Category Archives: Press Releases

INVESTING IN THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS OF CANADA’S UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS SECTOR

Canada became the world leaders in safe aviation in remote areas with the invention of bush flying. The next big step is to do some of these most challenging tasks with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), where we can once again lead the world in innovation. Operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) will lead to […]

Aeryon Labs Receives Unmanned Systems Canada 2015 Organizational Award

Each year Unmanned Systems Canada acknowledges a group or or organization that contributes to the unmanned vehicle industry through remarkable growth and prominence. Aeryon Labs was recognized for their outstanding achievement at the 2015 Unmanned Systems Canada Conference and was presented with the award recently at their headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario.

Record 18 Teams Register for Student UAS Competition

10 November 2015         Students at Canadian Universities have responded in record numbers to the 2016 Unmanned Systems Canada Student UAS Competition. A total of 18 teams from across Canada have registered for the event. First time competitors from Western, Guelph and McGill will add excitement and new input to this 9th annual challenge. In search […]

2016 Student UAS Competition Announcement

Unmanned Systems Canada is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 8th Student Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Competition for 2016. The competition takes place in two phases with Phase I, a design report from each team due January 15th, 2016 and Phase II, the flying demonstration, April 29th – May 1st 2016 […]

Unmanned Systems Canada Represents the Membership at the Minister of Transport’s UAV Round Table

At 11:00 AM EST today in Ottawa the Hon. Minister Lisa Raitt convened a UAV Roundtable with a broad sample of industry stakeholders in attendance. A key element of the discussion was Transport Canada’s announcement of the Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) to the Civil Aviation Regulations concerning the operation of Unmanned Aircraft under 25 […]

Release of Report: Canadian Civil UAS 2014

Unmanned Systems Canada is pleased to release the report Canadian Civil UAS 2014.  The report, developed with funding from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), provides insight into the growth and potential of the UAS sector in Canada. Included in the report are: An evaluation of the market readiness of various UAS applications A […]

Revisions to Transport Canada Processes for UAV Authorizations

During the 2014 Unmanned Systems Canada Annual Conference and in the weeks surrounding it, Transport Canada unveiled new approaches for authorizing UAV operations.  These included: Two types of operations that were exempted from the requirement to have an SFOC Clarification of the criteria for SFOC applications A safety campaign on the details of the regulations […]

Transport Canada Small UAV Pilot Knowledge Requirements

In August 2014, Transport Canada published the results of an industry led committee tasked with developing the knowledge requirements for Small UAS pilots operating within line of sight.  These requirements, and the associated material published as an Annex by Unmanned Systems Canada, are expected to form the basis for future Small UAV VLOS Pilot Permits. […]