Max Armstrong shares news that Wilbur-Ellis has partnered with Guardian Ag to create a fleet of autonomous application technology machines. The airships, which are large drones, will use industry standard nozzles and pressures similar to a helicopter. Max shares details about the size of these airships which can carry a payload up to 200 pounds. They’ll first be put to work in California.

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