New York drone corridor to test 5G networks
A consortium in the USA will be bringing 5G network technology to New York’s drone corridor, in a bid to fast-track the state’s position…
September 2021
Unitrans Africa adds to its drone fleet
Multinational company UNITRANS are stepping up their precision agriculture game in Africa by purchasing a fleet of the biggest sprayer drone…
FIXAR's multi-purpose drone and its service to agriculture
A few days ago, we reported that Latvian drone company, FIXAR had developed a black box technology for its multi-purpose outdoor drone, whic…
Wingcopter transports blood samples in Germany
Greifswald; GERMANY – It has not so much been charity begins at home with many successful medical drone logistics enterprises today, as th…
5G network tried underground in Colombia
...it does look like it works We know that drone technology working like a charm in GPS-denied environments – especially in mining shaf…
Delta Drone International scores deal with Corteva
International drones-as-a-service company Delta Drone International has scored a major coup for its agricultural drone business after signin…
Latvian company introduces black box for its drones
A Latvian drone company may have made the first black box for a drone. Starting this month, FIXAR – whose drones are designed for vario…
Ravens declare war on drones in Australia
With all these developments about the drone industry working with other stakeholders to safely integrate drone technology in the busy airspa…
ADDA, Alti-UAS awarded for humanitarian excellence
Today we pay tribute to the Malawi-based African Drone and Data Academy and South Africa’s Alti-Unmanned Aerial Systems, which were recent…
2021 Drone Photo Awards winners announced
A poisoned river (yea; we did a double take too, and went back to read it again: the river is in Romania), a turtle trudging back to water a…
Plans to integrate drones into Shenzhen airspace
Guangzhou, CHINA – If anybody needed convincing about the place of drone technology in the world, the recent efforts by major economies to…
Zimbabwe Flying Labs resume outreach drone workshops
They say for anything to endure in this world, it has to be so inspirational that the next generations will be willing to take it up. Act…
Drone dumps jail-bound contraband onto school grounds
Somebody somewhere in Brunswick County, Virginia in the USA is infinitely driving their head into a wall in frustration after a drone lost i…
Creating new super heroes for children in the Global South
We all know how much children love comic books and superheroes, right? So much that some humans who started reading comic books as children …
First vaccine delivery by drone completed in India
Hyderabad, TELANGANA – India has joined the medical drone logistics bandwagon. On September 11 this year, people gathered at a site in …
Free drone training for first responders in the USA
In remembrance of the September 11 attacks in the USA twenty years ago, and in recognition of the work done by first responders as the first…
Turning the wheels of innovation; the VillageReach way
The VillageReach president, Emily Bancroft is right – it might be sound like a tired cliché, but necessity really is the mother of all in…
Avy's fire fighting drone project enters second phase
Regular readers of this modest blog will remember the story we covered of Dutch drone maker Avy – known today for its delivery drone proje…
Another drone made in Niger takes to the skies
Nigerien drone maker and drone services provider Drone Africa Service has launched its second made-in-Africa drone – the T-250 Iris. Ha…
EASA's U-Space project goes live in Germany
While the Gulf of Finland 2.0 project to integrate drone technology into the European skies is taking shape with the first flight tests in E…
Ericsson and Vodafone to use drone-based inspections on network sites
Swedish networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson are working with Vodafone UK to speed up network planning and site upgrades thro…
All hail the new Loki
No. Not that Loki. We know he is a god and loves ruling and all... but we don't do that here. Here we mean the Loki, a new type of s…
Ehang makes first passenger drone flight in Estonia
A passenger drone has flown for the first time in an Estonian city. Although it did not have any passengers in it, the Ehang 216 passenge…
IAS and the growth of drone technology in agriculture
We are sure most of you will remember the recent coverage we did of Cape Town-based drone services company, Integrated Aerial Systems (IAS) …
5G networks and the future of drone technology
If you think drone technology is indispensable for some industries today, just wait until it is fitted with the superpowers of 5G network te…
Opportunities for cargo drones in middle-distance logistics
It has been a while since the world first learned about Volocopter’s Volodrone; a mid-range cargo and agricultural drone was supposed to t…
Expanding medical drone operations in the DRC
It was just a test drive when they started three years ago, but apparently, medical drones have been so good for the healthcare efforts of t…