Category Archives: Press Releases

Mexico Canada UAS Joint Declaration of Intent

The Ministers of Mexican and Canadian aviation regulatory departments (DGAC and Transport Canada respectively) have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on UAS co-operation. This agreement has resulted from initial meetings held at UC2016 in Edmonton, and subsequently in Mexico City in April this year. This signed agreement enables Canadian and Mexican companies to conduct […]

Arctic UAV Awarded BVLOS Project

July 6th, 2017, Iqaluit. Arctic UAV Inc. was recently awarded a 2 year contract from Transport Canada to ‘Conduct Concept of Northern Operations for Unmanned Aerial Systems’. The trials will provide hands-on experience operating sophisticated drones and will help develop procedures, training, and risk assessment tools for operations in Northern Canada. [wpdm_package id=3687 template=”link-template-calltoaction3.php”]

Transport Canada Approves Drone Test Range in Alma QC

Unmanned Systems Canada (USC) congratulates the UAS Centre of Excellence in Alma Quebec for having gained the approval of the Minister of Transport as a UAS Test Range able to support extensive Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) testing. In a recent industry survey conducted by USC, 65% of Canadian companies identified BVLOS capabilities as […]

Université de Sherbrooke wins AUVSI Student Competition

Congratulations to team VAMUdeS from the Université de Sherbrooke! For the second consecutive year they are the champion at the AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition. They also took home  the Best Mission Demonstration award. Teams from 59 universities worldwide were selected to compete, with 38 teams able to get airborne in Patuxent River Naval Air Station Maryland, home of […]

Edmonton Internationa Airport to Incorporate Robird and Integrated Drone Solutions

Edmonton International Airport (“EIA”) will be the first ever airport in the world to integrate a full suite of unmanned aerial system (“UAS”) services into their daily airport operations. Starting in Q2 of 2017, Clear Flight Solutions (“CFS”) and AERIUM Analytics (“AERIUM”) will focus on safely integrating UAS technology at EIA. The primary focus will […]

2017 Student Competition Winners

Amid high winds and chilly temperatures 13 teams got airborne in Alma QC in search of three types of geese including nesting pairs.  Piloting skills were put to the test and teamwork allowed the UAVs that crashed to get back in the game.  At the awards banquet the top three winners were announced along with the […]

Safety Rules for Recreational Dones

Minister Garneau will announce today  an Interim Order which provides safety rules for recreational drone use. As the national organization representing over 500 members from the professional Unmanned Aerial Systems community, we applaud the Minister’s initiative to take steps to implement clear and enforceable regulations to deter the hazardous operation of recreational drones. Nonetheless, we […]

Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations for UAS Authorised – A Canadian Milestone

Unmanned Systems Canada is pleased to announce a milestone in Canadian aviation history, with the commencement on 24 February 2017 of regular Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flights in civil airspace. [wpdm_package id=3134 template=”link-template-calltoaction3.php”]

CARAC 16th Plenary: New UAV Exemptions Announced

On December 13, at the Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council (CARAC)Plenary, Transport Canada staff announced that new SFOC exemption requirements will be published this week (possibly as early as today, December 14), and are expected to go into effect on December 22 2016, the day after the current SFOC exemptions expire. [wpdm_package id=2786 template=”link-template-calltoaction3.php”]