Category Archives: Press Releases
Montreal, QC – On Wednesday, Transport Canada released new regulations for the rapidly-growing Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) or industry in Canada. Published in Canada Gazette II, the new rules govern all aspects of Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) operations for all operators flying RPAS (commonly known as ‘drones’ or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/UAV’s) in the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNMANNED SYSTEMS CANADA CONDEMNS GATWICK AIRPORT DRONE INTRUSION (OTTAWA): Unmanned Systems Canada/Systèmes Télécommandés Canada (USC-STC), the national industry association representing the unmanned vehicle systems sector, condemns the deliberate, illegal and irresponsible use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) to disrupt commercial flights at Britain’s Gatwick Airport. On Wednesday, December 19th close to 9 pm […]
There is a power struggle shaping up in the Lac Saint-Jean region of Quebec. It is between the UAS teams representing 16 colleges and universities from across Canada who will be put to the test identifying the damage to and proposing solutions for a solar field. CED Alma will host the 11th annual event 3 […]
October 11, 2018 Ottawa, ON – For Immediate Release – Our 2018 Board Elections have closed – and the results are in! The members of Unmanned Systems Canada / Systémes Télécommandés Canada had three weeks to use our online voting system to cast their votes. At the close of this year’s election (October 9th, 2018), […]
Coming in 2019! University and college teams from across Canada will test their team work and problem solving skills to assist a power utility company in Alma Quebec whose solar farm has been damaged by severe thunder storms. This made in Canada SIMULATED BVLOS scenario will have teams identify the damage, note significant changes […]
Congratulations to University of Victoria – Team UVic Aero, who successfully used their technology and team work to crack the code on the biker gang hideout. It was all part of the 2018 Student UAS Competition crime scene investigation scenario, played out thanks to the hospitality of Southport MB and to the local RCMP detachment […]
Phase 1 of the 2018 Student UAS Competition is complete. The judges received first class papers with innovative solutions to the crime scene investigation scenario involving a simulated BVLOS exercise to collect data, photograph and drop and retrieve a ” secret device” all on a biker gang holed up in a barn. The results are […]
Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based developer of real-time, mission critical, geospatial visualisation software, and eSmart Systems, who develop digital intelligence for the energy industry and smart communities, announced today that they have integrated the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS situational awareness system into the eSmart Systems Connected Drone solution for powerline inspection. Read the full […]