Yamaha's crop dusting drone gets approval to operate in the U.S. The FAA has imposed 28 limits and conditions on the Yamaha RMAX, as the country slowly etches out drone legislation.

An unmanned helicopter that has been used for cropdusting in Japan for over 20 years has gotten clearance for test use in the US from the Federal Aviation Administration. Yamaha's RMAX is now free ...

Almost a year after Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA applied for permission to operate its RMAX drone for commercial agricultural purposes, it finally received approval from the Federal Aviation ...

In May, Yamaha Motor became the first company to secure permission to fly a crop-spraying drone in the US that resembles a helicopter and is called RMax.