Advanced Defense Technologies (ADTI) Presents Marketing Plans to Utilize Company's Drones and UAVs for Precision Agriculture ...
April 17 2013 - 9:30AM
Marketwired
Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ADCF), announced
today that marketing plans are in progress to utilize drone and UAV
technology for precision agriculture applications. The Company's
UAVs, when equipped with a "sense-and-avoid" system that will
automatically steer the pilotless craft away from obstacles and
crash land in a safe area if necessary, are expected to expedite
possible commercial use in this market sector. Precision
agricultural applications utilizing drone technology are expected
to reduce costs and maximize yields.
Potential applications include:
- Monitoring moisture levels and carcinogen in crops and
vineyards
- Detection of carcinogen and pathogen levels in soil
- Identifying and monitoring the spread of crop destroying
pests
- Monitoring of farm equipment
- Following the progress and quality of work of autonomous
combine harvesters
"Drones have been used for military applications for a long time
but in the very near future commercial applications in the
agriculture industry are definitely possible," stated R.S. Tahim,
President and CEO of Advanced Defense Technologies Inc. "Utilizing
sense-and-avoid technology payloads on board all drones and UAVs
will be a critical step in overcoming public safety concerns. Once
autonomous aircraft are used with a high rate of success in rural
areas we expect a transition toward precision agriculture and the
utilization of drone technology to reduce costs and maximize
yields. The UAVs that ADCF will deploy should be a significant
improvement in current field surveillance."
About Advanced Defense Technologies Advanced Defense
Technologies (ADTI) develops systems and technologies for the
military defense and homeland security industry. The Company's
system design technology has been developed under SBIR Programs
with Government Agencies including NASA, DARPA, a prestigious
defense contractor (Phillips Labs), and the US military (USAF,
ARMY, NAVY and MDA). For more information regarding ADTI:
www.theadti.com
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