The agriculture drone business will yield a healthy economic crop over the next four years, according to a recent market report. Zion Research released “Agriculture Drone Market: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Segment, Trends and Forecast, 2015 – 2021,” a 100-page analysis last week. Covering areas such as fixed and rotary drones … [Read more...] about Report: Agriculture Drone Sector To Yield $2 billion crop by 2021
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FAA Approves Four Companies to Fly Commercial Drones
(Source: USA Today) Four companies won approval Wednesday to fly commercial drones to conduct aerial surveys, monitor construction sites and inspect oil flare stacks, the Federal Aviation Administration announced. The exemptions for Trimble Navigation Limited, VDOS Global, Clayco, Inc. and Woolpert, Inc. come as the FAA drafts comprehensive regulations for drones to … [Read more...] about FAA Approves Four Companies to Fly Commercial Drones
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
Mesa County, CO Given License to Operate Trimble UX5
from Biz Journals The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given the Mesa County Public Works Department a license to operate a Trimble aerial imaging rover, Trimble announced Tuesday. Trimble Navigation Ltd. (Nasdaq: TRMB), a location and positioning software company based in Sunnyvale, California, has a 125,000 square-feet office and employs about 500 employees in … [Read more...] about Mesa County, CO Given License to Operate Trimble UX5
US Moves Toward Opening Skies for Commercial Drones
from CNBC.com The U.S. air safety regulator is drafting rules to permit small drones to be used for commercial purposes, a step toward allowing remote-control planes and helicopters to be deployed for everything from TV news coverage to monitoring crops. Media companies, energy companies, farmers and other groups have been pressuring the Federal Aviation Administration to … [Read more...] about US Moves Toward Opening Skies for Commercial Drones
