A Canadian Mining organisation, Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC’s Estevan, has recently shared their experience of adopting drones within their day to day activities, commenting that the technology has made mining operations more efficient. Mohsin Hashmi, Junior Mining Engineer at Westmoreland, has been working with drones for just over a year,… Read More
According to a proof of concept experiments conducted by a multi-institutional research team, drone deployment of sterile mosquitoes could accelerate efforts to control their populations and reduce insect-borne disease. Mosquitoes are a public health hazard around the world, spreading infections like malaria to millions and causing countless deaths and health… Read More
On Friday 5th June, the European Commission delayed the applicability date of the European Union Unmanned Aircraft Systems Implementing Regulation 2019/947 until the 31st December 2020. This decision supersedes the previous delay applied by the UK Government. This therefore means that the Implementing Regulation will now become applicable within the UK on… Read More
Coverdrone is a comprehensive aviation insurance product for both the commercial and recreational drone industry, offering bespoke protection. Below we have highlighted ten reasons why thousands of drone operators choose to insure with Coverdrone, and why you may wish to consider us at your next renewal… Flexible Policy Periods Coverdrone… Read More
Meticulous Research, an Indian based research organisation, has created an industry forecast which predicts that the global agriculture drone market’s worth will reach a massive net worth of $5.19bn by 2025! Why Such A Huge Growth? Forecasters from the research group have explained that the growth within this market… Read More
Did you know that we offer a free, one day, flight examination policy? A policy that has proven to be extremely popular since the launch in 2018, is our free flight training cover for clients going through any flight examination with any NQE within the UK. Once registered with Coverdrone,… Read More
Coverdrone is well-known for its industry leading annual policies, however we also offer a flexible short-term solution for both commercial and recreational drone operators. We offer all of the fantastic, all-risk benefits of our annual policies for the below periods to clients throughout the UK and Europe: Per DayOne WeekOne… Read More
A recent study by the European company ProtoLabs titled ‘Horizon Shift: Accelerated Disruption in Aerospace’ has revealed that the Coronavirus pandemic offers opportunities for drones, as changing needs lead to changing attitudes. As we have mentioned in our previous articles, drones are taking a significant role in crisis response. Read More
Earlier this week, our Marketing Manager Jess took part in an online demo with our recent partner Wingtra, which demonstrated the capabilities of their WingtraOne. We thought we would share what we learnt with you below! Surveying Applications of Wingtra’s Customers There are three key areas in which Wingtra’s customers… Read More
As volcanoes are difficult to access and are high risk to collapse of explosion, the imaging of active volcanoes has so far been a great challenge in volcanology. However, researchers around Edgar Zorn from the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ in Potsdam, are now presenting the results of a series… Read More
Over the last few weeks, it has been a quiet time for the industry, with the majority of commercial work being halted due to current pandemic and recreational users not being allowed out to fly freely. However, with the government’s latest guidelines announced at the weekend, it appears that the… Read More
Earlier today, 7th May 2020, DJI released their new commercial drone – the Matrice 300 RTK and the Zenmuse H20 Series – a hybrid multi-sensor camera. The drone manufacturer announced that ‘they have engineered this all-in-one, high-tech solution to expand possibilities and exploit areas of work that have never been explored before, for precise… Read More