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…
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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…
BVLOS drones share same airspace at same time for first time
Dallas, Texas, USA – The quest for a harmonised global unmanned traffic management ecosystem has taken a solid step in the USA, with drone…
Improving crop yields with drone technology
MY THO, Vietnam - Amid Vietnam's "durian gold rush," farmers are turning to smart agriculture technology, notably agricultural drones, to …
Drones in ecological research
Researchers at the Archbold Biological Station (ABS) have adopted drone technology to help them with their ecological research operations at…
This UK village is done with drones
Of course, if you have read this blog often enough, you know how besotted we are with drone technology, in as far as it speeded things up fo…
South African wildlife conservation project launches new drone
South African inventor Robert Miller’s quest for the perfect wildlife conservation drone has led to the making of BushRanger 2M V1, a cutt…