Category Archives: Announcements

Study of Canadian UAV Regulations – Standing Committee on Transportation releases Interim Report

The House of Commons Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities has released:  Study of Unmanned Air Vehicle Regulations: An Interim Report. Unmanned Systems Canada and members of our industry testified before the committee as inputs to this report. We expect to be commenting on elements of this report to the committee. Industry is invited to […]

USC Releases Small RPAS BVLOS Best Practices to the Community

Unmanned Systems Canada is publicly releasing Small RPAS Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) Best Practices, a document developed by Unmanned Systems Canada to provide guidance to industry for BVLOS operation of small unmanned aircraft. This document was previously released to registered members of Unmanned Systems Canada as version 1.1 for discussion at the Unmanned […]

USC Partner in Autonomous Vehicle Summit

On 19 January, the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCOE) and the Kanata North Business Improvement Area, partnered with the Conference Board of Canada, Unmanned Systems Canada and InvestOttawa, organized a summit to connect government, post-secondary and industry representatives to turn the National Capital Region into a hub for autonomous vehicles (AV). The summit […]

RFI – Drones for Desert Locust Monitoring

The food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is looking to obtain preliminary information on the availability of potential vendors to provide solutions enabling FAO, within the context of Desert Locust early warning & preventive control systems, to improve its monitoring activities through the use of fixed and rotary wing ‘drones’. The purpose of […]

New UAV exemptions come into effect today

On December 21st, 2016 Transport Canada (TC) released the new criteria for exemptions from SFOC requirements for operations of UAV’s with a max takeoff weight of 25 kilograms. These exemption requirements are in effect as of today, and all operators are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the changes. Specific details regarding the requirements, including rationales […]

Canadian government seeking proposals for Arctic surveillance technology – 11 Jan 17

The Call for Proposals (CFP) is an invitation to bidders to submit innovative science and technology (S&T) proposals in support of Canada’s defence, security and public safety. More specifically, this CFP identifies S&T Challenges that relate to the following DRDC programs and for which innovative solutions are sought:   All-Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) Program — […]

Drone Delivery Canada and Staples Team Up For Drone Delivery Development, Implementation and Commercialization

Toronto, Ontario—November 29, 2016 USC member Drone Delivery Canada is pleased to announce it is working with Staples (NASDAQ – SPLS), the country’s leading provider of business solutions, to collaborate and explore the feasibility of developing, implementing and commercializing a drone delivery logistics platform for Staples’ commercial requirements nationwide in Canada. [imic_button colour=”btn-default” type=”enabled” link=”http://www.dronedeliverycanada.com/news/press-releases/drone-delivery-canada-and-staples-team-up-for-drone-delivery-development-implementation-and-commercialization/” target=”_blank” […]