Beyond Visual Line of Sight Innovation Centre (BVLOS InC) Industry Advisory Group
The BVLOS Innovation Centre (BVLOS InC) announces the members of its Industry Advisory Group.
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Government of Alberta
The Province of Alberta, under the Community and Regional Economic Support (CARES), has provided resources to increase the Test Range capability and develop key auditing and flight test protocols.
Government of Canada
Supporting the RPAS sector through developmental projects that have increased the Foremost UAS Test Range capability to test and evaluate RPAS technologies.
PrairiesCan support to establish the Beyond Visual Line of Sight Innovation Centre (BVLOS InC)
The Village of Foremost is pleased to confirm $1.26M of financial support from PrairiesCan (Press Release here) to establish the BVLOS Innovation Centre (BVLOS InC) at the Foremost UAS Test Range. The announced funding confirms the value of the BVLOS Innovation Centre’s focus on the promotion of a cohesive set…
Applied Innovation to Transition from VLOS to BVLOS Operations
The transition from VLOS to BVLOS is complex and detailed. It’s not simply a matter of flying further, there are many additional considerations and requirements to satisfy. To receive a BVLOS approval (SFOC in Transport Canada or Waiver from the FAA), the RPAS operator must demonstrate the following…
Advancing Capability – Innovative BVLOS Enabling Projects to Address RPAS Sector Needs
In other BVLOS Innovation Centre articles, the three interrelated pillars of our mission were explained (here) and how they are advancing the BVLOS sector (here). The first of those pillars which starts the innovation cycle is Advancing Capability. We have already completed numerous projects and have several others ongoing that…
RPAS Ecosystem Development: The Implementation of BVLOS Innovation
At the BVLOS Innovation Centre, we focus our efforts on advancing the RPAS sector toward BVLOS and their integration into non-segregated airspace. Those efforts are balanced among three interrelated elements of advancing capability, ensuring safety, and building trust (their descriptions were the focus of a separate article found here) which…
BVLOS Innovation Centre Mission – Advance the RPAS Ecosystem
The BVLOS Innovation Centre is part of a profound shift within aviation where RPAS technologies are destined to complement, not replace, traditional aviation offerings. Full RPAS integration is expected to offer increased:
a) efficiencies (tasks are completed faster and more accurately),
b) safety (removal of people from…
Launch of the Beyond Visual Line of Sight Innovation Centre (BVLOS InC)
The Foremost UAS Test Range and UxS Consulting Limited have re-affirmed their long-standing relationship with a new organizational construct to better serve the drone or Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) sector’s transition to Beyond Visual Line of Site (BVLOS) operations. The inception of the BVLOS Innovation Centre (BVLOS InC)…
