Quebec’s firefighters are leveraging advanced technology from leading Australian drone company Carbonix to combat a devastating bushfire season. The 2024 bushfire season is set to rival the severity of 2023, Canada’s most intense on record. Last year, an astounding 45.7 million acres were scorched—an area twice the size of Portugal …
Read More »Vernon’s Canada Day drone show cancelled at last minute | iN…
Drones create a downhill skier on Canada Day, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Kamloops. Image Credit: SUBMTTED/Sandy Madden July 02, 2024 – 1:12 PM Canada Day drone show show went ahead in Kamloops to mixed reviews Drone …
Read More »Thread Announces Expansion into Canada
Thread, the leader of enterprise-scale autonomous data collection for delivering precise inspection insights, announced that they are expanding to Canada to support the growing renewable energy industry. Thread’s first of its kind technology, UNITI, enables customers to automate inspections of critical infrastructure such as wind turbines through a cloud-based data and asset management …
Read More »Drone Delivery Canada Announces Management Change
TORONTO, ONTARIO – February 9, 2022 – Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (TSXV: FLT; OTC QX: TAKOF; Frankfurt: A2AMGZ or ABB.F) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Magirias as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective February 22, 2022. Steve brings over 20 years …
Read More »Canada: Hospital uses drone to transport human lungs for tra…
In the dark of night, a drone takes off from a Toronto hospital rooftop, the hum of its rotors barely audible over the bustling sounds of the cars and pedestrians below in Canada’s largest metropolis. On its maiden flight, with a bird’s-eye view of the city’s glistening skyline as it …
Read More »Canada Blocks Defense Exports To Turkey Over Transfer Of Dro…
Canada has halted some military exports to NATO ally Turkey after a probe confirmed Canadian drone technology was used by Azerbaijan in last year’s fighting with Armenia over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. Canada suspended military export permits to Turkey last October pending an investigation into allegations Canadian technology was misused …
Read More »Canada scraps export permits for drone technology to Turkey
OTTAWA — Canada on Monday scrapped export permits for drone technology to Turkey after concluding that the equipment had been used by Azeri forces fighting Armenia in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, said Foreign Minister Marc Garneau. Turkey, which like Canada is a member of NATO, is a key ally of …
Read More »Canada Suspends Arms Sales to Turkey Over Nagorno-Karabakh
The Ottawa government says it is suspending its arms exports to Turkey, a fellow member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), over the alleged “improper” use of Canadian weapons in the ongoing clashes between Baku and Yerevan over Nagorno-Karabakh region. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced on Monday that …
Read More »Canada suspends drone technology sales to Turkey after claim…
OTTAWA, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Canada has suspended the export of some drone technology to Turkey while it probes allegations the equipment was used by Azeri forces involved in fighting with Armenia, a senior official said on Monday. Project Ploughshares, a Canadian arms control group, says video of air strikes …
Read More »Disarmament group calls on Canada to ban exports of military…
A Canadian NGO is calling on Ottawa to ban exports of Canadian-produced sensors and laser targeting technology used by Turkish military drones deployed by Ankara across several conflict zones in the Middle East and Libya. Disarmament group Project Ploughshares says the multimillion-dollar exports of high-tech sensors and targeting technology produced by L3Harris WESCAM …
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