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CANARD broke ground in Sweden last Wednesday. On the 7th of March 2019, we performed the first operation in Sweden with our solution. In addition to our first visit to Sweden, it was the first inspection carried out in such weather conditions (snow and below 0ºC temperatures). The scenario of this feat was Örnsköldsvik Airport (OER), a […]

On the 28th of February 2019, CANARD conducted a successful inspection of PAPI and runway lights at Teruel Airport, in Spain. The operation was carried out as a demo of the capabilities of our system in front of a potential huge customer in the aviation industry. The operation included the verification of the PAPI system at […]

On the 6th of February 2019, CANARD successfully performed the inspection of the PAPI systems at Huesca-Pirineos Airport, operated by AENA. This inspection was the 4th service for AENA under the ongoing contract signed in August 2017 for the verification and calibration of PAPI using drones. In addition to the verification of the PAPIs of runways […]

Este martes, 15 de enero, Su Majestad el Rey Felipe VI ha inaugurado el nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia (AIRM), que se añade a la extensa red de instalaciones, esencial para el turismo, una de las actividades más importantes de nuestro país. CanardDrones ha participado en la verificación de radioayudas y de […]

Polish Aviation Authorities stated “there are no obstacles to introduce RPA-based solutions into aerodrome manuals” in a communication to CANARD. Our solution is considered a “a proven method of PAPI system calibration and verification”. This is the result of a test and live presentation performed by CANARD last October 26th at Olsztyn-Mazury airport, in Poland. The […]

The eleventh ICAO Air Services Negotiation Event (ICAN2018) has been held in Nairobi, Kenya from 10 to 14 December 2018. It has been hosted by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA). ​ICAN2018 provides States with a central meeting place to conduct multiple bilateral (regional or plurilateral) air services negotiations or consultations. It offers a forum for the participants to learn […]

October 21 – October 23 2018 Airport Operations & Maintenance Conference CANARD met with representatives from the FAA to discuss UAV-Regulatory & Operational Perspective. The Great Lakes Chapter-AAAE last conference brought very good news for the drones Industry.  The FAA has shown interest on how to improve the efficiency of airport maintenance using RPAs, considering that drones […]

CANARD´s project DRAMS  has been granted with a SME Instrument Horizon 2020 EU funding programme Drone-based Radio Aid Measuring System (DRAMS) is being developed for the calibration and Flight Inspection of ILS and VOR systems. CANARD DRONES technology, based on the state-of-the-art unmanned aircrafts, is a novel approach to allow more precise, rapid and cost-efficient Flight […]

Las soluciones de CANARD DRONES comienzan a ponerse en servicio en el continente americano mediante un acuerdo con Inmaquip, una de las compañías líderes en servicios aeroportuarios en la región. Inmaquip ofrecerá servicios de calibración PAPI con los sistemas y tecnología diseñados y comercializados por CANARD, con los que los aeropuertos americanos podrán acceder a las ventajas […]

CANARD develops a Full Runway Inspection solution based on drones thanks to CDTI NEOTEC grant  Madrid, September 13th, 2018 CANARD is focus on a new R&D Project that will provide a marketable solution for the provision of the full runway inspection service based on drones. The project is being financed throughout a 2017 CDTI NEOTEC […]

Canard Drones performed the second PAPI calibration operation at Charles de Gaulle international airport in Paris. This operation calibrated 4 PAPI operating in the north runways, 09R, 09L, 27R and 27L. Charles de Gaulle is the second busiest airport in Europe, and part of the Aeroports de Paris consortia. The operation lasted just 3 hours, […]

CANARD has successfully completed the project “Inspection of GNSS Approaches using RPAS”, which has been granted by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, through its program of support for Innovative Business Groups (AEI). The Aerospace Cluster of Madrid, European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP), EXPACE and CANARD have participated in the project. The project consisted […]

Domingo Ureña, CanardDrones Chairman of the Board Madrid, 17th July 2018 Domingo Ureña-Raso has been appointed Chairman of the Board of CanardDrones, effective from June 1, 2018. The appointment is part of the project to provide the company with a greater international presence, and commercial entry into global markets. Domingo Ureña, former CEO of Airbus […]

Madrid, 12 de junio de 2018 CanardDrones ha participado en los trabajos que se están llevando a cabo para la verificación de redioayudas y los procedimientos de navegación del Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia (AIRM). La calibración se ha realizado con un avión de la Unidad de Verificación en Vuelo de Aena Internacional, […]

The ability to perform natural drone operations inside the normal manned operations at an airport has been duly proved at Pori airport in Finland, last May 17th. For 13 hours, CanardDrones, ANS Finland and Unifly worked together performing six 40 minutes inspection batches in full coordination and with full reliability of all systems. During this […]