Aerial application of pesticides, or crop dusting, is a crucial part of modern agriculture, increasing crop yields and reducing losses by billions of dollars annually. The job of an ag pilot is ...

Unmanned aircraft developer 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 ...

UNION COUNTY, NC (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – A pilot was killed after a crop-dusting helicopter became entangled in power lines Sunday, according to authorities. Officials with the Union County Sheriff’s ...

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A Kansas man has died after his crop-dusting helicopter crashed in northeast Iowa. Chickasaw County Sheriff Ryan Shawver says that at about 1:30 pm Monday afternoon, they received a 911 call of a ...

In 2020, Hector Xu fulfilled a longstanding dream and learned to fly helicopters. An MIT postdoctoral researcher at the time, Xu took lessons at an airport in Nashua, New Hampshire, on helicopters ...

U.S. startup Pyka has raised $40 million in fresh capital from new and existing investors. The new funds are intended to finance expanded production of Pyka’s autonomous electric fixed-wing aircraft, ...

The R550 Sprayhawk can carry up to 110 gal. of payload and cover more than 200 acres per hour. Credit: Rotor Technologies Brazilian civil aviation regulator ANAC has approved the use of uncrewed ...

MENTOR, Ohio — There’s an all-out assault against invasive species at the Mentor Marsh. And as the fight continues, an Ohio company called FK Agronomics and its drones are bringing the battle to the ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Even before dawn, the propellers were whirling and there was a heavy smell of aviation fuel at Downstown Airport, a grass airstrip that serves as a launching pad for crop dusters.

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Stephen Austin's job has been up and down since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. On Monday it was down. He and other Bootheel crop-dusters, along with their counterparts nationwide, ...