Explorer Spotlights

Space Launch Built for Speed | Bachar Elzein, Reaction Dynamics — Explorer Spotlight #16

Reaction Dynamics is building containerized, storable rockets designed to give Canada fast, sovereign and responsive access to orbit.

Sep 17 • Ethan Marcoux

Building Canada’s Drone Stack | Josh Ogden, AVSS — Explorer Spotlight #15

AVSS has spent nearly a decade building sovereign Canadian robotic systems from the ground up, without licensing technology or reselling foreign…

Sep 10 • Ethan Marcoux

Building the Rails to Space | Hugh Kolias, Canada Rocket Company — Explorer Spotlight #14

Canada Rocket Company is assembling the talent, capital and infrastructure to build a reusable Falcon 9-class launch vehicle in Canada.

Sep 3 • Ethan Marcoux

Powering the Arctic and the Moon | Daniel Sax, CSMC — Explorer Spotlight #13

Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation is developing portable nuclear microreactors for Arctic defence, remote communities and space exploration.

Aug 27 • Ethan Marcoux

Defending the Dominion | Eliot Pence, Dominion Dynamics — Explorer Spotlight #12

Dominion Dynamics has raised C$169 million in just over a year to build sovereign command-and-control, sensing and autonomous systems for Canada’s…

Aug 20 • Ethan Marcoux

Detecting the Invisible from Space | Chris Robson, Wyvern — Explorer Spotlight #11

Wyvern is building Canadian hyperspectral intelligence to identify vessels, monitor crops and strengthen sovereign space capability.

Aug 13 • Ethan Marcoux

Launching Canada Into Space | Rahul Goel, NordSpace — Explorer Spotlight #10

NordSpace is building Canada's sovereign access to orbit.

Aug 6 • Ethan Marcoux

Fighting Wildfires With Drone Swarms | Alex Deslauriers, FireSwarm Solutions — Explorer Spotlight #9

FireSwarm builds drone-agnostic autonomy for ultra-heavy-lift aircraft to fight wildfires and move critical loads through contested environments.

Jul 30 • Ethan Marcoux

Autonomous Manufacturing for Ukraine | Kath Intson, Sentinel R&D — Explorer Spotlight #8

Sentinel R&D is automating the manufacturing of unmanned systems for the next generation of warfare.

Jul 23 • Ethan Marcoux

Vertical Takeoff Planes | Brandon Robinson, Horizon Aircraft — Explorer Spotlight #7

Horizon Aircraft is building a hybrid-electric VTOL designed to take off like a helicopter and fly like a conventional aircraft.

Jul 16 • Ethan Marcoux

Medical Manufacturing Anywhere | Dr. Harvey Hawes, Building Bloc Systems — Explorer Spotlight #6

Building Bloc Systems is building forward-deployed medical microfactories for war zones, disaster response, and remote environments.

Jul 9 • Ethan Marcoux

Flying Sea Drones | Dr. Mike Peasgood, ENVGO — Explorer Spotlight #5

ENVGO is building six-foot autonomous surface vessels designed to travel four times farther than conventional electric boats.

Jul 2 • Ethan Marcoux

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