100% Successful Operations on Approved Flight Path
TORONTO, Oct. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Drone Delivery Canada 'DDC or the Company'
(TSX.V:FLT OTC:TAKOF), is pleased to announce that the Company conducted numerous successful drone delivery test flights in
the communities of Moosonee and Moose Factory, Ontario as part
of DDC's Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Pilot Project 'BVLOS Pilot Project.' Operations under the BVLOS Pilot Project
were approved by both Transport Canada and NAV CANADA and were flown in the Class E controlled
airspace surrounding the Moosonee airport.
DDC's BVLOS Pilot Project commenced on September 17, 2018 and was completed on September 28, 2018. The Pilot Project flight operations were conducted in both day time and evenings
on a set of approved flight paths. Throughout the Pilot Project, DDC worked closely with Transport Canada and NAV CANADA to ensure safety while also demonstrating the efficiency and efficacy of its Sparrow drone as well
as its proprietary FLYTE management system. DDC is pleased to report that no flight safety incidents occurred, and each mission
was completed successfully.
DDC's Sparrow X1000 cargo drone and DDC's proprietary FLYTE management system successfully delivered medical supplies, dry
blood spots kits for HIV, Hepatitis C and general blood chemistry testing, as well as food, automotive parts and general parcels
for many of DDC's customers which were present for the Pilot Project. These flights were conducted both to and from Moosonee and Moose Factory.
It is noteworthy that Drone Delivery Canada was approved to conduct its BVLOS Pilot Project in controlled airspace and while
communicating on standard aviation frequencies in accordance with the Canadian Aviation Regulations. These are the same
frequencies and communications protocols used for general aviation and commercial aircraft. Under the BVLOS Pilot Project, DDC
was assigned the call sign "Sparrow 1".
"We achieved our mission flawlessly," commented Paul Di Benedetto, CTO. "On behalf of the
Company I would like to sincerely and publicly thank the staff from the Transport Canada RPAS Task Force, NAV CANADA, The Moose Cree First Nation, the community of Moosonee, the
MoCreebec community and all the team at DDC for the tireless effort put forth. The collaboration by all parties provided critical
data which will set the foundation for success and further solidify the great working relationship between Government and
DDC."
"Living in Canada's north comes with challenges. The community was extremely excited to see the benefits of DDC's drone
delivery solution as a means to help mitigate our daily challenges, improve our logistics, lower our costs and bring employment
to our region. We are very happy to be working with Drone Delivery Canada and see the immense benefit to our community and to
other communities in the region," commented Stan Kapashesit, Director of Economic Development
Moose Cree First Nation.
In Canada, there are approximately one thousand remote communities, and almost all face similar infrastructure and logistics
challenges that contribute to a high cost of living. DDC looks to provide a cost effective and highly efficient logistic solution
to these communities to improve lives and to create jobs in Canada's north all while reducing costs.
"We are very thankful to the authorities for approving our flight path to connect these communities," commented Tony Di Benedetto, CEO of Drone Delivery Canada. "It is not an easy feat at all to achieve what we have
accomplished. DDC has created an innovative logistic solution allowing a drone to deliver parcels in non-segregated Canadian
airspace. As a starting point we intend on targeting outlying communities which experience on-going and difficult infrastructure
challenges. To address these challenges, in the not so distant future we will work closely with Transport Canada and NAV CANADA in order to deploy our technology and establish 'railways in the sky' where our drones can
integrate into existing Canadian airspace to connect communities to one another and provide efficient and cost-effective means of
delivery."
DDC will be providing a video detailing the Pilot Project to shareholders and interested parties and anticipates a release
date in approximately 10 days time.
For more information, please visit www.dronedeliverycanada.com
About Drone Delivery Canada
Drone Delivery Canada is a drone technology company focused on the design, development and implementation of its proprietary
logistics software platform, using drones. The Company's platform will be used as Software as a Service (SaaS) for government and
corporate organizations.
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. is a publicly listed company trading on the TSX V Exchange under the symbol FLT, on the U.S. OTC Q
B market under the symbol TAKOF and on the Frankfurt exchange in Germany under the symbol A2AMGZ.
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