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Charity to use drones to stop deliberate wildfires

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Charity to use drones to stop deliberate fires - DRONES.R.AFRICA
In May this year, somebody deliberately set the Slieve Beagh peatland in Northern Ireland on fire – triggering a local trust to trust drone technology with catching the next person...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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For the first time in Europe, an energy company will be deploying drones for offshore environmental monitoring.

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Energy company deploys drones for offshore environmental monitoring - DRONES.R.AFRICA
German multinational energy company Rhenish-Westphalian Power Plant’s (RWE) has elected to try drone technology for its offshore environmental monitoring operations. The pilot will be conducted at the...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Drone logistics company Zipline wants to launch urban delivery operations in Kigali next year

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Zipline set to launch home deliveries in Kigali in 2026 - DRONES.R.AFRICA
It looks like a lot of stuff was happening at the Aviation Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda last week. Aside from EHang holding the first ever passenger drone demo flights...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Passenger drone maker EHang wants to bring low altitude drone economy to Africa

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Passenger drone maker EHang sets sights on Africa - DRONES.R.AFRICA
We knew our dedicated pursuit of Chinese drone maker EHang’s footprint onto the commercial drone industry would be rewarded someday: because now the company has officially set its sights on...
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September 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Organisation seeks funding to sustain drone-based fight against poaching in South Africa

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Organisation seeks funding to sustain drone-based anti-poaching operations in South Africa - DRONES.R.AFRICA
A wildlife conservation non-profit organisation is seeking to raise enough money to launch and sustain drone-based efforts to serve the white rhinoceros species at a South African nature reserve. Esta...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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A prison facility in Belgium has decided to check what the fuss is about with docked drones

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Belgian prison to trial docked drones for perimeter checks - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Belgium’s prison service is preparing to trial docked drones to strengthen security, with Haren prison in Brussels chosen as the pilot site. Reports out of the country has it that...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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In Madagascar, AerialMetric has just become WeRobotics' first African technology partner

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Proud dad moment: Madagascar Flying Labs graduates into technology partner - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Madagascar Flying labs are no longer just Madagascar Flying Labs within WeRobotics’ Flying Labs network. AerialMetric, the drone logistics company that is the custodian of the Flying Labs franchise in...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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A Norwegian start-up has set up a drone-based food delivery service in Scandinavia

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Start-up commences drone-based food delivery in Scandinavia - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Meal delivery is a luxury city dwellers take for granted – but more options are opening up for non-urban residents. Boasting nearly 700,000 islands collectively, Sweden, Norway and Finland are...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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E-commerce giant Amazon will be closing its Prime Air operation in Texan city

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Amazon shutters drone deliveries in Texan city - DRONES.R.AFRICA
It is Amazon again. This time, the e-commerce conglomerate is announcing that it will be ending it’s drone-based Prime Air service in the city of College Station in Texas, USA....
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September 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Energy company Ørsted is launching another large scale drone logistics operation

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Energy company launches large scale drone logistics operation for offshore wind farms - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Danish renewable energy company Ørsted understands the power of drone technology very well; so much that it has partnered with UK-based drone operator Skylift to launch what Ørsted says is the largest...
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August 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Growing problem of unlicenced drone operations in South Africa

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Growing problem of unlicenced drone operations in South Africa - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Remember this 2021 blaze in Cape Town, South Africa, where the local drone body had to issue a warning for people to stop flying drones around the affected area because...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The African Development Bank Group has entered the drone game

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African Development Bank enters the drone game - DRONES.R.AFRICA
The African Development Bank has introduced itself to the commercial drone world, after signing a partnership agreement with a Japanese drone maker, in its effort to advance cooperation and projects.....
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August 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Another bird-inspired drone on the way?

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Another bird-inspired drone projects under way - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Remember how this Dutch drone start-up has tried to break onto the drone market by making UAVs that look like birds? The company is literally called The Drone Bird Company,...
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August 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Indian drone company debuts survey drone
ideaForge

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Indian company debuts survey drone - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Indian drone company ideaForge Technology Limited’s mission to put the country on the world map of drone manufacturing giants took another step in the right direction, after the company launched...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Drone technology engineers are working really hard to make a drone that will stay in the air long enough without the help of a tether

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Drone shatters records with 3-hour long electric flight - DRONES.R.AFRICA
With tangible progress being made for drone technology on the actual data collection front, the next challenge has always been how to keep the unmanned aircraft up in the air...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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How does @djiglobal.bsky.social Enterprise's M350 fare against its M400 successor in LiDAR surveying?

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Comparing the DJI Matrice 400 and Matrice 350 in LiDAR Performance for Professional Surveying - DRONES.R.AFRICA
If you are in the survey industry and were still wondering whether you should upgrade from the DJI Matrice 350 to its successor, the new flagship Matrice 400, DJI has...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Drones fingered in UK prison substance abuse rise

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Drones fingered in UK prison substance abuse - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Officials at a prison facility in the UK said they were putting in counter measures after drones were blamed for a rise in substance abuse by the inmates. The Chief...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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They are really floating ideas about introducing non-lethal but armed drones to stop school shooting tragedies in the US

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Armed first response to fight school shootings? - DRONES.R.AFRICA
School shootings are currently a serious social problem in the United States.  According to data from the K-12 School Shooting Database, there will be 330 school shootings in 2024, the second...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Drone services company RocketDNA has scored another deal with a mining complex

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RocketDNA scores another mining deal - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Aerial data solutions provider RocketDNA (WA) Pty Ltd continues to make inroads on the mining landscape in both Africa and Australia, evidenced by the latest deal to operate its xBot...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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On inclusion: Opening up the aviation industry for underserved communities in Africa

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On inclusion: opening up the aviation industry for underserved African communities - DRONES.R.AFRICA
A South African aviation expert has challenged the industry in her country to set up better plans and programmes in order to inspire more youth – especially young men and...
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August 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a fourth BVLOS licence in the US

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US aviation regulator awards fourth BVLOS licence - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Drone-based package delivery company Flytrex has become the fourth drone logistics provider to be awarded a licence to fly drones beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) by the USA...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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A nature conservation consortium is using drones to regenerate a patch destroyed by fire in Scotland

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Using drones for tree regeneration in Scotland - DRONES.R.AFRICA
A nature restoration consortium in Scotland is seeking to quickly recover vegetation lost to wildfires by using drones to spray seeds around the denuded patch. The project will take place...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Using drones to monitor corn health

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Using drones to monitor corn health - DRONES.R.AFRICA
When people here of drone technology in agriculture, the image most get is that of automated aerial crop spraying machines that have made life easier for many a farmer across...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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An airport in South Africa has installed airspace management tech designed to keep unauthorised drones out

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South African airport installs airspace surveillance technology - DRONES.R.AFRICA
In a landmark achievement for African aviation, an airport in South Africa has installed surveillance technology at its premises that is designed to keep unauthorised drones and other aircraft from...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Telecoms provider to deploy high altitude drones for wider coverage

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Telecoms provider to use high altitude drones for wider network coverage - DRONES.R.AFRICA
Japanese telecommunication company SofBank Corp has led the way since 2017, but it seems the innovative concept of using high altitude technology to provide wide-area communication networks is gaining...
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August 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM