Eswatni sugar producer in drone-based planting trial
MBABANE – Eswatini sugar and electricity producer Ubombo Sugar Limited has proclaimed success in its drone-based planting pilot, in a …
Agriculture (373 results)
Drones and the new landscape of modern agriculture
The below article was written and shared by Monique Heydenrych, the Port Elizabeth branch manager of Pretoria based South African aerial dat…
Charity to use drones to stop deliberate fires
In May this year, somebody deliberately set the Slieve Beagh peatland in Northern Ireland on fire – triggering a local trust to trust …
Energy company deploys drones for offshore environmental monitoring
German multinational energy company Rhenish-Westphalian Power Plant’s (RWE) has elected to try drone technology for its offshore environme…
Proud dad moment: Madagascar Flying Labs graduates into technology partner
Madagascar Flying Labs is no longer just Madagascar Flying Labs within WeRobotics’ global Flying Labs network. AerialMetric, the drone …
Growing problem of unlicenced drone operations in South Africa
Remember this 2021 blaze in Cape Town, South Africa, where the local drone body had to issue a warning for people to stop flying drones arou…
African Development Bank enters the drone game
The African Development Bank has introduced itself to the commercial drone world, after signing a partnership agreement with a Japanese dron…
Another bird-inspired drone projects under way
Remember how this Dutch drone start-up has tried to break onto the drone market by making UAVs that look like birds? The company is literall…
Indian company debuts survey drone
Indian drone company ideaForge Technology Limited’s mission to put the country on the world map of drone manufacturing giants took another…
Drone shatters records with 3-hour long electric flight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HN8pkJHNTU With tangible progress being made for drone technology on the actual data collection front, …
Comparing the DJI Matrice 400 and Matrice 350 in LiDAR Performance for Professional Surveying
https://youtu.be/-hVLzRZi9rk If you are in the survey industry and were still wondering whether you should upgrade from the DJI Matrice …
On inclusion: opening up the aviation industry for underserved African communities
A South African aviation expert has challenged the industry in her country to set up better plans and programmes in order to inspire more yo…