The Trusted Operator Program, which AUVSI launched in November, is a UAS community initiative to facilitate best practices, codes of conduct and professionalism for operators of services provided by UAS, also known as drones.
To gain more relevance, either the data and analytics gleaned from drone imagery have to offer more value, or the drones need to be able to operate with less human interference.
Ag aviators are concerned about a recent change in registration for hobby drone users. The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled last week the Federal Aviation Administration must stop drone registration.
DroneDeploy, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for commercial drone operators, has raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors as well as High Alpha Capital.
After a comprehensive risk analysis, the Federal Aviation Administration has raised the unmanned aircraft "blanket" altitude authorization for Section 333 exemption holders and government aircraft operators to 400 feet.
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.
Drone users are facing the possibility of fines up to $27,500 and even jail time if they have not registered their devices with the federal government.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.