This paper highlights amusing research related to the animal kingdom, improving our understanding of animal behaviour, ecology and conservation, often by employing spatial tools and innovative approaches to data collection and analysis.

Volker Janssen

Publications Officer, Association of Public Authority Surveyors (APAS), New South Wales, Australia

This is the fourth in a series of papers celebrating some of …

Drones-as-a-service provider Delta Drone International is pleased to confirm it has formally completed the acquisition of 60% of the shares in Perth-based provider of aerial and terrestrial surveying services, Arvista Pty Ltd (Arvista) as announced on 16 August 2021 (the Acquisition), with Arvista to commence trading as a DLT subsidiary on 1 September 2021.

The merger is a key milestone in …

The Indian Navy signed a contract with state-owned defense firm Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to supply the country’s first domestically-made naval anti-drone system (NADS).

The system will counter fast-emerging aerial threats such as the small drones used to target the Jammu Air Force Station more than two months ago.

The homegrown NADS developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) …

Draganfly Inc. has announced that it is expanding its partnership with Alabama State University (ASU) in a move to upgrade its Vital Intelligence Smart Vital Assessment Stations, and delivering its patented drone technology Varigard sanitizing spray for ASU’s annual Labor Day Classic football game.

ASU made history last year by becoming the first university in the United States to implement Draganfly’s safety …

The Telangana government holds a trial run of delivering medicines and vaccines using drones. It is a part of state government’s ambitious ‘Medicine From The Sky’ project.

In a statement, the K Chandrashekhar Rao government said that the trial flights will be conducted from September 9 to October 10 at Vikarabad (Hyderabad).

On the first two days, …