1. Helping Agriculture One Flight at a Time . . ..
Drones

2. What is a Drone……
Male bee in a colony of social bees which does not work
Space and Aviation terms
unpiloted aircraft or spacecraft. Another term for it is an “unmanned aerial vehicle” or UAV.

3. What is a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle?
Flown without a pilot onboard…controlled either autonomously by onboard computers or by the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle
Autonomous – flown by flight path
Remote Control
Comes in variety of shapes, sizes, and functions

4. What is a UAS?
Unmanned controlled system is equipment beyond the drone itself
Items typically include
unmanned aircraft (UA);
control system (ground station control system)
control link
other related support equipment (includes personnel)

5. 6 Functional Categories
Target and decoy – providing ground and aerial gunnery a target that simulates an enemy aircraft or missile
Reconnaissance – providing battlefield intelligence
Combat – providing attack capability for high-risk missions (see Unmanned combat air vehicle)
Logistics – UAVs specifically designed for cargo and logistics operation
Research and development – used to further develop UAV technologies to be integrated into field deployed UAV aircraft
Civil and Commercial UAVs – UAVs specifically designed for civil and commercial applications

6. Uses of Drones. .. Aerial surveying of crops Acrobatic aerial footage
Search and rescue
Inspection of power lines/pipelines
Counting wildlife
What else would you use a drone for? Give me four different uses other than what is listed above for uses of a drone.

7. Agriculture Uses of Drones
Overview of Drones in Agriculture Farmer Uses Drone on Farm

8. FAA Regulations Farmer receives FAA approval
Article on FAA regulations .. .
regulations/

9. Pros to Using Drones
Discussion board over positive reasons to use drones in agriculture.

10. Cons to Using Drones
Discussion board to reasons why drones should not be used in agriculture.

11. Future of Drones
Future of Agriculture Drones Article

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