Staff Transitions Sonia Higgins The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Sonia Higgins has accepted our offer to serve as our first full-time Executive Director. We are excited that Sonia will be bringing her energy and progressive vision to the leadership of the organization; in addition to her extensive experience and knowledge in […]
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Day of the Drones is a 3 part series presenting an overview on drone regulation and the future of the industry. Stewart Baillie, Chairman of Unmanned Systems Canada is featured Watch the video on CTV News Kitchener’s Website
Please read the Alert below as there are legal implications for those contravening regulations pertaining to the use of unmanned aircraft. Transport Canada issued a Civil Aviation Safety Alert to remind all persons operating unmanned aircraft (model aircraft and unmanned air vehicles or UAVs), for any purpose, about the safety impacts and consequences of interfering […]
Published last month, this report describes the GAO’s judgements of FAA progress towards the objectives defined in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. It is a fairly lengthy report (44 pages) – the bottom line seems to be indicated in Appendix 2: the 2012 Act identified 17 specific requirements, of which 9 were […]
On May 28th the Hon. Minister Lisa Raitt announced Transport Canada’s Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) to the Civil Aviation Regulations concerning the operation of Unmanned Aircraft under 25 kg within Visual Line of Sight. The deadline for public comments on the UAV NPA is August 28th. This is your chance to have your voice […]
Pip Rudkin was a key member of Unmanned Systems Canada and its predecessor associations for many years. His contributions to the association were numerous and his efforts were tireless. His leadership of the organization as its chairman led the the transition through and amalgamation between UVS Canada – AUVSI Canada, which was perhaps one of […]
General Export Permit No. 41 – Dual-use Goods and Technology to Certain Destinations Background The Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) authorizes the Governor in Council to establish a list of goods and technologies called the Export Control List (ECL), which identifies goods and technology that are controlled for export or transfer from Canada to […]
As some of you may have heard, we’ve just announced some big news and we’re very excited to share it with all of you! The Big News! Draganfly Innovations Inc. has been acquired by TRACE Live Networks, a California-based tech company that has the majority of their operations in Calgary and Toronto. TRACE is the […]
“According to a press release issued by Cheseaux-Lausanne, Switzerland / Canada, on 21 July, 2015 – Swiss professional drone manufacturer, senseFly, has announced that its eBee has become the first fixed-wing system to be designated a ‘compliant small UAV’ in accordance with Transport Canada’s Staff Instruction 623-001. Please see the Cheseaux Lausanne press release (link […]
Rocky Mountain Equipment announces the acquisition of NGF Geomatics by Rocky Mountain Equipment (TSX:RME). Link to the Announcement