Not even COVID-19 can lock down the two attempts of the 12th annual UAS-STC Student Competition. Although the the 2020 flying phase was grounded and the 2021 phase will be virtual, the design paper competition is complete. The judges were impressed! And the winners are….
Author Archives: Declan Sweeney
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Transport Canada is holding a National Drone Safety Awareness Day-Nov. 13, 2020 TC’s Drone Safety Day is aimed at educating the public about safe drone practices and highlighting the interesting and innovative ways drones are being used across Canada. As a valued member of the industry, we would like to extend an invitation to you to […]
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Ottawa: September 14th, 2020 Unmanned Systems Canada / Systèmes Télécommandés Canada is pleased to announce that Peraton has signed on as the Platinum premiere sponsor for this fall’s global Unmanned Canada.20 Conference and Exhibition. “We’re thrilled to have Peraton on board as our Platinum Sponsor,” says Declan Sweeney, USC-STC’s Executive Director. “The support from Peraton will […]
USC-STC today announces our decision to move our signature Unmanned Canada Conference and Exhibition online to hold it remotely in 2020. We are keeping our scheduled dates – with all events taking place the week of November 2-6. In this COVID-19 era, we wanted to ensure we could provide the same great experience, keynote speakers, […]
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In late May of this year, Transport Canada held two days of talks with RPAS stakeholders from across the country in Ottawa. Many USC-STC members attended the session, entitled Drone Talks: Planning for Success. The event drew roughly 125 participants and included workshops on the following topics: Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations Airspace and […]
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Southport MB will open its doors to 15 university teams who signed up for the 12th annual USC-STC Student UAS competition May 1 – 3 2020. Canada’s top talent took on the challenge to design and operate a UAS to deliver medical supplies from a “clinic” to “remote communities”. A first this year, teams […]
USC-STC is launching a new monthly webinar series in 2019! We’re excited to partner with media experts like Yifei Zhao at AlteX UAV to host and record monthly webinars led by USC-STC Directors. We’ll cover informative topics across Canada’s aerial, ground and marine sectors to: Share industry insights and best practices Dive into hot topics […]