Drones and security applications in Africa: Bidvest UDS

In June this year, we attended the Drone & Unmanned Aviation Conference, South Africa’s flagship drone event where stakeholders in the country’s commercial drone space meet annually compare notes on the pace of the industry’s growth.

We worked with conference sponsor, drone insurance services provider, iTOO Special Risks, to pick the minds of the top voices in South Africa when it comes to commercial drone applications.

The interviews ranged from industry growth, potential, the current state of the drone space as well as the future of drone technology operations in South Africa.

In this episode, the interview was with Heico Kühn; a well-travelled aviation professional, who spent nearly eight years as Chief Operating Officer at remote sensing company The iGlobe Group, before joining UAV and Drone Solutions (UDS) in the same capacity in August last year.

Heico has been in aviation a few more years longer than he has worked with drone technology; and with this, he has the experience of understanding spatial data acquisition and analysis to boast of.

He has actually contributed articles on spatial data and digital twin concepts using drone technology, including this one, which we published a few years ago.

With UDS, Heico’s workload at the company with the biggest drone fleet in the country is drone applications in the security industry.

The company aerial surveillance in environments where safety and security is paramount and specialises in providing aerial security surveillance operations that is aimed at deterrence and detection of criminal activity.

“Our trained flight crew communicate and guide ground security to ensure information gathering and effective arrests. Improved situational awareness through drone surveillance, not only assists in apprehending criminals but also serves to protect the security on the ground,” UDS says.

In addition to security surveillance, with an in-house GIS team, UDS provides survey and inspection services for various industries

“While our expertise in drone security surveillance remains unparalleled, we’re excited to announce our expansion into surveying, mapping, and inspection industries. Leveraging cutting-edge technology, we’re poised to lead the way in these fields, setting new standards for innovation and excellence.”

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