sep 26, 2023
Autonomous Hybrid Agricultural Vehicle Launched

Robotics Plus’ Prospr is an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks more efficiently and sustainably while reducing reliance on labor

Sep 25, 2023
FAA Approves Pyka Electric Spray Drone for US Commercial Operations

Pelican Spray is the largest ever to receive FAA approval for commercial operation in the US with a weight of 1,125lbs, and it can also carry up to 540lbs (70 gallons) of liquid and spray up to 240 acres per hour

Aug 10, 2023
Harxon Introduces New GNSS Solution for Precision Agriculture

Harxon's TS122 family of smart antennas for demanding autonomous precision agriculture applications can greatly increase GNSS availability, accuracy and reliability

Jul 24, 2023
Carbonix Completes First US Commercial Flights with Volanti Fixed-Wing UAV

Carbonix alongside Aerial Vantage are leveraging advanced drone capabilities and advanced AI data processing as part of larger aerial remote sensing project with MDARD, aimed at enhancing farming technologies

Jul 19, 2023
VTOL Multirotor Drone Deployment to Ireland

The drone will support farmers with monitoring plant health and spraying weeds and the police and fire departments as an integrated part of the first-responder system in times of emergencies

Jul 13, 2023
Volatus Aerospace to Support Wildfire Suppression in Alberta

Volatus pilots are now approved through Hinton GRID to provide infrared imaging services from drones to support wildfire suppression in Alberta

Jun 05, 2023
Volatus Authorized to Operate Heavy Spray Drones

The special authority enables pilots who are trained through Volatus Aerospace's training program, in compliance with Transport Canada's conditions, to operate throughout Canada

May 31, 2023
Agricultural eVTOL Authorized to Operate in the U.S.

Guardian Agriculture has received FAA approval to begin safely operating its SC1 fully-autonomous, electric, American-made agricultural aircraft in the U.S.

Apr 28, 2023
Borey Fixed-Wing Drone Used for Soil Moisture Mapping

UAVOS used a solution based around its fixed-wing Borey UAS with a multispectral sensor payload designed to provide both spatial and temporal resolution for better understanding of soil moisture levels

Mar 20, 2023
USDA Wildlife Services Selects Heavy-Lift UAS for Biodiversity Initiative

Parallel Flight Technologies will work with the USDA Wildlife Services to develop a drone-based aerial rodenticide baiting platform to improve the safety, cost, and effectiveness of current operations and to promote island conservation efforts

Mar 13, 2023
Partnership to Develop Firefighting Equipment for Phenix Ultra 2XL UAS

The team will incorporate several proven SEI Industries products into the Ultra 2XL Remotely Piloted UAS platform, including the Bambi Bucket and the Sling Dragon prescribed burning equipment

Mar 10, 2023
Volatus Aerospace Acquires British Thermography & Drone Solution Provider

Volatus believes the acquisition of iRed Limited will provide a foundation for continued growth in the region and reinforce the company’s overall thermographic capabilities

Oct 20, 2022
Animal Tracking with Radio-Telemetry & Drone Technology

Wildlife Drones has partnered with Freefly Systems to offer a complete radio-telemetry package with US made drones

Sep 21, 2022
Seed Pod Delivery System Developed for Tree-Planting Aerial Drone

CAL International and AirSeed Technologies partnership will advance climate change initiative that aims to plant 100 million trees by 2024

Aug 23, 2022
WarrenUAS Using Drone Technology to Save Lives & Grow Prosperity

Warren County Community College is providing drone training to officials from Warren County N.J with a focus on utilizing drones in critical law enforcement and emergency services tasks

Aug 23, 2022
Industrial Drone with Interchangeable Power Modules Launched

Arcsky’s X55 is a multi-role utility UAV with up to 3 hour flight time and interchangeable power modules

Aug 22, 2022
MoveIt Studio Developer Platform & SDK Launched for Manipulation Applications



PickNik Robotics’ MoveIt Studio Developer Platform and Software Development Kit (SDK) aim to help robotics and software engineers to create, debug, and ship complex manipulation projects faster


Aug 18, 2022
Censys Integrates LiDAR into VTOL UAVs for 3D Mapping Missions

This technology is useful for land surveying, power line inspection, topographic surveys, forestry and wildfire mitigation, precision agriculture, and mining

Aug 10, 2022
UAVOS Demonstrates Use of Drones for Forestry Inspection 

UAVOS used a Borey fixed-wing UAV to demonstrate how drones can optimize and improve the way data is collected and analyzed, help to reduce environmental risks, and generate economic wealth in the sector

Aug 05, 2022
Multiple-Stream Video Platform with Edge AI Acceleration Launched

Maris-Tech’s Jupiter-AI provides a hardware and software solution for remote platforms’ video streaming, recording, debriefing and AI at the edge

Jul 28, 2022
eVTOL Transportation Growth Strengthened by Capital Investment

Embention has received investment from Axon Partners to strengthen its growth in global industrial UAV and eVTOL markets

Jul 22, 2022
27-Mile BVLOS Waiver Awarded by FAA to Commercial Drone Inspection Company

Soaring Eagle Technologies, using Iris Automation’s advanced Detect and Avoid system Casia, has been approved for a BVLOS waiver to inspect up to 27 linear miles of commercial infrastructure

Jul 22, 2022
CHC Navigation Launches Global GNSS RTK Network Partner Program

The company provides full support and a range of partnership models to suit a variety of business needs

Jul 18, 2022
Censys Raises $8.3 Million in Oversubscribed Series A Funding Round

These new funds will be used to help the company transition from a UAS company to an airborne intelligence company

Jul 06, 2022
New Multi-Camera Solution for NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin

The camera is designed to support AI-based embedded vision applications such as autonomous mobile robots

Jul 04, 2022
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.