On Monday, AgEagle LLC announced the release of a new UAV operations management system specifically developed for professional agronomists and crop consultants. Known as AgEagle RAPID, is a cloud-based automated data transfer network that collects, processes and transmits data directly from a UAV to the agronomist or consultant’s tablet or smartphone. From the press … [Read more...] about AgEagle Launches UAV Operating System for Agricultural Applications
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DroneDeploy Raises $2M in Seed Funding
(Source: Wall St Journal Blogs) DroneDeploy, a startup that makes it possible for just about anyone to fly small drones and analyze the images they capture using a tablet or smartphone, has raised $2 million in seed funding, Chief Executive Mike Winn told Venture Capital Dispatch. Investors included SoftTech VC, Data Collective, Red Point Ventures, Draper Fisher … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy Raises $2M in Seed Funding
Winners and Losers From 2014 Precision Aerial Ag Conference
from droneanalyst.com Last week my colleague Mitch Solomon and I were privileged to be in the company of more than one thousand farmers in rural Decatur, IL, for the two-day Precision Aerial Agriculture Show 2014 (PAAS 2014). Mitch covers five key takeaways from the show in his post about the event – including the most salient one: There is no killer drone app for farmers – … [Read more...] about Winners and Losers From 2014 Precision Aerial Ag Conference
Dakota drones urged to notify crop dusters
With the exponential growth of drones sales in the U.S., the skies are about to get more crowded. This has caused concern with regulators in North Dakota as agricultural UAVs take flight over the same farm airspace occupied by (manned) aerial crop sprayers. After the FAA awarded North Dakota Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site status to an area … [Read more...] about Dakota drones urged to notify crop dusters
