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AggieAir received a COA that allows them to fly anywhere in class G airspace within the state of Utah.

The raging Logan River this spring was both a novelty and a potential hazard, but it was also an opportunity.

Ian Gowing uses Propeller Aeropoints to increase accuracy and save time and money for clients.

Randy Martin, an associate research professor of environmental engineering, is one of many Utah State University faculty members who contributed to the recently completed 2021 Report to the Governor on Utah’s Land, Water, and Air.

Utah State University researchers are working to make almond production more sustainable by gathering information with drones to improve water management for almond groves and increase almond yield.

AggieAir is part of several new projects funded by the Almond Board of California and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to use a variety of tools including drones, hyperspectral imagery, eddy covariance systems, and, of course, field-based...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Utah State University and Michigan State University have been awarded $1.97 million over 4 years from the United States Department of Agriculture to study more efficient ways of managing tart cherry sales.

Kustas is now a Hall of Fame inductee for the USDA-ARS, for his work on the Grape Remote-sensing Atmospheric Profile and Evapotranspiration eXperiment (GRAPEX) project, a private-public collaboration between NASA, the USDA, AggieAir at USU, and E&J Gallo ...

Meet Karem Belen Meza Capcha, a first-year PhD student in the college's irrigation engineering program. Meza also is pursuing a graduate specialization/minor in climate adaptation science, or CAS, sponsored by a National Science Foundation fellowship.

Electrical engineering junior Kevin Plaizier won $25,000 after placing first in an international drone design contest.

AggieAir Service Center Manager publishes new journal article, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology Proves an Effective and Efficient Technique for Identifying Critical Native Fish Habitat

AggieAir recently partnered up with the Belmont Hydrology and Fine Sediment Lab at USU to investigate wildfire water sedimentation in Utah and its effect on Utah's water reservoir storage.

AggieAir has been a part of GRAPEX since the very beginning of the project. See recently released GRAPEX Videos and other media to learn more about the project.

AggieAir at Utah State University and Arctech Charge, LLC of Draper, UT are proud to announce a new partnership surrounding the key technology of drone battery charging and battery life extension.

USU AggieAir and USU Aviation Technology recently held their “Drones and Ag” presentation which featured a demonstration of AggieAir’s newest aircraft, GreatBlue.

Utah State University AggieAir and USU Aviation Technology are holding a flight demonstration of the new USU GreatBlue unmanned aerial system platform...

The AggieAir Service Center recently traveled down to Vernal, UT to assist in a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) funded project to estimate the colony size of white-tailed prairie dogs.

AggieAir at USU is helping grape growers like E&J Gallo Winery to use data from Earth-observing satellites to better track soil and vine moisture levels, understand vine water use and plan grapevine irrigation.

The academic event was chaired by the Director of Research Management, Dra. Lía Ramos Fernández, who thanked the miller, PhD. Alfonso Torres, for sharing his scientific career in drones and satellites.

The people who work and study at the Utah Water Research Lab will remember outgoing director Mac McKee in many different ways.

In the skies above Reno, Nevada, USU engineers fly drones above the high-rise hotels and casinos, hopping from rooftop to rooftop. The flights were part of a NASA-led study to develop a new unmanned aerial traffic management system.

AggieAirTM recently spent 10 days in Las Vegas, Nevada working with the FAA and other industry experts to create safety regulations and programs for drone services in the future.

One of the state’s largest research laboratories is getting a new director. David Tarboton, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Utah State University, will lead the Utah Water Research Laboratory beginning July 1.

AggieAir recently partnered with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Forest Service Fishlake National Forest, and Geospatial Technology and Applications Center to aid in...

USU Drones to Pave Way for More Drone Services in the Future, learn more about how AggieAir is assisting in this endeavor from KSL.

Utah State University’s premier unmanned aerial systems organization will take part in a highly anticipated NASA-led operation.

AggieAir teams up with USU Facilities to find energy loss on the USU Campus.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the AggieAir program two of their largest COAs to date.

AggieAir joined industry professionals and legislators on Thursday on Capitol Hill for the 3rd Annual Aerospace Day to discuss practical UAV application to agriculture and natural resource management and data collection.

USDA Ag Research Magazine featured the work conducted by AggieAir and USU researchers in their December 2017 issue.

USDA AgResearch magazine recently featured ongoing precision agriculture research that incorporates AggieAir's advanced scientific remote sensing technology and...

AggieAir pilot, Dan Robinson, is presenting at the 2017 EAA Oshkosh AirVenture

The AggieAir team kicks off a busy 2017 in Sunny California by placing strategically placed targets across the Gallo Family vineyards.

The AggieAir research team unveiled the new BluJay line of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) during the GRAPEX conference

AggieAir participates in Aerospace Day on the Hill at the Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Lumenera, experts in imaging, recently worked with AggieAir, a research lab at Utah State University, to develop an aerial imaging system for agricultural research.

AggieAir works with Utah and Wyoming Division of Wildlife Resources and the Nature Conservancy to help find a rare fish. The agencies will use the images provided by the drones to help map out a game plan aimed at helping the species survive.

A recent KSL News story highlighted a research project ongoing at Yellow Creek along the Utah/Wyoming border that includes state agencies from both states, along with federal agencies and the Nature Conservancy.

AggieAir's research over Yellow Creek, WY has been published in the Nature Conservancy 2016 Newsletter