Friday bits from around the world
Morning, one and all. Just a few bits and pieces on the drone front this morning, before you dash off your rest of the day. Our bigges…
July 2021
The journey so far - cargo drones in Africa
...according to Denise Soesilo One of the founders of Outsight International – a consulting and project management company for the huma…
$2million sought for healthcare operations
Two non-profit organisations that are helping with drone-based health delivery in Malawi and Mozambique are still hoping for well-wishers to…
Drone crush of the Week: Zimbabwe Flying Labs and Integrated Aerial Systems
We know it took them a lot of guts, man hours and fumbling through the dark to get to where they are today. And before you say it, we kno…
The future of delivery drones
Spoiler alert... it is bright. The World Economic Forum has clearly warmed up to the arrival of drone technology as an economic force on …
All DJI drones still unsafe, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON – Last month, we carried a report from The Hill, which narrated the existence of a Department of Defence report clearing some o…
Cultivating community trust in humanitarian drones
Humanitarian drones have been the most common way of introducing drone technology in most communities in the Global South. The drones have b…
Drone company to secure vaccination centre in South Africa
Following the mayhem in South Africa last week, whose violent riots saw the deaths of 337 people at the last count, and the destruction and …
New software algorithm flies drone faster than humans
Are drone pilots already being made redundant before their careers even begin? For the first time ever, an autonomously flying quadrotor …
Delta Drone's ISS Spotter at the Cannes Film Festival
For two weeks – from July 6th until the 17th – Cannes was a hive of activity once more, as the Cannes Film Festival returned following a…
Florida man shoots down police drone in the USA
Seems like we are on the drone crime beat today. We have just reported on the news of a Japanese fella who might be the first to be arres…
Crime of the Day: Japanese man nabbed for drunk droning
Call it what you will – Droning Under the Influence (DUI), Droning While Drunk (DWD) or drunk droning – but it is an offence in Japan, a…
Man loses drones to looters in South Africa
The violent protests that characterised South Africa in the past week may have gone quiet for now, but they left a hole in the heart of one …
EHang firefighting drone passes quality tests
Chinese drone manufacturer and technology platform EHang has declared that its fire-fighting drone has passed examination by China’s quali…
Delta Drone sets foot in Mali, spreads further in South Africa
International drones-as-a-service provider, Delta Drone International will spread its wings to an eleventh country, after it was appointed b…
Gang use drone to traffic drugs into Spain
Spanish authorities say the drone is a Chinese product, although they have not named its manufacturer. It is a really large Vertical Take…
Spotlight on DeltaScan
While industry players are having a hard time haggling with aviation authorities safely integrate drone operations into urban skylines, the …
Malawian drone start-up picks up e-mobility prize
A Malawian drone and robotics start-up has become one of the five inaugural winners of the E-Mobility Innovation Call award, after shrugging…
Drone technology and the protests in South Africa
It has been a trying few days for business owners, mainly in South African townships, who have had to helplessly watch as their business pre…
Optron enters deal to supply GPS-denied drones across Africa
There will be fully autonomous drones flying into GPS-denied environments in Africa soon. This, after American robotics company, Exyn Tec…
UTM company, Altitude Angel, makes foray into South Africa
One of the world’s leading unmanned traffic management companies is coming to South Africa. Altitude Angel, the company that is working…
Search and rescue drones for missing dogs
Many people in the drone world might be aware of DJI’s interactive map that plots places all over the world where drones were directly inv…
Benin celebrates Drone Day
It may have taken them five years to arrive at the party, but the drone community in Benin was very proud to join the rest of the world in c…
UK regional police department to expand drone contingent
They used them once. They used them twice. They used them three times – and now they want everybody in police uniform to use drones in …
More drones for demining operations
It seems the idea of drone technology clearing landmines is not really a far-fetched one, after all. Following our report a few weeks ago…
Making technology work in the security industry
Security of persons. Security of property It was the hottest topic at the Drones and Unmanned Aviation Conference this year. And of co…
Wingcopter in Malawi to stay
German drone manufacturer and services provider Wingcopter, has underlined its commitment to improving health delivery in Malawi, by unveili…
Drone companies and the quest for medical delivery in Africa
It was just the thing you would have loved to see on a lukewarm Johannesburg mid-morning whose tepid sunshine you were likely never going to…