A Canadian company is one step closer to launching the country’s first fleet of cargo delivery drones, as Transport Canada has given Drone Delivery Canada (CSE:FLT) partial approval to operate its Sparrow cargo drones in Canadian airspace. The move displays Canada’s innovation leadership on commercial drone delivery, says DDC, which is already working in partnership […]
The Cantech Letter Drone section is brought to you by Drone Delivery Canada (CSE:FLT). Drone Delivery Canada is a pioneering technology firm based out of Toronto, Ontario Canada with a focus on designing, developing and implementing a commercially viable drone delivery system within the Canadian geography. Click on the logo above for more info.
The Yukon cracks down on “unethical” drone-assisted hunting
Hunters in the Yukon will have to rely on their own eyes to spot game, and no longer an eye in the sky provided by a drone. The controversial issue of hunting with a drone is common in parts of rural Canada, and that’s why this northern territory abolished the practice with new regulations that […]
Transport Canada relaxes rules for flying drones
The regulatory landscape governing drone use continues to evolve, as evidenced by Transport Canada’s recent relaxation of rules for flying unmanned aerial vehicles, which now make it a lot easier for hobbyists and commercial drone users to get off the ground. Regulations that first came into effect on March 16 were further updated in early […]
Drone Delivery Canada CEO Tony Di Benedetto talks to Cantech Letter
The future is here. Or is it? One of the curious things about the world of tech is the difference between the hype cycle and the actual implementation of life-changing advancements. If you were to read nothing but Wired or Hacker News in isolation you would swear the days of The Jetsons have already arrived. […]
Drone Delivery Canada completes tests that fly outside of operator line-of-sight
Drone Delivery Canada (CSE:FLT) today achieved a milestone it says is unique in the Canadian drone space. The company completed a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) testing at a drone range in Alberta. Management says the test is an important step in commercializing drone delivery service in Canada, and shuld advance it towards […]
Researchers want to replace bees with tiny pollinating drones
It’s true that science takes strange twists and turns along the way to innovation. A couple of cases in point of the bee-related variety: as most of us know, bee colonies are in sharp decline the world over, with researchers currently putting the blame for what’s known as colony collapse disorder on factors such as […]
Drone falls from sky, nearly hitting Ontario cop
An officer with the Niagara Regional Police had a run in with a drone on December 27th when an APEX x100 fell from the sky and nearly struck his vehicle. The short-lived Christmas present is now in police custody and Niagara regional police are waiting for someone to come forward and claim responsibility for the […]
Transport Canada unveils new tool to report illegal drone use
Tis the season to be finding a nifty new drone under your Christmas tree, and just in time, the federal government has announced a new set of initiatives on drone usage. Transport Canada’s plans include a No Drone Zone public awareness campaign about restrictions on where to fly your gadget as well as an online […]
SkySquirrel gets $500,000 loan to bring drone crop monitoring to French vineyards
Halifax AgTech drone company SkySquirrel Technologies has received a low-interest $500,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s (ACOA) Business Development Program, which the company will use to expand into helping to track and defeat a disease currently wreaking havoc in the vineyards of France and southern Europe. While the company began as a UAV […]
McGill researchers teaching drones to paint murals
There are a few jobs, such as bartender or psychologist, that you would have thought would be safe from being made obsolete in this age of automation, and that “mural painter” would probably remain on that list of safe jobs. Not so fast, says a team of McGill Computer Science researchers. In an article called […]