XAG moving into Brazil, Southeast Asia
Chinese precision agriculture solutions provider XAG is stepping up its expansion efforts, with recent launches of its flagship agricultural…
May 2025
BVLOS drones share same airspace at same time for first time
Dallas, Texas, USA – The quest for a harmonised global unmanned traffic management ecosystem has taken a solid step in the USA, with drone…
Improving crop yields with drone technology
MY THO, Vietnam - Amid Vietnam's "durian gold rush," farmers are turning to smart agriculture technology, notably agricultural drones, to …
Drones in ecological research
Researchers at the Archbold Biological Station (ABS) have adopted drone technology to help them with their ecological research operations at…
This UK village is done with drones
Of course, if you have read this blog often enough, you know how besotted we are with drone technology, in as far as it speeded things up fo…
South African wildlife conservation project launches new drone
South African inventor Robert Miller’s quest for the perfect wildlife conservation drone has led to the making of BushRanger 2M V1, a cutt…
China in another successful mid-range cargo drone test
The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, one of the country's dominant unmanned aircraft manufacturers, has carried out the maiden fligh…
Amazon drones to deliver lithium-ion electronics
...but suffer another crash landing With Amazon’s drone-based Prime Air delivery service, the good news seems to always come with the b…
Another Flying Labs for Southern Africa
... as Eswatini student makes drone from recycled scraps Perhaps it is a great thing that the Kingdom of Eswatini has just launched Afric…
The story of Africa's commercial drone space
We know there is little to celebrate yet: as a continent, Africa continues to be the only drone market that is primarily a consumer of drone…
New tethered system to make the DJI Matrice 4 fly longer
Singaporean tethered drone solutions provider Volarious wants DJI’s new flagship drone, the Matrice 4E and Matrice 4T to fly forever. W…
Drones and GIS: Bringing new dimension to land surveying
Drone applications in geospatial operations are ESRI’s thing, so we will just give them the platform to speak. When heavy rainfall caus…
Europe's safety agency issues first ever UTM certificate
International unmanned air traffic management solutions provider ANRA Technologies has become the first company to be officially certified b…
Wing, DoorDash launch deliveries in North Carolina
Delivery drone maker Wing’s love affair with e-commerce platform Doordash is set to expand into Charlotte, North Carolina, to mark the lat…
Deploying the drones long after the fires have died
As wildfires continue to ravage forests across the US, the urgency to respond faster and more effectively is rising. In Ventura Coun…
DJI Mavic 4 Pro: Creator's wet dream with better camera and longer flight time
We know DJI has been making great drone products since the first Phantom in 2013, but the shape of the new Mavic 4 Pro left many a drone lov…
RocketDNA unlocks BARS Gold level
Drone services company RocketDNA’s Australian and African entities have both achieved BARS Gold status after successfully completing the B…
Catching them young through drone soccer
We have used drones to gather data from various industrial settings, to deliver important medical supplies to far flung communities, to prod…
Of trade wars and their impact on the global drone tech supply chain
Of course, the change of government in the USA and its subsequent decision to use tariffs as a negotiation tactic in international trade has…
Agric drone industry keeps scaling heights: DJI
The global agricultural drone industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, with adoption rates soaring as regulatory frameworks mature and…