Medical drone trials coming to London
Following the recent successful pilots in Northumbria, the UK’s NHS Foundation Trust is now taking medical drone delivery trials to London…
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US lawmakers want Chinese crop spraying drones banned
As the latest chapter on drone maker DJI’s ordeal in the USA unfolds, the Chinese manufacturer has responded to last Friday’s letter by …
About those drone swarms...
Most of us have probably associated drone swarms with light shows, where drone have flown in their hundreds in unison at various events wher…
Matternet acquires advanced Swiss drone logistics certification
California-based drone logistics company Matternet has been granted a Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) by the Swiss Federal Office of Ci…
Hydrogen cell-powered drone completes 100km flight in China
As the search for long lasting but sustainable fuel systems for unmanned aerial systems continue, a laboratory in China has debuted a hydrog…
China tries drone-based cloud seeding
The 2023/2024 rainy season in Southern Africa is now way past us. Or what was supposed to be the rainy season anyway; a prolonged dry spe…
The WFP and humanitarian drone operations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KTNiIEsOsU In June this year, we attended the Drone & Unmanned Aviation Conference, South Africa’…
Africa-based experts join advisory board of non-profit drone programme
Two Africa-based commercial drone technology evangelists have been selected to join the advisory board of drone services company, DroneDeplo…
Drone insurance in Africa: From the viewpoint of an insurer
https://youtu.be/d-_nqsJR4m4 In June this year, we attended the Drone & Unmanned Aviation Conference, South Africa’s flagship dron…
UK's Apian conducts successful blood delivery trials
UK healthcare logistics company Apian’s latest trials into the feasibility of deploying drone technology for the delivery of blood samples…
UK CAA approves drone tests for various industrial applications
It is here we go again for online retail conglomerate Amazon’s attempts at establishing a sustainable drone logistics network in the Unite…
Belgium tests medical delivery by drone
A Belgian project to test the feasibility and scalability of medical drone delivery operations has successfully completed its first flight i…