Nevada (US): First Flight Of Cloud-Seeding Drone

Cloud-Seeding Drone Makes First Flight over Nevada (+Video)

Like a Predator drone, but for droughts

Andrew Dalton | May 4, 2016

A group of researchers and aviators in Nevada have successfully completed the first flight of an unmanned cloud-seeding aircraft, the state's Desert Research Institute reports.
The flight took place last week at an FAA-approved drone test site in Hawthorne, Nevada, where the DRI has been exploring the possibility of using of unmanned aerial vehicles to address the state's persistent drought and other natural disasters through weather modification.

"Researchers test cloud-seeding drone in Nevada. "We have reached another major milestone," said Mike Richards, president and CEO of Drone America." Source: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/05/04/Researchers-test-cloud-seeding-drone-in-Nevada/8421462372991/

"Cloud Seeding Drone for Weather Modification." Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfZZFKklU8A

<more at http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/04/cloud-seeding-drone-makes-first-flight-over-nevada/; related articles and links: https://www.dri.edu/news/dri-news-and-press-releases/5294-unmanned-cloud-seeding-aircraft-takes-flight-in-nevada ([Desert Research Institute:] Unmanned cloud-seeding aircraft takes flight in Nevada. UAS Test Site resources help industry-academic research team showcase UAS potential. May 3, 2016) and http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/5/4/11593832/cloud-seeding-drone-dri-nevada (+Video) (Cloud-seeding drones are a thing now. May 4, 2016)>