Author Archives: Martin Walls
Flying high-tech in agriculture
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, is becoming more common as technology has improved and prices have dropped. They range in price and scale from inexpensive children’s toys to sophisticated machines with sensitive measuring equipment costing thousands of … Continue reading
NLRPD implementing drones to combat crime
North Little Rock police have added a new tool to their arsenal to combat crime. Drones are used for just about everything these days: from hunting, to package delivery, to disaster relief. No one can forget the powerful images of … Continue reading
CBP tests small drones for border surveillance
Customs and Border Protection will test three small, hand-launched unmanned aircraft across selected sectors along the country’s southern and northern borders. Starting in September and continuing into early 2018, agents from the Border Patrol will see if the diminutive aircraft … Continue reading
Drones to fight skeeters?
The city’s insect control branch hopes to use a drone to help fight mosquitoes. The branch is asking council’s innovation committee for $36,500 to buy an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly referred to as a drone, which it expects could … Continue reading
