DEVELOPMENT OF A VISION-BASED DRONE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
A Next Generation Drone Auto-Pilot Beyond Visual Line of Sight Technology
Highlights:
- Development of Next Generation Drone Auto-Pilot Beyond Visual Line of Sight Technology
- Partnership with University of Toronto and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
- DDC will have rights to use the developed intellectual property and integrate into its Proprietary FLYTE Auto-Pilot System
TORONTO, March 22, 2017 /CNW/ – Drone Delivery Canada ‘DDC or the Company’ (CSE: FLT), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Sponsored Research and Collaboration Agreement with the University of Toronto and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development granting program to jointly develop a vision-based navigation solution for UAV’s (drones) to safely navigate without the reliance of GPS technology.
For DDC, the partnership will provide the Company leading technology on the forefront of Drone Auto-Pilot Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Technology to safely navigate without the reliance of GPS technology, moving DDC another significant step closer to commercialization. In this partnership, DDC will benefit from the intellectual property developed and will Integrate into its Proprietary FLYTE Auto-Pilot System.
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