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Drone Delivery Canada Announces 2nd Commercial Agreement With DSV Canada, Intended for Healthcare Cargo Delivery
Drone Delivery Canada Announces 2nd Commercial Agreement With DSV Canada, Intended for Hea...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nDrone Delivery Canada Announces 2nd Commercial Agreement With DSV Canada, Intended for Healthcare Cargo Delivery\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nTORONTO, June 22, 2020\n\n\n\nTORONTO, June 22, 2020 /CNW/ - Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (TSXV: FLT) (OTC: TAKOF) (Frankfurt: A2AMGZ) (Frankfurt: ABB.F) (the \"Company\" or \"DDC\") is pleased to announce that with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada (TSX: AC), it has entered into a commercial agreement dated June 22, 2020 (the \"Agreement\") with DSV Air & Sea Inc. Canada (\"DSV\"), the Canadian arm of the global transport and logistics company DSV Panalpina A/S, to deploy DDC's drone delivery platform, with the intent for DSV to deliver healthcare related cargo from DSV's warehouse in Milton, Ontario to DSV customers locally.\nPursuant to the terms of the Agreement, DDC will deploy its Sparrow cargo drone, with the cargo drop capability previously announced June 10, 2020. The term of the Agreement is three months, full payment will be made upfront by DSV.\nAt the destination, the Sparrow will hover at a lowered altitude, drop untethered cargo in a designated area shared by multiple DSV transactional customers, then return to DSV's DroneSpot. The route is approximately 3.5km. Flights will be remotely monitored by DDC from its Operations Control Centre located in Vaughan, Ontario. DDC will commence implementation of the solution in Q3 2020 and expects to begin providing drone delivery services under the Agreement in the same quarter, with the potential of more additional routes being added in 2020. All operations will be conducted in accordance with the Canadian Aviation Regulations and Transport Canada flight authorizations.\n\"We are currently flying hundreds of successful flights per month at DSV for their first route, and we are pleased to announce a second paid route with DSV. DSV is a global leader in the logistics space and a perfect fit as a scalable customer for us,\" said Michael Zahra, President & CEO of DDC. \"DSV will use our proven Spar...