Drones — small, unpiloted aircraft — do more than take pictures of houses and streets for Google Maps. They have a multitude of uses. In Virginia, on Tangier Island, an area only accessible by boat or ferry, drones deliver prescription medications to the front doors of older adults. In the military, drones can serve as tankers to refuel fighter jets, provide situational awareness to platoons and perform tasks that keep humans out of harm’s way. From mapping to surveying land, drones are employed in agriculture to collect data in real time about crop health and handle applications like crop spraying.At the core of it all are safety and problem-solving, and that gets Michael… Read More