SA company takes biggest drone in Africa to test-flight stage

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It will cost hundreds of millions of rands – and there are markets for it.

Less than four years after private South African aerospace and defence company Milkor started development of what would be the biggest drone yet built in Africa, the Milkor 380 took to the skies for the first time about a month ago.

Many of the engineers working on the project are still in their 20s and work side-by-side with experienced mentors. Applications include border control, conservation, combatting poaching on land and at sea, and securing assets at sea like oil and gas rigs.

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