When to use a drone for crop spraying
… and, maybe, when not to? For those farmers and agriculture professionals still thinking of whether or not to choose drone technology …
August 2023
RocketDNA gets licence to set the DJI Dock free
What would you do when you become one of the first companies in the world to purchase DJI’s inaugural drone-in-a-nest system, the DJI Dock…
Drone start-up's special day working with trans-national sugar company
We have only heard of the Dangote Group by word of mouth. Apparently, it is a modest holding company in West Africa that is involved in e…
Wing adds Walmart to Texas partners list
It was only two years ago that US retail giant Walmart looked at delivery drones and thought… ugh; perhaps I can try some of that. They…
Parachute system for the DJI M30
It was the M350 a few weeks ago; today it is the M30. Autonomous systems parachute services provider ParaZero continues to its solution t…
GLOBHE, UNICEF, mapping out flood-prone areas in Malawi
Countries in Southern Africa – particularly those close to the Indian Ocean – have suffered devastating loss of lives, property and unto…
How much does a successful security drone programme cost?
The article below was written by Bertus van Zyl; drone technology professional and Managing Director at UAV Aerial Works, a top drone servic…
Aerobotics launches new precision agriculture platform
South African precision agriculture software provider Aerobotics is looking to make further inroads into the US market with the release of i…
State of drone investment in 2023
One of the big reasons why we love to present reports from research company, Drone Industry Insights as they are is that they always give us…
Wingcopter demoes drone delivery before Kenyan president
A couple of months after announcing a partnership to deploy drone technology in the delivery of medical supplies across select countries in …
Counter drone technology... for prison facilities
Innovation. Thinking outside the box. That is what 424 drone sightings near your prison facilities can do for you. And so it is that t…
DJI enters cargo drone game
Any of you guys remember a story we carried a few months ago, where a Chinese solar installation company used a drone to transport solar pan…
I love you 1,000...
…USA elderly couple makes history with over 1,000 drone deliveries to their Virginia home By March this year, drone logistics services …
Wing spanning into Ireland
American drone logistics company Wing – a sister organisation to Google under the Alphabet wing – is delving into healthcare logistics; …
French police debut drones at stadiums
Usually when we report a drone sighting in the vicinity of a sports arena, it is because a naughty drone user is trying to get a peek on the…
Drone industry outlook 2023
Our ever-analytic pals at Drone Industry Insights have released their latest take on the direction the drone industry has been taking in 202…
Setting the stage for autonomous delivery
As autonomous package delivery moves beyond the nascent stage, industry and government leaders should focus on a regulatory and industry-lev…
Parachute system for the DJI M350
Israeli-based commercial drone safety systems provider ParaZero has released a parachute system specifically for DJI’s latest enterprise m…
On this Women's Day in South Africa...
Today’s Drone of Reason is a no-brainer: August 9 every year is Women’s Day in South Africa, a day which derives its superpowers to the …
Largest agric drone ever gets commercial licence
Looking at it with just an eye test, the drone does look like a huge bird with massive wings protecting a really long thin line of spray met…
The state of drone regulation in 2023
Researchers at Drone Industry Insights have released their analysis of the state of drone regulation in 2023, and below is their report. …
Gambia makes play for medical drones
A delivery drone recently made a successful delivery of medical to a health facility in The Gambia recently, in a first for the country that…