Aerospace company AVSS has been awarded a $1.1 million contract by the Canadian government to test whether its parachute delivery system can support drones to drop off packages at locations where it’s difficult to land an aircraft.
The contract falls under the government’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) program that funds R&D and test prototypes from innovative Canadian companies in real-life settings. This program also features a direct sales option post successful prototype evaluation, which, in this case, will allow government organizations to purchase up to $8 million worth of delivery drone parachutes from AVSS without procurement competition for three years.
AVSS says that its Payload Precision Delivery Systems (PPDS) is capable of autonomously reaching within 3 meters of an intended landing zone. The technology can be useful in several scenarios, including delivering medical kits during search and rescue operations or…
