Drones Raison D’être: Overcoming Terrible Roads

Have you experienced this for yourself ? During UAVaid’s deployment to rural Sierra Leone, May 2023, the team witnessed first hand the challenges posed by inadequate road infrastructure in remote and rural areas.  It brought into sharp focus the value that...

UAVaid Receives HANSARD UK Flight Permissions From UK CAA

GOOD NEWS !!! UAVaid has received permission for the HANSARD drone to fly in UK airspace, from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The application process was led by UAVaid co-founder, James Ronen, and required the development and preparation of extensive and detailed...

Mansofinia Mapping – Permissions and Flights in 1.5hrs

May 2023.  Seizing the opportunity of a few hours of remaining daylight at the end of a busy day of drone mapping in eastern Sierra Leone for Project SAPLING, the UAVaid drone team mapped the community of Mansofinia.  This remote community lies south east of the Loma...

Sierra Leone Elections Gold Command Briefing

Ahead of the June 2023 General Election in Sierra Leone, UAVaid’s Daniel Ronen briefed the Sierra Leone Police Gold Command on recent developments in drone technology, capabilities and issues relating to the operational use of modern drones.  The briefing was...