Managing Crops with Unmanned Aerial Systems (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Managing Crops with Unmanned Aerial Systems

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Anthony Distefano, a technician with American Aerospace Advisors Inc., makes adjustments to the payload of a 250-pound, autonomous helicopter for the first flight under the auspices of the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership. Mechanical engineering student Kenneth Kroeger was among about a half-dozen Virginia Tech students on the flight crew.

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