Unmanned Aerial Crop Spraying Offers Startup A Quick Route To Market

Pyka's Pelican autonomous aircraft
More than half the Pelican’s gross weight is its 625-lb. payload of liquid chemicals for aerial application.
Credit: Pyka
For a startup, speed to market is everything. And California-based Pyka has a “minimum viable product” it believes can accelerate fielding of two of the hottest technologies in aviation: autonomy and electric propulsion. Autonomy lowers risks in agricultural aviation Electric propulsion reduces...

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