Morris Plains, NJ, May 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Low-flying aircraft spraying a fine mist over fields has long been a common sight in aerial crop management. Developed in the early 20th century, so ...

MALTA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wright Electric and Axter Aerospace, leading innovators in electric aircraft technology, are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the maiden flights of their ...

Deliveries of the Pyka Pelican 2 UAV to Brazil are to begin in August 2025. Credit: Pyka Pyka has won a firm order for 60 autonomous crop duster aircraft to be sold to a Brazilian distributor. The ...

Rotor Technologies is working through regulatory approval of a remotely piloted helicopter based on Robinson Helicopter’s R44, with hopes of tapping into the aerial crop-dusting market. Unmanned ...

Guardian’s SC1 aerial-application eVTOL can cover 40 acres/hr. Credit: Guardian Massachusetts-based startup Guardian, which is developing an unmanned electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) crop ...

Ag pilots are crucial to modern agriculture, utilizing advanced aircraft and high-tech software to precisely treat over 127 million acres in the U.S., significantly increasing crop yields and ...

Over an alfalfa field in California's San Joaquin Valley, a small crop-spraying plane is flying scarily low to the ground. There's little risk to humans though, as the plane is pilot-free. "We can ...