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11th Unmanned Systems Canada Student UAS Competition 2018-2019
University and college teams from across Canada will test their team work and problem solving skills to assist a power utility company in Alma Quebec whose solar farm has been damaged by severe thunder storms. This made…
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2018 Student UAS Competition Winners
Congratulations to University of Victoria – Team UVic Aero, who successfully used their technology and team work to crack the code on the biker gang hideout. It was all part of the 2018 Student UAS Competition crime scene investigation…
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2018 Student Competition – Phase 1 Winners
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…
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Kongsberg Geospatial and eSmart Systems partner to Deliver Real-time BVLOS Powerline Intelligence to Utility Companies
Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based developer of real-time, mission critical, geospatial visualisation software, and eSmart Systems, who develop digital intelligence for…
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Mexico Canada UAS Joint Declaration of Intent
The Ministers of Mexican and Canadian aviation regulatory departments (DGAC and Transport Canada respectively) have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on UAS co-operation. This agreement has resulted from initial meetings held at UC2016 in Edmonton, and subsequently in…
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Arctic UAV Awarded BVLOS Project
July 6th, 2017, Iqaluit. Arctic UAV Inc. was recently awarded a 2 year contract from Transport Canada to ‘Conduct Concept of Northern Operations for Unmanned Aerial Systems’. The trials will provide hands-on experience operating sophisticated drones and will help develop procedures, training, and…
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Transport Canada Approves Drone Test Range in Alma QC
Unmanned Systems Canada (USC) congratulates the UAS Centre of Excellence in Alma Quebec for having gained the approval of the Minister of Transport as a UAS Test Range able to support extensive Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) testing….
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Université de Sherbrooke wins AUVSI Student Competition
Congratulations to team VAMUdeS from the Université de Sherbrooke! For the second consecutive year they are the champion at the AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition. They also took home the Best Mission Demonstration award. Teams from 59 universities worldwide were selected to…
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Edmonton Internationa Airport to Incorporate Robird and Integrated Drone Solutions
Edmonton International Airport (“EIA”) will be the first ever airport in the world to integrate a full suite of unmanned aerial system (“UAS”) services into their daily airport operations. Starting in Q2 of 2017, Clear Flight Solutions (“CFS”) and…
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2017 Student Competition Winners
Amid high winds and chilly temperatures 13 teams got airborne in Alma QC in search of three types of geese including nesting pairs. Piloting skills were put to the test and teamwork allowed the UAVs that crashed to get back…
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