Fortem Technologies, Inc., an innovator in airspace awareness and intelligence, announced on June 14 its participation in Transport Canada’s Proof-of-Concept Trials into beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.
ING Robotic Aviation, named a participant in the trials, selected Fortem Technologies’ TrueView Radar as its key detect-and-avoid technology to enable safe BVLOS operations. The missions will be undertaken within a safe flight regime approved and monitored by Transport Canada.
“Following our selection for Transport Canada’s BVLOS Pilot Project, we are extremely pleased with this opportunity to partner with Fortem Technologies in the execution of RPAS missions to support Canada’s oil-and-gas sector,” said Ian Glenn, CEO/CTO of ING Robotic Aviation. “Fortem’s TrueView radar is essential to the safety and success of the unmanned missions we conduct.”
The program was created to help Canada advance to the “next frontier of UAS,” including gathering data, providing industry experience and validating technologies for future routine BVLOS operations.
These trials build upon an earlier trial for first responders to evaluate UAS in short-range BVLOS (formerly known as extended visual line of sight operations), as well as ongoing BVLOS testing at Canada’s two test ranges in Foremost, Alberta, and Alma, Quebec.
