Transport committee  We've spent the past several years developing technology. For us, it was all about getting regulatory approvals to do this. Our system is called Flyte. I'm not 100% sure what Aireon has built, but ours has been tested. It's been proven that it works.

Transport committee  It's called Flyte. We flew in active flight paths.

Transport committee  An air traffic control system is what we built. It's happening around the world. Canada is not unique. The reality is that Canada is actually leading in this space today. It's a matter of risk mitigation. We work on predefined flight paths versus having a drone fly rogue. It's a

Transport committee  Thanks for having me.

Transport committee  That's fine.

Transport committee  Thank you very much. Madam Chair, members of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Madam Clerk, first of all I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk to you about Drone Delivery Canada, provide an update on the considerable c

Transport committee  We've been speaking to a variety of different government bodies, federal, provincial, and municipal. One of our partners is the City of Vaughan. They're the first city in Canada and I believe North America to be looking at executing a drone pilot program as part of their smart ci

Transport committee  Correct. Globally, it's an exploding space. You have countries such as Australia, Ukraine, the U.K. The FAA in the U.S.A. issued their first licence approximately a month ago. Everyone's treading very cautiously in this paradigm shift that is happening in our skies. The sensible

Transport committee  We look at this as a commercial operation. We look at how Air Canada flies and the regulatory requirements they undergo. It's all about safety. Our platform is built around safety first. We are the operator. We wish to be the operator when that time comes. We oversee a fleet of d

Transport committee  The barrier we're facing today is simply the regulatory process. We've partnered with the universities, the leading minds in Canada for UAV research—the University of Toronto and the University of Waterloo. At Waterloo, for example, they have been tagging icebergs for the governm

Transport committee  Thank you very much. Madam Chair, members of Parliament, distinguished guests, my name is Tony Di Benedetto. I am the CEO of Drone Delivery Canada. Let me begin by thanking all of you for the opportunity to appear before the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and C