The Double 4K sensor is a small, twin-imager sensor designed for harsh environments for use in precision agriculture and infrastructure inspection applications.

DuPont joins PrecisionHawk's previously announced round of series C funding, alongside Intel Capital, Verizon Ventures, Yamaha Motor, USAA, NTT Docomo, Millennium Technology Value Partners and the Innovate Indiana Fund.

A MarketResearchReports.biz report titled "Agricultural Drones: Market Shares, Strategy and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2016 to 2022," states that the market is poised to expand from $494 million in 2016 to $3.69 billion by 2022.

North Dakota State University will be using the Hermes 450 20-foot unmanned aircraft from Elbit Systems of America for research flights at the newly approved test site for precision ag testing.

During the last year, Grand Marsh, Wis., strip-tillers Eric and Megan Wallendal have researched and experimented with use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system, primarily to track and treat in-season nutrient deficiencies. They share their lessons learned and return on investment with the system.

A federal law effective Dec. 21, 2015 requires unmanned aircraft registration. Violators will be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

Nathan Stein with SenseFly presents the eBee "Drone to Tractor" system at Agritechnica 2015.

The agricultural use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, will be the subject of an Aug. 27 field day at the Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy Research Farms.