Municipality engages drone services provider for its housing development planning
A survey team from Cape Town-based drone services company Integrated Aerial Systems was in the KwaZulu Natal Province in South Africa recent…
January 2025
South Africa: Community safety drone project in faulty start
It seems the Gauteng Province in South Africa’s ambitious drive to integrate drone technology into policing and community safety operation…
Drone industry and market consolidation
Drone market research company Drone Industry Insights reckons that – after years of rapid growth and investment – it is only natural tha…
Scotland's Medical Delivery by Drone project in successful completion
American airspace management company ANRA Technologies has expressed pride for the role it played in the successful medical delivery by dron…
Medical drone logistics bearing fruits in Ghana: Study
A recent study in Ghana has underlined the effectiveness of medical drones – in both cost and time taken – to move medical supplies into…
Burkina Faso Flying Labs mapping out land for irrigation farming
Burkina Faso Flying – the Burkina Faso franchise for WeRobotics’ Flying Labs network of drones doing good – has joined hands with the …
DroneDeploy doing good...
...Drone Company Awards Grants for Humanitarian Operations Drone services company DroneDeploy’s panel for the Resilient Futures Grant P…
Software launched to map out drone routes with best network coverage
Drone network service provider Elsight has launched HeatSight, a signal strength mapping tool which provides reliable data on cellular cover…
West Midlands UK expands drone deployment to traffic duties
They were one of the first police organisations to adopt drone technology way back in 2020, deploying drones to chase criminals and suspects…
Czech telecoms and drone companies working to boost network availability during emergencies
Telecommunications company T-Mobile Czech Republic has teamed up with drone manufacturer Primoco UAV SE to develop and test the effectivenes…
Nokia joins drone-as first-responder ring
Technology giant Nokia has thrown its name into the ring as a service provider for Drone First Responder programmes. Actually, the compan…
EHang opens UAM centre in China
Keen to boost its low altitude economy ambitions in China, drone manufacturer EHang has announced the launch of its Exhibition (Experience) …
Ethiopian federal police invest in drone tech
The Ethiopian Federal Police is entering a new era with the integration of drone technology that would boost its policing operations in the …
New drone can haul 150kg cargo
British logistics company Windracers has launched a new and bigger iteration of its ULTRA series of cargo drones, the ULTRA MK2 drone which,…
Amazon suspends delivery trials after drones crash
Online e-commerce conglomerate Amazon’s delivery drone project has been grounded. Again. And the reason or this ‘voluntary’ susp…
Drones-as-First Responders for New York community
The Hempstead Police Department in Long Island, New York in the USA has announced the launch of a Drone-as-First-Responder (DFR) system, whe…
Nigeria mulls investment in agric drones
Having taken Zipline’s drone logistics system in the health sector like a duck into water, it seems the Nigerian government authorities wi…
Flipping the vlogs away with the DJI flip
Drone maker DJI has launched a drone for social media video bloggers, which does some spinny and flippy stuff many would find endearing. …
Latest DJI update ditches geofencing restrictions in the US
It is the year 2025 and DJI are ditching a thirteen-year tradition for their drones in the USA. Remember that time when you wanted to fly…
DJI launches Matrice 4-series of enterprise drones
World-leading commercial drone manufacturer DJI has launched the DJI Matrice 4 Series of enterprise unmanned aerial vehicles; making the new…
More trouble for DJI in the USA?
Maybe we will have to find new superlatives for Chinese drone maker DJI’s woes in the USA – just saying it never rains now just does not…
Drone light show mishap injures child
A drone light show to celebrate the coming of the new year went awry in Florida, USA, after drones collided midair and fell, injuring a youn…
Errant drones hampering fire fighters in California
With the death toll from the fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles in California, USA, having risen to sixteen as of today, it i…
California man saved by drone
A California man owes his life to the heat-seeking capabilities of a thermal camera drone today, after he went missing in freezing temperatu…