(Source: businessinsider.com.au) If you want to pull in a six-figure salary right out of school, you might want to start studying unmanned aircraft systems, more commonly and controversially known as drones. The young field is already lucrative — $US11.3 billion globally — and set to grow exponentially. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a trade … [Read more...] about Majoring In Drones Could Earn You A 6-Figure Salary
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Drones Take to the Agricultural Skies
(Source: gereports.ca) Today’s drone technology promises a bumper crop of rich data for farmers, ecologists, ranchers and scientists Advances in drone technology are literally soaring, and the agriculture and sustainability sectors are poised to benefit. Shedding their battlefield and pizza delivery reputations, drones are taking off as precise collectors of valuable … [Read more...] about Drones Take to the Agricultural Skies
Drone Spark ‘Hottest Topic’ at ND Farm Show
As drones continue to take flight across an array of industries, more and more farmers are seeing new possibilities in the nascent technology that could equal larger-than-ever crop yields. The latest state to see the “wow” factor of UAV-driven agriculture is North Dakota, where farmers were given a chance to see drones in action and learn more at the Big Iron Farm Show Sept. … [Read more...] about Drone Spark ‘Hottest Topic’ at ND Farm Show
FAA’s Working Group on UAS Gains New Member
from unmanned-aerial.com The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) working group on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has selected a new member: MAPPS, a national association of private-sector geospatial firms. MAPPS says it is the only representative of the geospatial, aerial survey and remote sensing community on the committee. "The geospatial community has been safely … [Read more...] about FAA’s Working Group on UAS Gains New Member
Amazon’s Efforts to Test Delivery Drones Gains Support from AUVSI
from computerworld.com The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), which represents the nascent commercial drone industry in the U.S., has thrown its considerable weight behind a bid by Amazon to test drones for use in the online retailer's proposed Prime Air package delivery service. The Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Efforts to Test Delivery Drones Gains Support from AUVSI
