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  • UC19Ottawa Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available

    June 21, 2019

    Sponsorships Now Available June 21, 2019 – USC-STC is pleased to announce that an extensive brochure outlining Sponsorship opportunities for the 17th Annual Unmanned Canada 2019 Conference and Trade Show is now available for download! The conference takes place this fall in Ottawa. UC19Ottawa is Canada’s largest event for the unmanned, remotely piloted

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  • Two Canadian Teams Win @ AUVSI Competition

    June 21, 2019

    Congratulations to the ETS Dronolab team from Montreal’s ÉTS – École de Technologie Supérieure. It placed FIRST at the AUVSI student competition this month, which had 75 global entries, of which 47 competed. Dronolab also placed First at this year’s earlier USC-STC Student UAS Competition, an incredible accomplishment and a

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  • TC RPAS Procurement Draft RFP issued – Short Deadline – July 18

    June 12, 2019

    Public Works and Government Service Canada (PWGSC) is seeking to engage further with Industry through consultation on a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) for the Government of Canada, Transport Canada (TC). Transport Canada (TC) requires a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System

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  • NAVCAN Releases New Procedure to Allow RPAS Access to Controlled Airspace

    May 30, 2019

    USC-STC Board Member Mike Campbell attended the “Drone Talks” in Ottawa this week. Important details around the June 1 regulatory changes were discussed at length, along with the future of BVLOS and UTM. Perhaps most significant this week, however, was news from NAV CANADA of a new process required prior

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  • Call for Speakers: UC19Ottawa

    April 25, 2019

    Unmanned Systems Canada – Systèmes Télécommandés Canada – is pleased to announce the call for Industry Speakers and a new Conference Student Competition. Unmanned Canada 2019 is Canada’s largest annual conference and trade show for the rapidly evolving unmanned, remotely-piloted and autonomous vehicles industry. USC-STC invites professional operators, industry suppliers,

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  • Share your feedback in a new National Drone/RPAS Industry Survey

    March 19, 2019

    Professional drone/UAV/RPAS operators, manufacturers, software developers, trainers, industry suppliers, students and academia are encouraged to respond before March 30th, 2019 to the new national ‘RPAS Environmental Study.’ March 19, 2019 – Unmanned Systems Canada / Systèmes Télécommandés Canada is encouraging our members and industry contacts to participate in a national

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  • Transport Canada Updates at Manitoba Precision Ag Workshop

    March 6, 2019

    March 6, 2019 – USC-STC Industry Event Update USC-STC’s Mark Aruja and many of our national association members attended the Manitoba Precision Agricultural Workshop held at Southport, MB on March 5th. Representatives from Transport Canada provided some updates on the status of the new regulations. Thanks to USC-STC’ member Matthew

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  • Industry Events: Meet-ups, Workshops & More!

    January 22, 2019

    Our Marketing and Communications Committee heard your requests to help share event notices more regularly with our community. Through 2019, our Committee’s immediate and longer-term goals are to: Update this page every few weeks to add industry workshops, industry conferences, webinars, etc. Highlight in monthly issues of USC-STC News any

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  • USC-STC Comments on Recent Drone Flight over Raptors’ Victory Parade

    June 21, 2019

    Ottawa – June 20, 2019: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Canada’s largest organization representing the autonomous vehicle sector – Unmanned Systems Canada/Systèmes Télécommandés Canada (USC-STC) – shares concerns regarding a drone flight that occurred during the Raptors Victory parade in Toronto this week. On Monday, fans from Toronto and around the world came

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  • NEWS RELEASE: CARLETON TEAM WINS FIRST-EVER #UGV19

    May 26, 2019

    (OTTAWA): A team from the Carleton University, the Carleton Autonomous Rovers, has won the first-ever Unmanned Ground Vehicle Competition – #UGV19 – organized by Unmanned Systems Canada/Systèmes Télécommandés Canada (USC-STC). They received not only accolades, but a cash prize of $2,000. The event took place May 25-26, at the new

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  • Unmanned Ground Vehicle Competition!

    May 23, 2019

    NEWS RELEASE:  USC-STC HOLDS UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE COMPETITION (OTTAWA): A Canadian first – a competition involving unmanned “snowplows” – will take place May 25-26 at the newly-opened Ottawa L5 facility, North America’s first integrated test environment for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV). Teams from the University of Ottawa and Carleton

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  • UAS Competition Video- A Student’s View

    May 8, 2019

    The USC Student Competition is a event that allows today’s brilliant young minds to plan and execute UAS solutions to real world problems. In order to capture the emotions of the competitors in action, a USC Competition veteran, Zachary Guy filmed the students throughout the weekend of May 3rd –

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  • News Release: 2019 Student UAS Competition Results

    May 7, 2019

     Alma, QC – May 6th, 2019 – The lights are back on in the Saguenay Valley thanks to the skills of École de technologie supérieure – Team Donolab. They answered the call from the local power company needing drone support to inspect a simulated damaged solar farm. ETS was declared

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  • Deadline Approaches on RCMP Tender

    May 7, 2019

    The RCMP has issued a broad-scope Request For Information (RFI) regarding multiple aspects of RPAS (including procurement). The deadline for interested parties is to express their interest is May 21st. According to the Tender, “The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) plans to establish a competitive Standing Offer for the acquisition

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