CAAM December AAM Town Hall - Transport Canada & NAV CANADA

In the December AAM Town Hall, our Executive Director, JR Hammond, shared several important updates showing how Canada is gaining traction both at home and abroad.

Transport Canada: Drone Security and National Preparedness - Jatinder Sahota, Senior Policy Advisor for RPAS, provided a detailed look at the federal drone security program. He shared:

NAV Canada: Integrating New Entrants into the Airspace - Alan Chapman, Director of RPAS Traffic Management and Patrick Annetts, Evolving Aviation Operations Manager, walked through how NAV Canada is preparing for the next wave of aviation activity.

CAAM Segment:
Event Agenda - 05:14
What is AAM? - 06:22
Evolving Aviation Ecosystem - 07:05
CAAM's Partner Organizations - 09:37
CAAM's Members - 10:50
Canada's Budget 2025 - 12:05
Canada & South Korea MoU - 13:56
BETA ALIA CX300 First Take Off in British Columbia - 14:41
New RPAS Regulations, Transport Canada & NAV CANADA - 15:35
CAAM's Quarterly Region Meetings - 16:20
Horizon Aircraft Awarded $2M INSAT Grant - 17:02
CAAM Representing Canada at Dubai Airshow - 17:57
CAAM's Middle East Delegation Trip Recap - 18:46
CAAM's Upcoming 2nd ICAO AAM Symposium Delegation Trip - 19:54

Transport Canada (TC) Segment:
TC Intro: Jatiner Sahota, Senior Policy Advisor, RPAS - 22:17
Overview of RPAS and Drones - 23:48
The Drone Threat - 26:42
TC's Mandate - 27:59
TC's National Drone Security and Counter Drone Program - 28:41
Prevention - 28:59
Preparedness - 30:49
Response - 31:54
Counter Drone Technology - 33:16
Intradepartmental Collaboration - 35:37
AAM Security - 36:14
Transport Canada Q&A - 36:58

NAV CANADA Segment:
NAV CANADA Intro: Alan Chapman, Director of RPAS Traffic Management - 40:20
NAV CANADA Agenda - 41:06
New Entrants - 42:10
RPAS Recap - 42:37
RPAS Operations - 43:20
NAV Drone Updates - 45:51
Safety and Managing Incident Risk - 49:29
NAV CANADA Intro: Pat Annettes, Evolving Aviation Operations Manager - 52:04
Space Transport Operations (STO) Roles and Responsibilities - 54:26
2025 STO Integration - 55:51
2026 STO Areas of Focus - 59:00
NAV CANADA Q&A - 1:01:55