Navy to deploy robotic helicopter to track biomass growth on Maui

In Hawaii, the Navy is using a tiny robotic helicopter to help track more than 35,000 acres of Maui soil, on the fields of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar as part of its $10 million, five-year pilot project to produce renewable jet fuel. The Leptron corporation’s tiny drone helicopter, the Avenger, will track every temperature fluctuation and sprouting bud.