South African municipality launches drone as first responder project
A municipal administration in South Africa has announced the launch of a drone first responder pilot project. The Kouga Municipality in t…
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Breakthrough on battery tech for drones in cold temperatures
As the search for better and more powerful batteries for drones progresses, a drone powered by an ultra-low-temperature high-energy-density …
Drone industry legend Romeo Durscher dies
Romeo Durscher – the colossal voice behind drone technology in first response operations – is no more. Diagnosed with cancer last yea…
DJI's drone docking system for vehicles
Wanna capture those travel moments, but without having to stop your vehicle so you can grab a few pictures? No? How about this: a car that c…
DJI's USA ban: Plot thickens
The running saga of Chinese drone makers' - led by the hugely popular DJI - fate in the North American commercial drone market is something …
The DJI Dock 3 is here
Yeah; the third iteration of DJI’s drone-in-a-box solution is here already. It does seem like DJI wants to make up for lost time since the…
EHang to build another drone manufacturing plant
Chinese drone maker EHang’s latest thrust of promoting drone technology in the low altitude economy seems to be bearing fruits; with the c…
Canada: unauthorised drone disturbs rescue efforts
...while Drake has drone allegedly invade apartment. Canada had a really bad couple of days with the drones recently, with one errant UAV…
Is bad regulation killing the drone industry in South Africa?
Well; this is interesting. For years, stakeholders in the South African commercial drone space have been trying all the courtship methods…
Former Hollywood exec pleads guilty to crashing drone into fire-fighting plane
Remember that time during the fires in the Palisades area in Los Angeles, when somebody flew a drone into a fire-fighting scooper plane that…
South Africa: drone company gets licence for Remote Operations Centre
After almost a year of sustained trials in public safety operation, a Czech-based Artificial Intelligence company has had its drone remote o…
Botswana: Drone services start-up sign MoU with local university
Botswana drone services company Drones For Africa has signed a partnership agreement with the University of Botswana (UB), which has codifie…