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Drone Delivery Canada Announces Commercial Agreement with GlobalMedic for First Nations COVID-19 Project
Drone Delivery Canada Announces Commercial Agreement with GlobalMedic for First Nations CO...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nDrone Delivery Canada Announces Commercial Agreement with GlobalMedic for First Nations COVID-19 Project\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 4, 2020\n\n\n\nTORONTO, June 4, 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 Air Canada  (TSX: AC) and the Pontiac Group, it has entered into a commercial agreement dated June 4th, 2020 (the \"Agreement\") with The David McAntony Gibson Foundation o/a GlobalMedic (\"GM\") to deploy DDC's patented drone delivery solution to provide service to the Beausoleil First Nation Community (\"BFN\") in Ontario. Funding for the project was received by donors, including from OEC Group (Canada), a leading global logistics provider servicing clients in all major industries including aerospace, healthcare, global retail, automotive and manufacturing. \nPursuant to the terms of the Agreement, DDC will enable a defined two-way delivery flight route from/to BFN mainland to/from the BFN Christian 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 new commercial operations 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.\nBFN 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. \nThe 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.\n\"We are pleased to announce GlobalMedic as another paid commerci...