South Africa Flying Labs is born
Then the Lord said unto Flying Labs; “Go forth into the world and multiply.” And so they did. We know the above quote is in there …
March 2021
Wingcopter glides in for SA drone conference
German delivery drone maker and drone solutions provider Wingcopter has joined an all-star cast of experts who will share their experiences …
Wanted: One smart person to build open-source hexacopter for scientific needs at UCT
Get this right; we would have done it ourselves; we know we are smart enough for it. Just that – as much as we love coding – we hate sci…
Drones surveying damage to the West African coastline
None of the drones being used to map out the scale of land degradation on the west African coastline have yet to endure the drowning ordeal …
Altitude Angel's new UTM platform to integrate drone presence in airspaces around airports
It’s been a bit long since we wrote about the angel of the skies, Altitude Angel. That wait is now over. The British provider of Uni…
Volansi granted BVLOS approval in Senegal
Senegal may have become the first African country to open its skies for beyond the line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights for cargo delivery th…
Samsung jumps onto the delivery drone bandwagon
Samsung clients based in Ireland will from yesterday be getting their products purchased from the Korean electronics company delivered to th…
Avy testing their drones for wildlife conservation
We have known the fixed wing drones of Netherlands-based Avy to take to the skies as a means to deliver medical supplies to whichever health…
Drones and their place in dangerous working environments
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation into an accident where a Squirrel helicopter struck a powerline pole and crushed …
FPV drone flies over boiling Iceland volcano
A volcano that has been sleeping peacefully for the last 800 has blown its crater in Iceland – and a drone was there to capture some incre…
In conversation with Sonet Kock
Sonet Kock knows the law. Especially as it applies to drone technology in South Africa. Bottom line; you wanna listen to Sonet talking d…
Special commemorations for World Down Syndrome Day in Nigeria
Just like the cellular phone changed the world forever, it would be really great if drone technology left no person behind in its meandering…
Drones helps locate lonely child
We all know the physical toll the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on the world, claiming over 2,7million lives from the nearly 124million…
Kenyan drone services company makes history
Kenyan cargo drone services provider, Astral Aerial Solutions has made history by becoming the first drone solutions provider in the country…
Uganda Flying Labs try hand on livestock management using drones
Remember those good old days of our fledgling boyhood lives in rural Africa? Days filled with youthful exuberance innocence, which we spe…
EHang to build eco-friendly vertiports in Europe, Asia
Guangzhou, CHINA – Despite looming class action lawsuits and prevaricating stocks on the market, autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) manufactu…
The case for medical drones in Africa
Morning folks. Today our attention has been drawn to a report from Zimbabwe, in Southern Africa where NewZWire reports that the governmen…
Swoops Aero scoops humanitarian gong in Australia
The guys at drone logistics company Swoop Aero have been good in 2020. As a result, the drone Santa in Australia where the company’s he…
Applications open for new students to drone and data course at ADDA
The African Drone and Data Academy in Malawi is now open for new applications for the sixth intake for its Certificate for Drone and Data Te…
Right up the alley
We do not have much to say; but if you have no idea what they mean when they talk about regular drone footage and that of FPV drones, we hav…
USA team awarded for safely delivering an organ by drone
A research team at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in the USA has been rewarded for trusting a drone to deliver an organ fo…
Valqari partners with QuickLoadz to perfect last inch drone delivery
Athens, Ohio, USA – They may not yet be as in vogue as most drone delivery companies have become, but Chicago, USA based smart drone deliv…
Analysing the data team behind life-saving drone flights
Keller Rinaudo, the CEO of fast-growing drone logistics company, Zipline could not have said it better: “All our customers really care …
Women and the drone world
The drone business might have started as just a hobby for most men, but for many women, the journey has not always been that rosy. Yet, f…
The women of Flying Labs on International Women's Day
For the past six years, humanitarian robotics non-profit organisation WeRobotics has been working really hard to empower local drone start-u…
DJI has not caught a cold in the USA yet - but for how long?
We all loved Romeo Durscher as the face of public safety drones during his time at DJI. Then – terrified of losing such an influential …
How has the DJI ban in the USA affected business?
We know that – with a projected $2,3billion share of the global market (according to Valuates Reports) – North America is the biggest co…
Wingcopter invests in Intermap's terrain data software
Denver, USA – With research into urban air mobility and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights gathering pace in Europe and the USA �…
Western Cape drone rescues another hiker
Another day; another person rescued thanks to the drone unit at the Western Cape EMS in South Africa. Maybe opening up a page on this we…
Inspire Africa launches drone league
STEAM and drone coding education provider, Inspire Africa Group, has launched a drone racing league for its elementary and high school stude…
One-tonne World War II bomb detonated in Exeter, England
Some residents who live in the city of Exeter in Southwest England last week had a fleeting experience of the horrors of the second World Wa…
Lonely at the top: women and drone technology in Zimbabwe
When drone technology gained cult popularity with a small racing community in Harare, Zimbabwe around 2016, Diana Banda was of the pioneer d…
Introducing the DJI FPV
Do you remember those alien fighter jets in the movie Independence Day? The new DJI FPV (first person view) drone looks like a miniature …
WFP seeks global cooperation on humanitarian drones
Rome, ITALY -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) with support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is…
World trade body urges Africa to stay abreast with new technology
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned against the potential of emerging technologies creating a greater…
Rocketmine drones to provide aerial surveillance at African mine
A few days after announcing their arrival on the Zambian precision agriculture landscape, drone solutions provider, Delta Drone Internationa…