First drone pilots for South African police
It might be slow steps, but the South African Police Service is moving in the right direction as far as integrating drone technology into po…
June 2023
Drone business training for African start-ups
In a continent where the technology still has a lot of ground to cover, it is heartening to note that stakeholders in the drone industry are…
US man arrested for drone voyeurism
When it comes to drone offenders, we guess it takes all kinds. Here we have covered criminal activities involving drones, which have rang…
Drone Delivery Canada gets BVLOS licence
Is it BVLOS licence award season in North America? It was Percepto and Valmont a few days ago. And today is Canadian drone maker Drone…
Drone completes longest flight on US soil?
Good times are certainly on a roll for beyond the visual line of sight flight missions in the USA at the moment. While Percepto was yeste…
Percepto gets FAA waiver, and more capital
Fresh from receiving a nationwide waiver to operate unmanned aircraft systems on critical infrastructure sites from the Federal Aviation Adm…
Leonardo intensifies research into drone integration
Italian aerospace, defence and security company Leonardo has revealed that it is working on a research project where drone technology will b…
UK industrial BVLOS flights go live
It looks like drone flights beyond the pilot’s visual line of sight are moving out of prescribed corridors and into the public arena in th…
EHang flies between islands for the first time in Japan
For the first time since they entered into Japan, autonomous aerial vehicle maker EHang have seen their passenger drone fly between two isla…
DroneUp, Spleenlab working on precise package landing software
At a time when there has been interesting debate about last inch delivery methods on the drone delivery market today, another has popped up,…
Drone deliveries for Norway
After introducing themselves to the world via their game changing effectiveness in medical delivery, it was just a matter of time before del…
Israel conducts cargo, passenger drone tests
Passenger and cargo UAVs have taken off in Israel for the first ever time, as part of initiatives to test the feasibility of integrating dro…
Rocketmine earns the BARS
Drone services provider Delta Drone International – through its Rocketmine South Africa and Rocketmine Australia subsidiary operations –…
Impact of Chinese drone bans in the US
It is a reality of the world we live in today that there is very little to no love lost between the USA and China; a situation that has spil…
Wingcopter, Siemens to deliver medical samples in Africa
German drone logistics company Wingcopter will be expanding its medical delivery operations in Africa, after signing a partnership agreement…