Canada drone laws

Transport Canada has announced new rules for drones, which will take effect in June of 2019.   The new rules require more training, licensing and registration, and specify which drones may be used for “advanced operations.”  As always, the devil is in the details: and the list of approved equipment …

As many drone companies are in the process of getting federal authorization to allow for commercial drone flight,  we reached out to The Sky Guys,  who just announced this week that they have been granted Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) in Canada for testing their DX-3 drone platform. We took …

The world’s main drone producer, DJI, has launched a press release concerning the not too long ago reported drone collision with a passenger jet in Quebec. In what appears to be a response to not solely this incident however the not too long ago reported discovering of components of a …

At first look, Canada’s proposed new drone laws look like an enormous step ahead for the drone .  With clear risk-based classes and distant pilot licensing system, the laws seem to remove a lot of the burden of submitting for SFOCs and different paperwork that Canadian drone operators cope with. …

Canada has issued a brand new interim drone legislation, stress-free rules for leisure customers. The new legislation removes the restriction in opposition to flying inside 75 meters of buildings, one thing that drone fanatics identified virtually eradicated all flight inside cities and closely settled areas.  The new regulation states that drones …

The Network of Drone Enthusiasts, NODE, is asking drone operators to foyer Canadian lawmakers for adjustments in Canada’s restrictive Interim Order on drone use. The NODE is a grass-roots group of pilots and producers – the preliminary sponsor is DJI – devoted to performing as a voice to guarantee honest …