Defence officials will be using downtown Ottawa to test new technologies to track mini-drones in an urban setting.

The tests will run Nov. 24 to Nov. 28 and will involve Canadian Forces personnel, defence science experts, the RCMP and officials from the U.S. government.

The testing will be done in the downtown core although the Department of National Defence has not provided details on specific locations. “There will be four types of test locations: Ground level, Mid-level balcony on a high-rise building, High-level balcony on a high-rise building, and Rooftop,” DND spokesperson Kened Sadiku noted in an email.

Testing will occur both during the day and at night, he added.

Small drones, particularly those known as first person view (FPV) aerial vehicles have transformed the modern bat

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