Transport committee  Discovery Air Innovations is a Canadian company. As we indicated earlier, we have already entered into a partnership with this company in England. Several companies are clearly interested, but it's still a new technology and we want to commercialize it. Discovery Air Innovations

Transport committee  We have developed a military use in the past few years. In that respect, the United States government has invested close to $1 billion. They do have military applications. We decided to focus on the commercial side, even though there are military applications. Perhaps the United

Transport committee  To answer the question about demand, Mr. Venman spoke earlier about a number of studies that we have done recently. They indicate that there was a global demand, up to 1,400 vehicles. That's perhaps a little optimistic. We have also seen other studies, but there is certainly a de

Transport committee  We would take it.

Transport committee  The 50 tonne version has almost the same volume as a 747.

Transport committee  We have met with several people in the Government of Quebec, as part of the Plan Nord. We have taken many steps in this area, as well as in the mining industry. That is where the potential clients are. As for the Government of Canada, we are here making our initial efforts.

Transport committee  This is my first, at least. I'll turn things over to Garry. Whom have we approached?

Transport committee  This method of transportation is fairly slow.

Transport committee  We are not offering you a ticket to Paris; that's not our intention. Rather, our intention is to transport resources at a much lower cost. We were just talking about infrastructure. Yes, it will take a little longer than an airplane, about the same time as a train, but at much lo

Transport committee  With respect to the question of piloting, we have already looked at the issue with a company from the United Kingdom. Of course, there are flight plans at different altitudes. There is a limit of 50 knots for winds on landing, which is very high. The time it takes to get from poi

Transport committee  According to the contract, three prototypes have been built for the American armed forces. None have been built yet for the commercial version. We would be the first in the world. We have a contract with the company in England to market the production of several of these vehicles

Transport committee  It's about 80 km/h, which is equal to very strong ground winds, to be able to land.

Transport committee  Hybrid air vehicle.

Transport committee  There is a military application of hybrid air vehicles. As I stated earlier, the U.S. government has already invested $1 billion and this technology will be flying this year. For the commercial version of the hybrid air vehicle, we expect to start manufacturing production and fly

Transport committee  No, it's a different one.