Rapidly advancing UAS technology is refining the industry’s verification of metrics, application rate per acre, and anecdotal evidence from field biologists to quantify information across the board with more precision, Lefkow said.
“So, we’re finding opportunities like we were seeing today where we can apply far more targeted and precise applications,” he said, such as densely populated areas with periodic stagnant water near homes.
“The evolutionary pace of UAS technology certainly exceeds our current demands,” Lefkow observed. “Before one aircraft model meets its operational or airworthiness limits, new ones enter the market that raise the standard.”