TORONTO, July 30, 2020 /CNW/ - Drone Delivery Canada Corp.
(TSXV: FLT) (OTC: TAKOF) (Frankfurt: A2AMGZ or ABB.F) (the
"Company" or "DDC") is pleased to announce that with
the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada (TSX: AC) and also the
Pontiac Group, it has entered into a commercial agreement dated
July 30, 2020 (the
"Agreement") with the Georgina Island First Nation
("GIFN") to deploy DDC's patented drone delivery solution to
provide service to the GIFN community in Ontario.
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, DDC will enable a
defined two-way delivery flight route from/to GIFN mainland to/from
Georgina Island utilizing the
Sparrow drone and its DroneSpotTM takeoff and landing
zones as well as additional drone flight infrastructure as
required. All operations will be conducted in accordance with the
Canadian Aviation Regulations and Transport Canada flight
authorizations. Flights will be remotely monitored by DDC from its
Operations Control Centre located in Vaughan, Ontario. DDC will commence deployment
of site infrastructure shortly and expects to begin providing drone
delivery services under the Agreement in Q3 of 2020.
GIFN will use DDC's Sparrow drone solution to limit
person-to-person contact on its island ferry service by
transporting COVID-19 related cargo such as personal protection
equipment (PPE), hygiene kits, test kits, test swabs, etc.
The Agreement provides for the payment of an up-front, fixed-fee
for managed services for the project. The term of the
Agreement is six months.
GIFN has been approved for funding from the Government of
Canada, through Indigenous
Services Canada, for this drone project for the delivery of medical
supplies to, and samples from, the community via drone. Indigenous
Services Canada is looking at this project as a pilot to provide a
"Proof of Concept" for future consideration of the use of drone
delivery as an effective means to limit person-to-person contact
during the pandemic while maintaining the provision of
COVID-related medical supplies.
"As a leader in the industry, we are pleased to announce
Georgina Island First Nation as a drone logistics
customer. The Community is expected to benefit from our drone
delivery solution during the COVID-19 pandemic by limiting
person-to-person contact between the mainland and Georgina Island, while keeping their medical
supply chain open. This is yet another example showing our
drone delivery solution is ideally suited for this type of
application and we look forward to helping the Community," said
Michael Zahra, President & CEO
of DDC.
"We are pleased to be working with Drone Delivery Canada, Air
Canada and the Pontiac Group on this project to maintain our supply
chain for COVID-19 medical supplies while limiting person-to-person
contact during the current pandemic situation. Drone delivery
is an innovative solution and we look forward to seeing the
benefits for our Community. We are thankful to Indigenous Services
Canada for funding this project," said Councilor William McCue of the Georgina Island First
Nation.
About Drone Delivery Canada Corp.
Drone Delivery
Canada Corp. 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 a Software as a Service (SaaS) model for government and
corporate organizations globally.
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 or ABB.F .
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SOURCE Drone Delivery Canada