Bill Gates's first impression of flying a drone was meh. Then he went to India
Bill Gates – yeah; THAT Bill Gates – got his hands on the controls of a drone last year, then voluntarily put them down and away because…
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UTM provider Altitude Angel expands into the Netherlands
UK-based unmanned traffic management services provider Altitude Angel has partnered with Dutch drone enterprise solutions innovator AirHub t…
UK in trials to deploy drones for railway line inspection
Network Rail Limited – the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain is trialling the use of unmann…
The role of drones in promoting industrial safety
With the International Labour Organisation declaring April 28 every year as the Day for Safety and Health at Work, 2025 is the year new tech…
Scotland's struggle to keep smuggler drones away from prisons
You know you’re on to something when criminals do everything they can to turn your tech into something they can abuse. Because, what el…
Zimbabwean geospatial agency gets ROC
A Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Operating Certificate (ROC) is just as good as gold dust in Africa, which is why every single one that i…
New tool to help with drone regulatory compliance
We figure in an industry where understanding the rules and standard operating procedures is an absolute necessity, this tool can be a godsen…
Motorola invests in drone as first responder start-up
American first response drone services provider BRINC Drones is set to scale its operations after the start-up bagged capital investment fro…
Working with the drones in Mt Everest
In a world where we think commercial drone technology needs all the publicity it can get from mainstream media, we guess it is a good thing …
Chinese drone makers exploring markets following US tariff tensions
Chinese drone developers are pivoting to other foreign markets for long-term diversification, following the escalation of tariff tensions be…
Insurer proposes drones as alternative to heavy duty firearms
In light of the recent draft amendments to the Private Security Industry Regulations that now restrict the use of certain types of firearms …
African students win scholarship to attend top drone event in the USA
Two African are among the first recipients of the Commercial UAV Expo’s new scholarship initiative, aimed at promoting inclusion and diver…