Unmanned Systems Canada congratulates the University of Sherbrooke on having won the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International Student UAV competition held in Patuxent River Maryland, USA this week. Pitted against 24 teams who had qualified for the final flying phase from the United States, Canada, Germany, Israel and India the Sherbrooke VAMUdeS team took […]
Unmanned Systems Canada wishes to congratulate the FAA and their stakeholders on the promulgation today of their Small UAS rules. These new rules are not dissimilar to those which have been in place in Canada for the past several years. Undoubtedly today’s announcement will generate significant new opportunities for our industries and a new source […]
Unmanned Systems Canada, representing the professional Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) community in Canada, is pleased to support Minister Garneau’s Drone Safety Campaign announced this morning in Ottawa. The safety of Canada’s airspace is crucial for everyone. It is incumbent on everyone from the hobbyist to the professional to fly safely by knowing what the rules […]
Today, the Mexican Aeronautic Agency (equivalent to the United States Federal Air Administration and to Transport Canada) issued the “Mandatory Administrative Regulations to operate Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems (UAVs)” (the “Regulations”), thereby substituting Regulations CO AV-23/10 R2. The Regulations provide for new requirements to operate UAVs, also known as Drones, and apply to all operators […]
Performance of a UAV-borne Directional Gamma Spectrometer An opportunity exists for a geophysics or physics student to perform their M.Sc. thesis work at the Geological Survey of Canada on studies of the performance of a directional gamma spectrometer on board an […]
Southport, MB – May 2nd, 2016 – Fourteen university student teams from across Canada competed in the Operational Phase of the 8th Unmanned Systems Canada UAS Student Competition hosted by Southport MB. Phase 1, the design paper, attracted 18 teams and 14 competed in Phase 2 this past weekend. Le comité organisateur félicite l’équipe VAMUdeS […]
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN and VENICE, CALIFORNIA – April 26, 2016 – Draganfly Innovations announced today the addition of support for GLONASS satellite navigation, which will provide higher accuracy and function in more locations than GPS alone. GLONASS (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System) is a Russian space-based navigation system similar to GPS. Both systems consist of orbiting satellites […]
Find new customers in the Port Security sector. Come and join Unmanned Systems Canada at PortSecure 2016 from 19 to 20 May in Toronto. USC has been invited to present on UAS applications for Port Security and will also provide a short “UAV 101” course. For further details download the brochure and go to http://www.portmanagementnetwork.com/toronto […]
Unmanned Systems Canada has been requested to get UAS operator input for an FAA Aviation Weather Research Program to improve weather-related information provided to UAS operators. We are hoping that the results of this work will also be available to Environment Canada and NavCanada. Your assistance in completing this survey would be greatly appreciated. Please […]
Five months have already passed since our annual conference, and the first meeting of our newly elected Board of Directors. 2015 certainly ended on a high note, with the UAV community anticipating the regulatory framework for Visual Line of Sight operations to be enacted, the culmination of years of leadership and the investment of countless hours […]