Unmanned aerial vehicles already help Idahoans with precision agriculture, natural-resource monitoring, wildland fire management and more. Now two companies are taking advantage of a state grant to join with the University of Idaho and Idaho National Laboratory to advance the industry’s capabilities and bring its technology to new customers.
The university and lab will work with zData Inc., a Delaware data-management company whose operations office is in Boise, and Empire Unmanned, a company with locations in Hayden, Boise and Pocatello that uses unmanned aerial vehicles — commonly called drones — to gather images and data about crops, forests, mining properties and other land … MORE
Idaho Statesman | July 20, 2016
