Guardian Agriculture’s eVTOL ag aircraft receives US nod

摘要

US drone-based crop protection company Guardian Agriculture(Malden,Massachusetts)has received authorization from the US Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)for its SC1 system.The decision makes it the first commercially approved electric vertical take-off and landing(eVTOL)aircraft for crop protection uses in the country.The SC1 is the”only autonomous,electric,aerial crop protection system designed specifically for large-scale agriculture”,says Guardian Agriculture.The aircraft is 15 ft wide and has four six-ft propellers.It can cover 40 acres(16 ha)of farmland per hour while carrying 200-lb(91 kg)payloads.