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In late May of this year, Transport Canada held two days of talks with RPAS stakeholders from across the country in Ottawa. Many USC-STC members attended the session, entitled Drone Talks: Planning for Success. The event drew roughly 125 participants and included workshops on the following topics: Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations Airspace and […]
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Southport MB will open its doors to 15 university teams who signed up for the 12th annual USC-STC Student UAS competition May 1 – 3 2020. Canada’s top talent took on the challenge to design and operate a UAS to deliver medical supplies from a “clinic” to “remote communities”. A first this year, teams […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 5, 2019 MICHAEL H. COHEN ASSUMES DUTIES AS NEW CHAIR OF USC-STC OTTAWA: Unmanned Systems Canada / Systèmes Télécommandés Canada is pleased to announce that Michael Cohen has been appointed as Chair of STC-USC, effective on the eve of #UC19Ottawa. Michael replaces outgoing chair Mark Aruja, who led the association a […]
A highlight of any USC-STC conference is our Annual Awards ceremony. This year was no exception. The USC-STC Organizational Award went to DJI, for its outstanding work behind-the-scenes to ensure that many of its RPAS aircraft satisfied new Transport Canada requirements in 2019. It was terrific to have Romeo Durscher, DJI’s Director of Public Safety […]
By Scott Simmie There was a major announcement on the opening day of the #UC19Ottawa conference: Three Alberta-based companies in the #unmanned world are partnering with Peraton Canada on a five year, $12.5M project that will create 50 “high-value” jobs. The goal of “SkySensus” is to “advance the development and use of RPAS technology for […]
By Scott Simmie Unmanned Systems Canada / Systèmes Télécommandés Canada (USC-STC) would like to express its gratitude to LOOKNorth for taking on the extremely important role of Platinum Sponsor for UC19Ottawa. Sponsors play an incredibly significant part at our annual Conference and Tradeshow, and we’re honoured that an organization with the capabilities and profile of […]