Tag Archives: Drones

By Laudia Sawer Tema, Oct. 30, GNA – The Ghana National Petroleum Authority (GNPC) has presented two Deltaquad Surveillance Drones to the Ghana Navy and the Ghana Boundary Commission to support monitoring activities within the country’s territorial boundaries.  Major General Emmanuel Kotia, the National Coordinator of the Ghana Boundary Commission, …

Integrated drone logistics networks will soon be shuttling pathology samples from the Moreton Bay islands to Mater Pathology testing labs under a new partnership between Mater and Australian integrated drone logistics company Swoop Aero. The initiative will slash up to six hours off the time it takes for samples – …

To help address the increasing amounts of sargassum washing up on the territory’s shores, public officers are learning to use drones to monitor and report deposits of the seaweed in real-time. “Traditionally, we used to get little bits of [sargassum] for a few months each year, but since 2018 we’ve …

Following the success of Knighthawk and Watchtower, Paladin is extending LTE capabilities to DJI in an effort to help departments start drone-as-a-first-responder (DFR) programs quicker and more effectively. Paladin founder Divy Shrivastava spent most of his childhood in a town 25 min north of Columbus, Ohio. In 2016, just as …

Dawn Patrol is normally the first event each morning of the nine-day Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. New this year, a drone light show welcomed spectators to kick off the 50th anniversary. Balloon Fiesta organizers went all out to celebrate the golden anniversary of the largest hot air balloon event in …

In a joint project, the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS) and the delivery drone manufacturer and operator Wingcopter are testing the potential of on-demand transport of consumer goods to improve local supply in rural communities. For the project called “DroLEx – Drohnen-Lastenrad-Express-Belieferung“ (“Drone Cargo Bike Express Delivery”), which …

As military and civilian drones become increasingly popular, there are growing concerns about the threats some of them may pose over places like airports, prisons, and electrical grids. VOA’s Julie Taboh reports on a company that has developed counter-drone technology that can identify and mitigate threats from malicious drones. VIdeographer: …

Nearly 20 months after the military coup in Myanmar, amid a rapidly intensifying conflict, People’s Defense Force (PDF) paramilitary groups are turning to drone technology to level the playing field as they engage with better equipped junta troops. When the PDF formed in the months following the Feb. 1, 2021 …

Drones, paired with 3-D printing technology, could autonomously carry out building projects. Thomas Ehrhardt via Pixabay Future construction sites could look vastly different due to new, flying 3-D printing technology. As opposed to plots of land packed with workers in neon-colored vests and goggles, these developments might one day be …

Drone and robotics knowledge hub Flying Labs envisions a future where cargo drones will be used locally for the delivery of a wide range of medical products, particularly in the remote parts of SA. This is the word from Dr Heidi Sampang, paediatrician and MD of the Philippines Flying Labs, …