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Volatus Aerospace Inc has been awarded a grant of up to USD75,000 from the Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research (DAIR) Green Fund to develop and integrate an on-board detect and avoid (DAA) system to deconflict drones from other aircraft, enabling safe and scalable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.
The funding is supported by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
Building on the merger with Drone Delivery Canada, Volatus’ engineering focus has shifted toward technologies with immediate commercial potential. The DAA system funding follows Volatus’ recent installation of Kongsberg Geospatial’s IRIS Terminal in its Operations Control Center for airspace awareness.
The DAA system will be developed to minimise the need for ground-based human intervention, allowing for more complex, extended routes while maintaining safety standards.
In September, Volatus received approval from Transport Canada to conduct drone cargo BVLOS operations using ground-based technology to detect and avoid conflict with other aircraft on its DroneCare hospital route from Milton to Oakville in the Greater Toronto Area.