Second batch of Drone Divas graduate
Tshwane-based non-profit Africa Beyond the 4th Industrial Revolution (AB4IR) has just completed the successful education of its 2022 cohort …
September 2022
Wing drone goes down Down Under
A delivery drone belonging to Wing developed a technical fault during flight and crash landed on powerlines in Brisbane, Australia yesterday…
Bringing crop spraying drones to Brazilian farmers
Chinese precision agriculture solutions provider XAG is working farmers in Brazil to spearhead the adoption of drone and related robotic tec…
Taking drone delivery to rural Germany
Drone manufacturer and services provider Wingcopter are taking their delivery drone solution to the rural communities of their homeland of G…
Drone leads rescue for stranded hiker in Cape Town
A search and rescue drone and a helicopter worked in tandem to rescue a hiker lost in the Table Mountains in Cape Town yesterday. This co…
New EU draft makes it easier to sue drone manufacturers, users
Today, drone AI and robotic technology manufacturers will find out a new European Union law will impact their pockets if any of their produc…
DJI's Mavic 3 Enterprise is out
Chinese drone maker, DJI, has released the enterprise series of its Mavic 3 model of drones, which can apparently fly for 45 minutes. Bel…
DJI moves into new home in China
Fancy working in a suspended high-rise building? After six years scattered around various buildings in Shenzhen, China, DJI workers have …
3D printing drones: just like the bees do it
Their name was inspired by the sound made by bees – and now there is a challenge to make drones actually work like bees do. Researchers…
Drones to map land in Sierra Leone
The magical little birds seem to have worked wonders in Zanzibar. So why not take them to Sierra Leone? The country’s parliament is wor…
More rogue drones at US sports events
The scourge of dirty small tin birds is threatening to become hard to govern in the US sports arena. It is barely two days since we repor…
Two US men arrested for flying drones above sports events
Kids, this is why we have hardware and software to counter the activities of people who abuse drone technology to gain criminal ends. Two…
Dutch company releases new drone model
Dutch drone manufacturer DeltaQuad has started the public beta phase for their new drone model, the Evo drone, which boasts of a dual payloa…
Deploying drones to the volcanoes
The below article was written by Fiona D’Arcy and originally appeared in The Conversation. Fiona is a PhD candidate in Earth Sciences at M…
"Peeping drone" that wasn't...
Well; you have to imagine mishaps like this will happen when drones are deployed to work around people’s homes. A woman in Collier Coun…
Drones and mine waste storage facilities inspection
In the aftermath of the Jagersfontein flooding disaster, where the tailings dam wall collapsed and mining waste sludge flooded a nearby resi…
Embraer purchases stake in drone company
Brazilian aerospace company Embraer has drunk the Kool Aid on drone technology. The company has announced its arrival on the drone techno…
Drone docking infrastructure start-ups merge
American drone mailbox pioneer Valqari has acquired IDU Group, a UK-based start-up that develops smart integrated infrastructure necessary f…
XAG takes the P100 to Vietnam
Chinese industrial drone maker XAG are taking their P100 agricultural drone to the world, and they were in Vietnam recently. Below is the…
Rigitech, Zing join the DLE family
The Drone Logistics ecosystem family is growing nicely, with the 46th and 47th additions walking through the door in quick succession in rec…
DJI drones now Remote ID-compliant
Drone manufacturing company DJI has announced that seven of its drone models have been approved for compliance with Remote Identification ma…
Drones, 5G and agriculture
There must be some breakthrough solutions telecommunications technology giant Ericsson sees in the combination between drones and 5G network…
Jagersfontein dam collapse: drone deployed to scene
An engineering services company has deployed drones to help piece out events that led to the collapse of a tailings dam wall in Jagersfontei…
Dronamics finds partner to ramp up drone production
Drone maker keen to increase production ahead of commercial launch in 2023 Middle-distance cargo drone developer and operator Dronamics h…
Global boom in drone patents
Step by step, the use of drone technology in various settings seems to be gathering pace, if the number of patents granted in the last year …
Drone sighting disrupts flights at Glasgow Airport
We really wish we did not have to report this; but we’re afraid we have news about a suspected drone trespasser case. Again. This t…
China debuts solar-powered high altitude drone
Not to be outdone by Airbus’ Zephyr and HAPSMobile’s creations, China has developed its own high altitude solar-powered drone. Develo…
Medical drone deliveries take off in Kaduna
Finally, the state of Kaduna in Nigeria can rightfully boast of a fully-fledged drone-based medical logistics network in operation. After…
Matternet gets licence for commercial flights in the US
American drone delivery company Matternet is celebrating today because its drones have been declared fit for commercial operations. The C…
Scotland moves closer to medical drone network
A consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network usin…
Drone camp for underprivileged kids in Zimbabwe
Many readers will remember the Global Air Drone Academy (GADA) as a drone training institution that has been working with the American Embas…
Swoop Aero joins WEF's Global Innovator community
Australian drone logistics start-up Swoop Aero is now a World Economic Forum-commissioned global innovator. The Queensland company – wh…
Indian hospital to use drones for organ delivery
An Indian hospital has partnered with a drone company to launch an operation to use drone technology to transport human organs. Chennai-b…
Opportunities for insurance industry against drone intrusions
Stakeholders in the drone industry do understand that flying drones into places they are legally not supposed to be is a nuisance the indust…
Drone spying on homes in California neighbourhood?
Proponents of drone technology know that one of the reasons why regulatory authorities have been hesitated to have drones flying over people…
Start-ups partner for drone-based solutions in Zambian construction industry
A Zambian technology company is set to bring some excitement to construction sites in the country. Alstralz Technologies Limited plans to…
Zipline, Jumia partner for package deliveries in Ghana
Perhaps for the first ever time since it set its foot in Africa, the Zips from drone logistics company Zipline will be transporting packages…