AERIAL AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

An apparatus comprises a base vehicle (210), a takeoff and landing system (212), a rack system (214), a refueling system (216) associated with the base vehicle (210), and a controller (238). The rack system (214) comprises a group of racks (400) with slots (224) in which the slots (224) receive unmanned aerial vehicles (220), provide refueling connections (226) that facilitate refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles (220) located in the slots (224), and provide data connections (228) that facilitate data transmission with the unmanned aerial vehicles (220) located in the slots (224). The refueling system (216) refuels an unmanned aerial vehicle (230)located in a slot (232) using a refueling connection in the refueling connections (226). The controller (238) communicates with the unmanned aerial vehicle (230) using a data connection and control the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles (220) by the refueling system (216) while the unmanned aerial vehicle (230) is in the slot (232), enabling exchanging data with the unmanned aerial vehicle (230) and the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicle (230) simultaneously.