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BDC allocates $700 million to defence funds and StrongNorth
BDC is expanding both direct venture investment and funding through specialized managers, giving Canadian defence suppliers distinct routes to capital.
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Company development
Allen-Vanguard receiver pursues sale, with wind-down as fallback
PwC’s intended going-concern sale puts the continuity of Allen-Vanguard’s electronic-countermeasures business at the centre of the receivership.
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BDC allocates $700 million to defence funds and StrongNorth
BDC is expanding both direct venture investment and funding through specialized managers, giving Canadian defence suppliers distinct routes to capital.
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Canada awards initial drone contracts worth up to $50 million
The first Defence Drone Initiative awards establish demand for Canadian systems and support, while Volatus's purchase options leave the eventual scale open.
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Canadian Army brings regular brigades under 1st Canadian Division
The Army is reorganizing its brigades and combat support around a division, while long-range strike deliveries and readiness milestones extend into the next decade.
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HMCS Regina joins Philippine and US forces in maritime activity
Regina’s participation brings a frigate and helicopter into maritime cooperation as Canada and the Philippines develop their wider defence relationship.
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Spaceport Nova Scotia clears planning milestone for Spectrum launches
Spectrum's orbital flight provides a precedent for the rocket, while the Canadian project must still complete its facilities and secure launch permissions.
Identity change
GSTS becomes OCIANA as maritime intelligence scope expands
Global Spatial Technology Solutions adopted the OCIANA name while keeping its products, services, and points of contact unchanged.
Company development
Dominion sets out the Scout development path
Dominion Dynamics disclosed an early development path for its Scout Autonomous Collaborative Platform, including a 24-to-30-month first-flight target.
Program event
Canada selects TKMS as preferred submarine supplier
The Canadian Patrol Submarine Project entered negotiations with TKMS for up to 12 submarines, with Hanwha Ocean named reserve supplier.
Industrial capacity
Volatus opens Mirabel autonomous-systems manufacturing base
Volatus Aerospace says its 53,000-square-foot Mirabel facility is operational, with docking-station production underway and V-Series manufacturing planned.
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- Allen-Vanguard receiver pursues sale, with wind-down as fallback
File photo of a PwC-branded office tower in Toronto, photographed in October 2016. PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. was appointed receiver over the two Allen-Vanguard companies on 1 September 2026.
“PwC” by Travis Wise / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 - BDC allocates $700 million to defence funds and StrongNorth
File photo: BDC’s Montreal head office, photographed on 31 July 2018.
Paho16 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 - Canada awards initial drone contracts worth up to $50 million
File photo: A Royal Canadian Navy sailor launches a CU-175 Puma during Exercise Agile Blizzard–Unified Vision near British Columbia on 21 June 2023. The aircraft shown is not identified as part of the new marketplace contracts.
U.S. Air Force / Tech. Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier · Public domain - Canadian Army brings regular brigades under 1st Canadian Division
File photo: Soldiers of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group ride a Leopard 2A4 tank during Exercise Maple Resolve at Camp Wainwright, Alberta, on 14 May 2017.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brad Miller / DVIDS · Public domain - HMCS Regina joins Philippine and US forces in maritime activity
File photo: HMCS Regina (FFH 334) arrives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for Exercise RIMPAC in June 2026.
U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Analice Baker / DVIDS · Public domain - Spaceport Nova Scotia clears planning milestone for Spectrum launches
File photo: Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum lifts off from Andøya Spaceport, Norway, on its first test flight on 30 March 2025. The Nova Scotia launch complex remains under development.
© Isar Aerospace / Simon Fischer, Wingmen Media · Editorial use with credit - GSTS becomes OCIANA as maritime intelligence scope expands
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