drones
Drone research at Virginia Tech nationally recognized
Virginia Tech faculty have been nationally honored for a multistate project that helped accelerate the use of unmanned aircraft systems in agriculture and natural resources. Several faculty members in Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and... more »
WSU’s Lav Khot recognized for drone research
Lav Khot, associate professor in the Washington State University Department of Biological Systems Engineering, was honored by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Commission on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources for ongoing efforts to enhance the... more »
Drones becoming platform for remote sensing
The premise that drones will change the landscape of agriculture has been around for several years now. As recently as 2016, the MIT Technology Review said drone usage was “revolutionizing” farming. While drones in the... more »
Drone industry launches into specialty agriculture market
Drone scouts are poised to make precision agriculture even more exact as drone technology advances. Drones have already arrived at farms, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Seventeen percent of all commercial registered drones in... more »