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You've probably seen this video floating around the internet. It's a drone flying into a helicopter tail rotor causing a serious accident.

Thankfully it's not real. This clip is an ad for a long running BBC series about a hospital emergency departme...

UAV or UFO? - If you've been following the news at all then I'm sure you have heard about the Porter Airlines near miss with a drone near Toronto over Lake Ontario. There was plenty of press about it, and there was many people using the opportunity to increase the amou...

The news of GoPro recalling its brand-new Karma drone is all over the internet. Shortly after its much anticipated launch these drones started falling out of the sky. Unexpected power loss is not something most operators are prepared for. 

Yet this kind of drone failure...

How can TIER 1 UAV Solutions help you and your organization with this UAV? 

The Sky Is Falling - Nice to see that GoPro is taking safety seriously and recalling their faulty product:

https://www.mobipicker.com/gopro-karma-drone-recalled-return-get-refund/

A Viable Sense-And-Avoid Sensor - Echodyne is looking to solve the biggest problem preventi...

Canadian Drone Conference - Unmanned Systems Canada hosted its annual conference this week. Here's a brief, but encouraging, piece from CBC:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/drones-unmanned-aircraft-transport-canada-1.3834503

A Different Take On Obstacle Avoidance...

Brican President Brian McLuckie and John met at the Unmanned Systems Canada Conference this week in Edmonton.

Brican Flight Systems and TIER 1 UAV Solutions have reached an agreement, handing over training and flight operations of the E100 to TIER 1 UAV Solutions. 

John will be at the Brican Flight Systems Booth this evening at 5:00 pm.

Stop by and say hello!

What we’re really asking is “Do I need an SFOC”, but so many people use the recreational exemption that we need to address what counts as commercial work.

1. Has any money changed hands?

It doesn’t matter if you're charging for your services, your time, or mileage, as so...

Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight - Australia is currently having similar conversations about regulations restricting progress and how we can start flying BVLOS.

http://www.beefcentral.com/news/drones-can-farmers-fly-them-beyond-the-line-of-sight/

Maintenance Flights - Telus i...