Drone Delivery Canada is pleased to announce that it has commenced development of its newest cargo delivery drone, ‘The Condor’ with a lifting capability estimated at 400 pound of payload. Read Full Press Release
Updated Friday Mar 22. The segment on BVLOS has been published. You can see the segment here. Ashely Burke, CBC Ottawa, has aired a segment on BVLOS in Canada, Tune into cbc.ca/ottawa and 91.5 fm in the morning. The TV piece is on the 6 pm Ottawa news and is expected to also air on CBC News Network.
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 […]
Unmanned Systems Canada Chairman of the Board Mark Aruja announced that effective January 1st, 2018, Ms. Glenn Martin (B.Comm., CAE) will be the new Executive Director for USC, the national association representing Canada’s rapidly growing aerial, land and marine unmanned vehicle industry. Glenn brings USC a long history of industry association leadership with 8 years as CEO […]
Unmanned Systems Canada in partnership with LOOKNorth (LN) organized a BVLOS workshop which was held at the Transport Canada facilities in Montreal on 15 February. Over 80 participants in person and via teleconference. The key objectives were to introduce potential funding available from LN/USC for USC corporate members to support BVLOS trials and the implementation […]
USC and LOOKNorth hosted a BVLOS workshop at Transport Canada facilities on 15 February. The 80 participants were provided the opportunity to discuss with TC the call for BVLOS Concept of Operations. USC/LN briefed the availability of funding support for BVLOS demonstrations, including support for the implementation of a national risk model. The value of […]
Is your company interested in working with the defence industry? Have you secured a first meeting with a defence contractor but are unsure what to expect? Your regional economic development organization is here to assist you! The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) and the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor) will be hosting […]
Transport Canada has contracted Unmanned Systems Canada to undertake a UAS industry survey. The purpose is to update a 2013 survey and to provide insight into planned sector growth in both the domestic and export markets. The results will be critical in assisting governments in developing UAS related policies. This survey applies only to companies […]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its proposed UAS regulations for the ‘open’ and ‘specific’ categories. This document is recommended reading as it is likely to be considered by TC as input to their finalization of CG2, and the way-ahead for large UAS and BVLOS. USC is recommending a similar risk-based approach considering […]
TC is pleased to follow-up on its November 2017 commitment to publish documentation on its approach to BVLOS, and is inviting industry to create Concepts of Operation (ConOps) and apply to qualify to be one of up to four BVLOS proof-of-concept trials in 2018 . These trials will allow industry to conduct proof-of-concept testing to validate research […]