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Drone training academy opens its doors

To demonstrate United Drone Holdings’ (UDH) commitment to growing South Africa’s drone industry, producing first-rate, qualified drone pilots with the right skillset and boosting employment levels in South Africa, the company recently launched its RPAS training academy, accredited by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and designed to suit all skill levels. The academy […]

State of the drone industry in South Africa

by Sean Reitz, United Drone Holdings

At Drone Con 2017 earlier this year, senior economist Dr. Roelof Botha presented his insightful economic impact study which demonstrated that the South African drone industry could generate more than R2-billion per annum towards the country’s gross domestic product and could create 30 830 employment opportunities every year. Without obstacles, the drone industry could steadily grow at […]

RPAS: transformative and evolving

  RPAS has lowered operating costs, translating to more and faster-available data, as well as flexibility, improved safety and faster decision-making advantages. Besides stirring up the surveying industry, it continues to infiltrate fields that are still developing applications for UAVs, evolving as a technology and transforming industries along the way. To interrogate how much this […]

SACAA named best performing institution

  For the second year in a row, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has been crowned the “Best Performing Institution,” whilst its head, Poppy Khoza, walked away with the “Best Chief Executive Officer in Transport” at the 2015 Annual Transport Awards. The SACAA and Khoza, who heads the entity as Director of Civil […]

Virtual panel discussion: Drones

compiled by Hans van de Groenendaal, EngineerIT

Drones are a promising part how we manage our world. They will be the intelligent connection between people, process, data, and things to create new value and opportunities. We asked a number of experts to share their views about various aspects of the drone industry and the application of drones. With the drone market increasing […]

Commercial RPAS operator licenced

  The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has approved Public Display Technologies’ (PDT) Rocketmine Division as the first commercial RPAS operator for the South African mining sector. As of 16 October 2015, Rocketmine Aerial UAV Service provider received their Commercial Operating Licence for remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS). In May 2015 South Africa took […]

First fully licensed drone operator in SA film industry

  Drone Crew received a Remote Operator Certificate (ROC) from the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) on 23 October 2015, and are now fully licensed to operate drones in South Africa. The company is the first fully licensed RPAS operator in the South African film industry, and the third fully licensed operator overall (the […]

Curbing the spread of communicable diseases through air travel

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  Public health and aviation medicine specialists have gathered in Midrand to discuss ways to curb the spread of communicable diseases through air transport. The meeting was convened by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in partnership with the Department of Transport, the World Health Organisation, and the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA).The 200-strong […]

RPAS – risks, regulations and rewards

by Subash Devkaran, South African Civil Aviation Authority

  We live in an era characterised by unprecedented change in the way we go about our daily activities. Cellphone technology in conjunction with the internet has made global information and connectivity available to any person, anywhere, at any time, even in an aircraft. Today, borders only exist in a physical sense, for tangible commodities, […]

National RPAS regulation road show kicks off

  The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has embarked on a national awareness and education campaign with RPAS regulation workshops scheduled to take place across South Africa in the coming weeks. The first of these took place in Midrand, Gauteng on 23 July 2015, and was attended by more than 200 delegates. The SACAA […]

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