FAA greenlights more than one BVLOS drone in the same airspace
In a first for unmanned aviation; let alone general aviation, in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has …
July 2024
More tourism deals for EHang's passenger drones
Guangzhou, CHINA – It seems drone company EHang has stumbled across an acceptable way of easing passenger drones into people’s lives: ma…
Olympic games 2024 cheating scandal: Drone catches strays
There is a very good reason why experts in the drone industry have always strived to ram home the fact that aerial data collection using dro…
Zimbabwe: Drone spots people vandalising railway line
Security drone operations in Zimbabwe have recorded their first publicly proclaimed success, after four people were arrested for vandalising…
DJI drones spray 500million hectares of land
Their legal and business woes in the USA notwithstanding, it seems the year 2023 was another progressive one – at least on the agriculture…
The importance of 5G networks to autonomous applications
The below article from the smart people at telecommunications giant Ericsson outlines the important role 5G and its fast connectivity can pr…
Wing, DoorDash take drone delivery into Melbourne
Two years after they shook hands on a partnership deal that saw delivery drone maker and services provider Wing’s drones being introduced …
SA government welcomes drone fishing ban ruling
It is the aftermath of a bruising battle for the legitimacy of using drone technology in angling and recreational fishing in South Africa an…
South Africa: Drone fishing lobbyists lose Supreme Court Appeal
The final verdict is now in; and it is not good news for drone fishing enthusiasts in South Africa: using drones for recreational fishing is…
Birds attack drones patrolling New York beaches
We have held this suspicion for some time, but latest developments in New York have now erased all doubt: birds are jealousy of drones. Y…
Drone exposes extra marital affair
Stranger things are no longer strange anymore in this world, it seems. We have lived through times when a drone was used to search for lo…
Drones, AI and mining surveys
Drone services company RocketDNA is going places, leveraging the data capturing capabilities of its xBot ecosystem, which is centred around …
DJI ban section off US Senate version of defence bill
There has been an interesting development in the moves by the United States congress to ban Chinese drone maker DJI from offering its drones…
Drone as First Responder trials for UK police
In a ground-breaking first for first response drone operations in policing in the United Kingdom, drones have been deployed to monitor festi…
US's Drones for First Responders bill: Implications for first responders
The fallout from DJI and other Chinese drones' imminent ban from the US commercial drone market rages on, with first responders in the count…
Flyability adds asset management to list of things the Elios 3 can do
We know we have previously covered how drone technology is applied to warehouse management, with Nokia’s drones seemingly have a hold on t…
Low altitude aviation and the future of sustainable energy systems
Kudos to Drone Industry Insights for choosing to discuss energy efficiency and sustainable, climate-friendly energy resources in today’s a…
Medical drone operation launched in Ireland
Having made tentative forays into the Ireland healthcare logistics space last year, it seems drone company Wing and its UK partner Apian hav…
DJI's letter to US Congress
We think they do have to try, if only it may be for record purposes; but we do not think that the people at the forefront of fighting DJI’…