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DND Tender for CAF UAS ISTAR Service

CAF UAS ISTAR Service Tender Released The CAF UAS Services program includes providing near real-time, beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) information to the CAF tactical units at sea and on land.  These services are required in Naval and Land operational environments and are defined work packages called Assignments, which are firm […]

Transport Canada Update on UAV Regulations – June Newsletter

Kate Kienapple from Costal Drone Co., one of our regular contributed, pulled together a summary of the May 23rd TC Stakeholder Engagement session on CG1 and the proposed UAV/RPAS Rules. Our thanks to Kate for her reporting on this important session. Summary from TC’s Stakeholder Engagement Session On Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, Transport Canada (TC) […]

UC18 Registration Now Open!

UC18 Conference registration is now open! Great news! Unmanned Systems Canada announces that registration for Unmanned Canada 2018 is now open. UC18 is Canada’s premiere Unmanned Systems Conference, covering Land, Sea, and Air applications of unmanned vehicles in Canada. This year, UC18 will focus daily on themes of interest to the Unmanned Systems community… Partnering […]

UC 18 Call for Papers – 15 June Deadline

Call for Papers Unmanned Systems Canada is pleased to announce that we are now accepting proposals for Conference Technical Papers to be presented at this year’s UC18, being held in Vancouver, BC this fall, Oct 30 – Nov 1st, 2018. Abstracts for Technical Presentations are sought regarding all subject areas related to unmanned vehicle systems, research […]

Save the Date for UC 2018

It’s 2018 and that means that planning is starting for this year’s USC Unmanned Canada 2018 Conference. This year’s conference will be hosted in Vancouver, from 30 Oct to 1 Nov 2018. UC2018 will be held at the Westin Bayshore, one of Vancouver’s prestige conference locations. Save the date! USC’s Unmanned Conference is the premiere […]

Unmanned Canada 2017 Photos

A great time at this year’s Unmanned Systems Canada key industry conference, UC 2017, held in Toronto, ON. Three days of amazing speakers, outstanding staff and volunteers, incredible amenities and above all, genuine networking and connections. We’ve already started our planning for 2018 and hope you will join us at UC 2018 in Vancouver, BC! […]

Drone Delivery in Switzerland

Matternet, a drone-delivery company based in Silicon Valley’s Menlo Park California, has recently joined forces with Daimler, as well as the government of Switzerland, to bring rolling distribution hubs for aerial package delivery. While the initial focus of the initiative was on the speedy delivery of time-sensitive lifesaving medical supplies, a shift to testing the […]