Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, the Rothesay, NB, maker of safety equipment for drones, has inked a $1.1 million deal allowing the federal government to test its Payload Precision Delivery System for airdropping supplies into isolated communities.
The contract was awarded by Science and Economic Development Canada’s Testing Stream and includes an option for other government departments to buy up to $8 million worth of the system once testing is finished.
Testing of the system, the name of which is abbreviated as the PPDS, will be carried out by Transport Canada, Indigenous Services Canada