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MDA Space's 49North qualifies for all five Canadian defence drone marketplace streams
The subsidiary joins a pool of suppliers eligible to compete for future work spanning uncrewed and counter-drone systems, engineering, testing and training.
MDA Space's wholly owned subsidiary 49North announced Oct. 28 that it has qualified across all five streams of Canada's Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace.1
The qualification positions 49North to compete for opportunities
Canada's Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace
49North, a wholly owned subsidiary of MDA Space, announced Oct. 28, 2026 that it qualified across all five streams of Canada's Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace
from research and prototyping through testing, demonstrations and potential production
Source: 49North release via PR Newswire. As of Oct. 28, 2026.
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The opportunity extends beyond platforms: 49North says its qualification positions it to compete for secure mission systems, engineering, testing and training work as well as uncrewed and counter-drone systems. The marketplace's scope includes counter-drone sensors and effectors, command and control, communications, electronic warfare and cyber capabilities.1
The marketplace gives 49North opportunities to compete at several stages of capability development, from research and prototyping through testing, demonstrations and potential production.1
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- 49North Qualifies Across All Five Streams of Canada's Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace (49North, Oct. 28, 2026) www.prnewswire.com