Precision Agriculture
How it works
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Clorophyll
Plants will often exhibit signature characteristics when they are stressed, thriving, dying, blooming, or infected. These signatures may not always be visible to the human eye; however, they will usually have a strong correlation to the content of chlorophyll within the photosynthetically active regions of plants. Healthy plants normally have greater chlorophyll content in their leaves than unhealthy plants.
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Near Infrared and Red Edge
Plants with high amounts of chlorophyll within their reflective structures will reflect a greater percentage of near-infrared and red edge light wavelengths emitted from the Sun than plants with lower amounts of chlorophyll. Therefore, in many cases, the amount of reflected near-infrared and red edge light that is reflected off a crop can be used as a marker to help quantify characteristics associated with the health of a plant.
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Data Insights
Volatus Precision Agriculture provides unique insights to vegetation growth, and our crop and plot trial research programs deliver timely, and accurate assessments based on high-resolution aerial imagery that can only be obtained using sensors flown at low altitudes by unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones.”
Research is our specialty
Standardization
Volatus Aerospace can provide drone services across a wide geographical area, providing a unified, high-quality standard. We have trained our pilots to be specialists in agricultural mapping since 2016.
We have the largest pilot network across North America with over 1,200 pilots in addition to a large inventory of the latest drone technology which ensures that our clients have access to the latest innovations in drones, sensors, cameras and data processing.

Our Fleet
High Resolution
CAMERA | iXM-100 | iXM-50 | |
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CAMERA
RESOLUTION
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iXM-100
100MP
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iXM-50
50MP
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CAMERA
DYNAMIC RANGE (dB)
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iXM-100
84
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iXM-50
83
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CAMERA
ASPECT RATIO
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iXM-100
4:3
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CAMERA
APERTURE RANGE
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iXM-100
f/5.6 - f/22
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CAMERA
PIXEL SIZE (ÎĽm)
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iXM-100
3.76
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iXM-50
5.3
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CAMERA
EFFECTIVE SENSOR SIZE (mm)
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iXM-100
43.9 x 32.9
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CAMERA
LIGHT SENSITIVITY (ISO)
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iXM-100
50 - 6400
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iXM-50
100 - 6400
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CAMERA
CAPTURE RATE (fps)
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iXM-100
3
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iXM-50
2
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CAMERA
LENS MOUNT
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iXM-100
Phase One RSM
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CAMERA
DATA STORAGE
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iXM-100
CF express/XQD card
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CAMERA
RAW FILE COMPRESSION
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iXM-100
IIQ large: 100MB,
IIQ small: 65MB |
iXM-50
IIQ large: 50MB,
IIQ small: 33MB |
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CAMERA
IR CUT-OFF FILTER
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iXM-100
Yes
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RTK ACCURACY

MULTISPECTRAL

TRAIT ASSESSMENTS OF PILOT TRIALS
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Plant Height
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Vigor
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Stand Count
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Emergence Rates
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Maturity Rates
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Flowering Rates
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Yield Estimates
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Canopy Cover and more!