Every capability is the same loop, pointed at a different problem
Fly a fixed route, find what is wrong, produce something a machine can act on. What changes between the 18 capabilities below is the sensor on the aircraft and what the model is looking for.
Detect
Sensing flights that find the problem while it is still small.
7 capabilities
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Early disease detection
See the infection before the eye can
Multispectral imaging picks up stress, fungal infection and nutrient shortfall days before symptoms are visible from the cab.
Weekly through the main growth stages, tightening around high risk weather.
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Automated pest monitoring
Standing patrol over every hectare
Regular flights check fields for pest damage and mark the affected areas on a map you can act on.
Every three to seven days during the risk window for your crop.
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Irrigation analysis
Find the dry corner and the buried leak
Thermal imaging exposes dry patches, leaks and uneven coverage so water goes where it is actually needed.
Fortnightly during the irrigation season, plus a check flight after any repair.
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Yield forecasting
Count what is actually out there
Drones count plants, fruit or ears and turn the counts into a yield estimate for each part of the field.
Once at establishment, then at two or three points through grain fill or fruit set.
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Automated field mapping
The base layer everything else sits on
One flight produces a high resolution 3D model of the field: elevation, drainage lines, headlands and problem ground.
Once per field, then refreshed after drainage work or a boundary change.
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Wildlife detection before mowing
Find the fawn before the mower does
Thermal drones search grassland ahead of the mower for fawns, hares and ground nesting birds, and mark every find.
Every first cut, and any later cut on fields with known activity.
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Soil compaction detection
Read the tramlines the crop is drawing for you
Growth patterns, imagery and machine data together show where heavy traffic has closed the soil up.
Once or twice per season, best read at peak biomass.
Act
Treatment that follows the map, so only the affected ground is touched.
6 capabilities
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Targeted weed control
Spray the weeds, not the field
Cameras and on-board models find weeds plant by plant, then only the affected square metres get treated.
Two to four scouting flights per crop, timed to the herbicide windows.
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Precision fertilisation
Feed the rows that are short
The system works out which parts of the crop are under-supplied and builds a variable rate map for the spreader.
Before each split application, typically two to three times per season.
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Drone seeding
Sow where the drill cannot go
Drones broadcast seed and seed pods onto ground that is too steep, too wet or too awkward for a machine.
On demand, mostly cover crop establishment and repair work.
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Frost protection
Know which hollow will freeze tonight
Drones measure temperature across the block and identify the pockets that will drop below the damage threshold first.
Through the frost risk window, on every clear night with a forecast minimum near the threshold.
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Pollination support
Cover the gap when the bees cannot
Small drones assist pollination indoors and in blocks where natural pollinator activity is short.
Daily through the flowering window.
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Autonomous bird deterrence
Move the flock without living next to a gas gun
Drones clear birds from ripening crops on demand, instead of a permanent noise source that birds learn to ignore.
On demand through ripening, triggered by detection rather than a timer.
Operate
The service, the fleet and the reporting that keep it running.
5 capabilities
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Flights as a service
Book the flights, not the aircraft
You book a scouting schedule and get analysis and recommendations. We own the drones, the pilots and the paperwork.
Set once per crop and adjusted as the season moves.
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Autonomous drone network
Docked, charged, and out again at first light
Drones launch from charging stations on their own schedule, cover the fields and dock again without a driver.
Daily, weather permitting, with the calendar published a week ahead.
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Livestock and fence checks
The daily round without the drive
Drones walk the fence line, count the herd and flag animals that are injured, missing or lying unusually still.
Daily or twice daily through the grazing season.
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Sustainability reporting
The paperwork writes itself from the flights
Flight data, weather, soil and machine records combine into the input and water figures your buyers and schemes ask for.
Continuous, with reporting periods you define.
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Field decision assistant
A recommendation, not another image folder
The assistant reads every layer for a field and answers in plain language: what is wrong, where, and by when.
After every flight, plus a weekly farm level brief.
Not sure which of these your season needs
The flight calendar is built around your crop, not around a package. Start from your operation instead.