Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program - Concept Development
National Defence
Program purpose (as reported by the department)
Collaborate with academic and private sector partners to build a network of expertise to support Canada’s current and future defence and security needs.
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $972,659 or less.
- The largest recipient, Agile Electromagnetics Inc., holds $2,999,645 (34% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2025-03-11.
By fiscal year
By recipient province
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agile Electromagnetics Inc. | 2 | $2,999,645 | 2024-11-15 |
| Thales Canada Inc. | 2 | $2,000,000 | 2024-11-04 |
| 1362339-4 | 1 | $999,878 | 2024-10-24 |
| Beneath the Horizon Research Inc. | 1 | $989,000 | 2024-10-02 |
| FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC. | 1 | $972,659 | 2024-11-07 |
| Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. | 1 | $487,500 | 2024-11-01 |
| General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada | 1 | $395,585 | 2024-10-03 |
| Mindlab Inc. | 1 | $25,000 | 2025-03-11 |
| Erode AI | 1 | $25,000 | 2025-03-11 |
| Complex Systems Inc. | 1 | $25,000 | 2025-03-11 |
| Davout Analytics Inc. | 1 | $25,000 | 2025-03-11 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-11 | Mindlab Inc. | Causally-Informed Spatiotemporal Modeling for Interpretable Fatality Forecasting | ON | $25,000 |
| 2025-03-11 | Complex Systems Inc. | Predictive Analytic and Trustworthy AI software | AB | $25,000 |
| 2025-03-11 | Davout Analytics Inc. | Dynamically Forecasting Global Emerging Threats Using a Hybrid Neural Network and Hidden Markov Model | ON | $25,000 |
| 2025-03-11 | Erode AI | Leveraging Global Transformer-Based Models and Weather Prediction for Forecasting Emerging Threats | ON | $25,000 |
| 2024-11-15 | Agile Electromagnetics Inc. | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Polarimetric Ground Penetrating Radar | ON | $999,895 |
| 2024-11-07 | FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC. | Uncrewed Multi-Platform Sensor Fusion Minefield Detection Systems | ON | $972,659 |
| 2024-11-04 | Thales Canada Inc. | SWARMSCAN | ON | $1,000,000 |
| 2024-11-04 | Thales Canada Inc. | SWARMSCAN | ON | $1,000,000 |
| 2024-11-01 | Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. | Defensive Autonomous Swarm Hunt | ON | $487,500 |
| 2024-10-24 | 1362339-4 | Mine Defeat by Air Blast | QC | $999,878 |
| 2024-10-04 | Agile Electromagnetics Inc. | Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Cognitive Electronic Warfare System | ON | $1,999,750 |
| 2024-10-03 | General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada | Powerful Anti-Drone Ammunition Compatible with M2 Machine Gun | QC | $395,585 |
| 2024-10-02 | Beneath the Horizon Research Inc. | Agent-F | BC | $989,000 |
Method & sources
Source: Government of Canada "Proactive Disclosure – Grants and Contributions" (Open Government Licence – Canada). We include agreements with for-profit recipients that started on or after April 1, 2021, and keep the latest amendment of each agreement, so values are the current agreement value, not money paid out. Departments report on their own schedule, so the most recent quarter is incomplete. Recipients are linked to company pages by exact name match. This is not an endorsement or an eligibility determination — check each program's official page.
Dataset on open.canada.ca · Search the official grants records