Watch: Fisherman rescued by drone
A video has emerged online of what looks like drone maker DJI’s Flycart 30 cargo drone rescuing a man trapped in a flooded river during a …
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Drone company develops computer vision tech for its made-in-South Africa drone
Today, our heart eyes are blinking towards UAV Aerial Works, a South African drone security provider that has manufactured what it describes…
South African security company launches drone first responder programme
Having recently become of the select few organisations to acquire a licence for docked drone operations from the national regulator – whic…
JOUAV launches fourth drone dock system
Chinese industrial-grade VTOL drone manufacturer JOUAV is on drone dock number four now. The internationally recognised maker launched it…
Walmart to expand drone deliveries to hundreds more US locations
Bentonville, ARKANSAS, USA — If you wanted the biggest confirmation that delivery drones are here to stay then this is it: Walmart – th…
US start-up launches agric drone with large payload capacity
It is now year six since German aviation company Volocopter and agriculture behemoth John Deere promised us the VoloDrone, a crop-spraying u…
Modern regulation: What Africa need to drive the drone industry forward
An international drone legislation expert has sighted South Africa as an example of how drone laws can severely set back industry gains if t…
Zimbabwe drone start-up loses fighter in jet fighter crash
Last Friday on May 30, there was a fighter pilot crash in Zimbabwe, near the Midlands city of Gweru, which resulted in the tragic death of t…
The drone start-up looking to disrupt DJI dominance
If Silicon Valley-based drone start-up Sifly was planning to challenge DJI’s hegemony on the North American civilian drone market, they ha…
Drone docks making jobs safer in oil and gas operations
A picture of an industrial drone undertaking a task that would have put a human in danger only a few years ago is something we all want to s…
Nigerian drone start-up scores major security deal
Nigerian autonomous systems maker and services provider Terrahaptix has scored a major deal to provide drone-based security for a local priv…
XAG moving into Brazil, Southeast Asia
Chinese precision agriculture solutions provider XAG is stepping up its expansion efforts, with recent launches of its flagship agricultural…