[Cold Lake, Alberta] Canadian UAVs is operating several fully autonomous drone-in-a-box solutions for persistent surveillance of critical infrastructure in the Cold Lake region. Leveraging its Canada-wide Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) permit from Transport Canada, Canadian UAVs is flying 24/7 RPAS operations in complex airspace, where remote pilots are situated 600km away.
The company’s Sparrowhawk Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) radar system ensures safe integration of unmanned aircraft within a 12 nautical mile radius and up to 5,000 ft altitude, crucial in Cold Lake, where military aircraft from Canadian and NATO forces regularly operate. This technology supports safe and efficient BVLOS missions without disrupting manned aviation.
To date, Canadian UAVs has flown 3,500+ missions, operating 24/7 within weather constraints. This day/night cadence has been ongoing since June, proving both the concept and capability of both Sparrowhawk and aircraft in rigourous conditions. We expect to fly over 10,000 missions in 2025. This work is being conducted as part of our Indigenously owned partnership, Datsa Dynamics - a shared venture between Canadian UAVs and the Des Nedhe Group.
Designed for remote asset monitoring, the solution offers significant benefits for industries such as Oil & Gas, enabling cost-effective inspection of pipelines, facilities, and environmental conditions. Drone-in-a-box systems are also proving their value in public safety applications, such as Drone as a First Responder (DFR) programs used by U.S. law enforcement agencies.
