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UAVaid's latest developments and activities.Death of Queen Elizabeth II
Together with the rest of the nation and people throughout the world we mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She was our longest-ever reigning monarch and a constant source of stability and strength. With her tireless devotion to service, she was the...
UAVaid Consortium Announce NATEP Funding Award
A consortium formed of Archangel Imaging, UAVaid and Novit AI, today announced the successful award of a share of £2.5m of development funding from the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) and formal start of PROJECT GENIE, a 12-month programme...
UAVaid Awarded Share of £73m Future Flight Challenge Funding
UAVaid and Archangel Imaging are delighted to announce the launch of Project SEAWATCH, with funding awarded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Future Flight Challenge Phase 3 programme. Project SEAWATCH will develop the critical technology for a new...
HANSARD Flies In Sierra Leone
UAVAID HANSARD UAV DRONE flies in Sierra Leone.
UAVaid and Archangel Sign Co-operation Agreement to Integrate AI into Drones
UAVaid and artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Archangel Imaging have signed an MOU of cooperation for integrating advanced AI capabilities into unmanned aircraft. The strategic partnership will support the development of technologies integrating edge-based...
UAVaid Briefs Sierra Leone High Commissioner
UAVaid co-founder Daniel Ronen was honoured to be invited to the Sierra Leone High Commission in London and brief HE Morie Komba Manyeh, Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, on the opportunities and progress being made implementing drones in the West...
UAVaid and Swoop Aero Sign Strategic Partnership for Air Logistics Services In Sierra Leone
London, UK / Melbourne, Australia PRESS RELEASE: 03/12/2021: UAVaid and Swoop Aero haveentered into a strategic partnership for air logistics services in Sierra Leone.Swoop Aero’s autonomous eVTOL aircraft will be integrated in UAVaid's mixed-fleet drone offeringin...
UAVaid and Crown Agents Brief British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone
Daniel Ronen (UAVaid) and James Houghton (Crown Agents) brief British High Commissioner Lisa Chesney on drone projects in Sierra Leone.
UAVaid Makes First Ever Medical Drone Delivery In Sierra Leone
UAVAID Supports Healthcare Programme With First Ever Medical Drone Delivery In Sierra Leone. 19th November 2021 saw the first ever delivery of medicines by drone in Sierra Leone. This was a collaboration between UK based drone specialist, UAVaid, and the Sierra...
UPDATE: COVID19 PANDEMIC
Our thoughts and condolences go out to all those who have lost loved one's or friend's due to the coronavirus pandemic currently spreading across the globe. In addition to the tragic loss of life, the true scale of the economic and social impacts are unlikely to be...
UAVaid Honoured with Royal Aeronautical Society Award
UAVaid are delighted to announce they have been honoured by the Royal Aeronautical Society with the 2020 Team Specialist Award for; "Demonstrating outstanding sector leadership and technical achievement in the field of Unmanned Aviation in Humanitarian and Development...
UAVaid Co-founder Wins Diversity Award
Daniel Ronen wins prestigious award for diversity and inclusion, from IMechE.
UAVAid and Halkin Group sign MOU for Kenya COVID Response
UAVAid and Halkin Group have signed an MOU to support Kenya COVID recovery with ‘drones’ for national Healthcare and Economic Development UAVaid, one of the UK’s leading developers of specialist ‘drone’ technology, has signed an agreement with Halkin Group, paving the...
DFID Publishes UAVaid Multi-Role Case Study
Today, Frontier Technology Livestreaming, on behalf of Department for International Development (DFID) has published their case study of the A LONG DISTANCE UAV FOR MULTI-ROLE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE programme, which culminated in the hugely successful UAVaid Hansard...
UAVaid Awarded UKRI Research Grant
UAVaid, in collaboration with Archangel Imaging are today delighted to announce their award of a research grant from UKRI for Collaborative integration of AI and high endurance UAV for Automated Energy Infrastructure Monitoring. The project will conduct research into...
UAVaid Completes Anti-Poaching With Rangers In Malawi
UAVaid integrates with wildlife protection in Malawi. Uses UAV to stop poaching.
UAVaid Completes Drone Medical Delivery In Malawi
As part of a FTL/DFID project in Africa, UAVaid successfully integrated the Hansard UAV into the medical supply chain for deliveries to a remote clinic in western Malawi. Using its parachute-delivery system, the drone delivered over 5kg of needed medical supplies...
UAVaid Hosts FTL at Spanish UAV Demo Facility
In the readiness buildup to an upcoming deployment to Malawi, as part of a UK Government DFID Pilot Programme Contract, UAVAid was delighted to host members of the Frontier Technology Livestreaming (FTL) team for a live demonstration of the Hansard system. The...