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Aeryon Scout Pre-Qualified for Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program

Harper Government Helps To Kick Start Canadian Entrepreneurial Businesses In Waterloo

WATERLOO, ONTARIO – Peter Braid Member of Parliament (Kitchener-Waterloo), on behalf of the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today announced the Government of Canada’s pre-qualification for Aeryon Labs, Inc.’s new innovation, the Aeryon Scout micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), through the second round of the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP). Through this pilot program, the Government of Canada is helping Canadian businesses get their innovative products and services from the lab to the marketplace.

Images of Arrival of Renda in Alaska

The Tanker Renda and the USCG Cutter Healy have arrived in Nome, Alaska. We've added a new image gallery featuring photos from the Aeryon Scout of the arrival of the ships.

Today's unmanned flight operations will involve imaging the work to lay the hose and provide an aerial perspective the the Alaska Dept of Environmental Conservation and the industry team to support their spill response planning/preparations. Stay tuned to the Event Stream for continual updates.

UAF researchers use drones to evaluate sea ice thickness at Nome and aid incoming tanker

Jessica Cherry photo

[Source: Fairbanks Daily News - Reba Lean | Jan 10, 2012]

FAIRBANKS — Camera-equipped drones flew over Nome this week to help a Russian fuel tanker, the Renda, get a perspective on the sea ice near the town’s harbor.

The Renda is sailing to Nome to deliver fuel. The town’s supply is expected to run out before spring. The tanker is accompanied by U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy, which opens paths for the tanker.

Aeryon Scout Helps Guide Russian Tanker Renda into Nome Alaska

Operating under an Emergency Certificate of Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation Association, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute researchers are using the Scout to prepare for the arrival of Russian tanker, Renda, carrying vital fuel supplies to the remote community of Nome Alaska

Police use drone helicopter in search

[Source: The Windsor Star - Craig Pearson | Jan 12, 2012]

Chatham-Kent police will use a drone helicopter today to search for Brandon Sands, a 25-year-old Wallaceburg man missing since Dec. 24.

Sands was last seen leaving a house party around 1 a.m. Police say he left after feeling ill and vomitting and was not wearing a coat. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, brown running shoes and a white sweater.