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19 Oct 2016

Supercharging productivity in the drone world

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Posted ByLucas Solmes

Hear what Do.com and Microsoft Office 365 had to say about us: Aerobotika is a startup based out of Vancouver that specializes in high-tech drone...

19 Oct 2016

Rigorous rules proposed for recreational drone flyers

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Posted ByLucas Solmes

According to a recent CBC and Transport Canada release: Transport Canada is proposing that anyone flying a drone bigger than a tiny toy should have to...

8 Sep 2016

Aerobotika joins forces with Northern Lakes College to provide live online UAV training

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Posted ByLucas Solmes

The Aerobotika team is proud to announce the launch of our new online training program with Northern Lakes College Live Online. The courses are designed...

1 Sep 2016

Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Alliance

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Posted ByLucas Solmes

Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Alliance A group of concerned commercial, professional operators have joined forces under the name of Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Alliance to...

1 Sep 2016

Part 107: The new face of US drone regulation

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Posted ByLucas Solmes

Part 107: The new face of US drone regulation It’s official. The United States has UAV specific regulation which enables licensing of small commercial UAS...

1 Sep 2016

Industry Insights: Real Estate

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Posted ByLucas Solmes

Meet your Instructor! Iain Box has joined the AAI Team as an instructor in our Western Division. Iain can fly some pretty cool aircraft, if...

29 Jun 2016

Stakeholders Update from CARAC

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Posted ByKate Kienapple

The Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council met earlier this week in Ottawa to discuss the Notice of Proposed Amendments. Below is the update issued from this...

31 May 2016

Alumni Profile: Mike Campbell, ckmm|photographic

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Posted ByLorraine Wood-Gaines

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Tagsdrones, UAV, uav and photography, uav and videography

Mike worked as an engineer for many years and now operates ckmm|photographic, based in Brampton, Ontario. ckmm|photographic provides commercial and corporate photography and video services...

30 May 2016

UAV in Public Safety

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Posted ByLorraine Wood-Gaines

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Tagsdrones, public safety, search and rescue, UAV, uav and police

I was following the story of the toddler who went missing in Manitoba and how the RCMP used surveillance drones to map out the search...

30 May 2016

5 benefits of UAV in agriculture

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Posted ByLorraine Wood-Gaines

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TagsAgri, Agriculture, drones, farming, UAV

UAV have been in use in agriculture for a few years now, and more and more farms in countries such as Canada, Australia, Brazil, and Argentina...

19 Apr 2016

6 keys to being successful as a drone company

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

Reviewing my records from the last few years, I have been looking at the long list of drone operators that have started up in Canada, many assisted...

15 Apr 2016

Alumni Profile: Mark Shephard, PolluTech Enviroquatics

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Posted ByLorraine Wood-Gaines

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Tagsdrones, pollutech, UAV, UAV ground school

Mark is one of our more recent alumni. He has been flying RC fixed wing planes since he was around eight years old, an activity he...

2 Apr 2016

Why all surveyors need drones

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

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Tagsdrones, surveying, surveyors, UAV

Every day, more and more surveyors are realizing that UAVs are a perfect complement to their work. Though a worthwhile and interesting career, surveying can...

17 Mar 2016

Drone Fair 2016

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

The first ever annual Drone Fair was held on February 20th at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Burnaby campus. The fair gave students...

16 Mar 2016

BC Tech Summit

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

The #BCTECH Summit brings together business leaders, technology solutions providers and global thought leadership to discuss the most important topics impacting business technology decisions today....

16 Mar 2016

Do.com Commercial

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

Microsoft’s Office 365 campaign interviewed us about our productivity systems in place, specifically how we use the Do.com app with Office 365. We use Do...

21 Jan 2016

7 steps to start a drone company in Canada

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

Far too often I have customers sending links to drone service company websites that have advertising and content that make me cringe. We mostly see...

5 Nov 2015

Aerobotika founder elected to board of Unmanned Systems Canada

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

Aerobotika is pleased to announce that our Founder, Paul Bennett, has been elected to the board of Unmanned Systems Canada for a 3 year term....

2 Sep 2015

Our Response to Transport Canada’s Notice of Proposed Amendments

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

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TagsKate, NPA, Regulation, Transport Canada

Aerobotika Aerial Intelligence (AAI) is encouraged by the efforts of Transport Canada (TC) to involve the greater community in the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

24 Aug 2015

Rapid Response Unit

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

AAA-0 Is a slogan devised by the U.S. Army’s Colonel Harry A. (Paddy) Flint for the 39th Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division in Sicily...

22 Jan 2015

Aerobotika on Global News about the Future of UAS

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

Our second airing on Global news in a week. This time they used quite a bit of Paul’s interview. The portion that they used was...

20 Jan 2015

Aerobotika on the news with Singletree Winery

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

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TagsNews, Paul, Press

Paul had the pleasure of spending an afternoon in a vineyard with a favourite client and a news crew from Global BC to talk about...

19 Jan 2015

First UAV training designed around TP1526E

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

For Immediate Release: January 21, 2015 A British Columbia based next generation UAV pilot training academy launches February 2015. Classes will be held monthly starting...

4 Jan 2015

Aerobotika on Global News

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

Paul had the pleasure of spending an afternoon in a vineyard with a favourite client and a news crew from Global BC to talk about...

11 Oct 2014

Aerobotika first to offer government required UAV education

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

Aerobotika Unmanned Systems Academy, the first institution in Canada to offer training for Transport Canada’s future pilot knowledge requirements. In the near future, Transport Canada...

7 May 2014

Remotely Piloted Aircraft in Mining

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

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TagsIndustry, Manned, Mining

Remotely piloted aircraft (typically called UAV or UAS) are a perfect solution to many problems in mining. While aerial services might be a tiny fraction...

4 Mar 2013

Don’t call me drone, I am RPAS.

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Posted ByPaul Bennett

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TagsDrone, Naming, RPA, RPAS, UAS, UAV

This industry is probably the most bleeding edge and developing industry in the world. I am not going to start with a full throwback to...