Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
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.
Agreements with businesses
65
Median agreement
$350,000
Range
$35,000 – $8,333,333
Recipients
53
Last 12 months
40
Total value
$59,206,547
What the numbers say
- Half of the agreements with businesses are worth $350,000 or less.
- The largest recipient, Reaction Dynamics Lab Inc., holds $8,333,333 (14% of the program's business funding in this data).
- The most recent agreement in the data started on 2026-05-14.
By fiscal year
2021-22$5,069,6206
2024-25$2,000,0001
2025-26$48,103,01946
2026-27$4,033,90812
By recipient province
ON$35,256,84435
QC$15,348,60013
AB$5,310,2505
BC$1,910,0009
NB$1,380,8533
Largest recipients
| Recipient | Agreements | Value | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaction Dynamics Lab Inc. | 1 | $8,333,333 | 2026-03-06 |
| 17457693 Canada Inc. | 1 | $8,333,333 | 2026-03-06 |
| NordSpace Corp. | 1 | $8,333,333 | 2026-03-06 |
| Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. | 3 | $4,000,000 | 2025-07-28 |
| Rival Lab Inc. | 1 | $2,000,000 | 2025-06-12 |
| North Vector Dynamics Inc. | 1 | $2,000,000 | 2024-09-18 |
| General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada Corporation | 2 | $2,000,000 | 2025-04-08 |
| TensorOne Inc. | 1 | $1,579,439 | 2025-06-13 |
| Doveka Group Ltd. | 1 | $1,003,581 | 2025-06-12 |
| Tessellate Robotics Inc. | 1 | $1,000,000 | 2025-04-03 |
| American Bureau of Shipping Canada Inc. | 1 | $1,000,000 | 2025-04-02 |
| ARA Robotique | 1 | $1,000,000 | 2025-04-08 |
| 15138671 Canada Inc. | 1 | $1,000,000 | 2025-04-02 |
| Irreversible Inc. | 1 | $1,000,000 | 2025-04-02 |
| Thales Digital Solutions Inc. | 1 | $1,000,000 | 2025-04-02 |
Recent agreements
| Start | Recipient | Project | Province | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | Avestec Technologies Inc. | Modular Flexible FPV UAS (Mini-SKYRON FPV) | BC | $350,000 |
| 2026-05-14 | 2345081 ONTARIO INC. | Black Sparrow | ON | $350,000 |
| 2026-05-14 | SkyReach Aerospace Inc. | Multifunctional and Scalable Tailsitter (MaST) | ON | $299,500 |
| 2026-05-14 | Thius Canada Inc. | 3D-printed, fully modular and in-field manufacturable drones (CarbonX) | ON | $346,150 |
| 2026-05-12 | AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. | Modern Manufacturing at Scale - High Volume, Low Cost Manufacturing for a Predictable Canadian Supply Chain | NB | $348,063 |
| 2026-05-11 | Tarkka Manufacturing Solutions Inc. | Copsys Intelligent Digital Skin (CIDS) On-Demand Antifouling | AB | $350,000 |
| 2026-05-11 | Lodge Systems Inc. | BoneTape: A New Approach to Orthopaedic Fracture Fixation | BC | $350,000 |
| 2026-05-11 | ARA Robotic Inc. | Canadian Skyforge: Building Canada’s Low-Cost UAS Ecosystem | QC | $288,240 |
| 2026-05-11 | Gull Systems Corporation | Project Swift: Rapid Domestic Scale Up of Modular UAVs | ON | $338,000 |
| 2026-05-08 | Superwake Ltd. | High Endurance Drone Swarm (HEDS) | ON | $332,600 |
| 2026-05-08 | FPDynamics Advanced Robotics Ltd. | FP-X: Canada’s Low-Cost, Modular, and Resilient AI-Enabled UAS | ON | $339,480 |
| 2026-05-08 | Humanitas Solutions Inc. | A.R.C.TIC-SWARM: Attritable Resilient Canadian Tactical Intelligent-Connected SWARM | QC | $341,875 |
| 2026-03-06 | 17457693 Canada Inc. | Canadian Sovereign Launch Capability Development | ON | $8,333,333 |
| 2026-03-06 | NordSpace Corp. | NordSpace Tundra Canadian Responsive Scalable Launch | ON | $8,333,333 |
| 2026-03-06 | Reaction Dynamics Lab Inc. | Aurora-8 Responsive Launch Vehicle | QC | $8,333,333 |
| 2026-02-09 | 9374-0587 Quebec Inc. | DARIT Rempart, CUAS Intrusion Detection System | QC | $1,000,000 |
| 2026-01-23 | Prandtl Dynamics Inc. | Oscura (Acoustic Multi-Band detect and interrogation) | ON | $375,000 |
| 2026-01-23 | Objexis AI | FIXAIT | ON | $375,000 |
| 2026-01-07 | Stadacona Technologies Corp. | Scalable Low-Cost PCB-Frame Tactical UAS with Canadian Supply Chain Integration | ON | $35,000 |
| 2025-12-17 | Gull Systems Corporation | Project Swift: Rapid Domestic Scale Up of Modular Attritable Fixed Wing UAVs. | ON | $35,000 |
| 2025-12-17 | Vimy Analytics Inc. | Cardboard UAS | ON | $35,000 |
| 2025-12-15 | Volatus Aerospace Inc. | Project Borealis – Scalable Canadian UAS for Sovereign Defence and Arctic Operations | QC | $35,000 |
| 2025-12-15 | Humanitas Solutions Inc. | A.R.C.TIC-SWARM: Attritable Resilient Canadian Tactical Intelligent-Connected SWARM | QC | $35,000 |
| 2025-12-15 | VYO Technologies Inc. | Modular Swarm UAS Platform for Arctic tactical surge | ON | $35,000 |
| 2025-12-15 | FPDynamics Advanced Robotics Ltd. | FP-X: Canada’s Low-Cost, Modular, and Resilient AI-Enabled UAS | ON | $35,000 |
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