{"id":3328,"date":"2026-09-29T17:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngcaerospace.com\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:39:06","slug":"ngc-qualifies-for-the-gouvernement-du-canadas-defense-drone-initiative-ddi-marketplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngcaerospace.com\/en\/ngc-qualifies-for-the-gouvernement-du-canadas-defense-drone-initiative-ddi-marketplace\/","title":{"rendered":"NGC Qualifies for Canada&#8217;s Defense Drone Initiative (DDI) Marketplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHERBROOKE, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada, [September 29th, 2026] &#8211; The Government of Canada launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence\/news\/2026\/07\/defence-drone-initiative.html\">Defense Drone Initiative (DDI)<\/a> to accelerate the development, testing, adaptation, and production of unmanned autonomous systems for the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, NGC qualified for all five streams of the program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Uncrewed and autonomous systems<\/li>\n<li>Communications and data systems<\/li>\n<li>Engineering and integration services<\/li>\n<li>Testing, evaluation and training<\/li>\n<li>Innovation and experimentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This qualification highlights NGC\u2019s commitment to contributing to Canada\u2019s advanced aerial mobility initiative and to helping build a more responsive and scalable Canadian ecosystem. Canada possesses world-class expertise in the fields of aerospace and robotics, and NGC is proud to be among the innovative and ambitious companies also qualified for DDI.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to reviewing the first calls for proposals in October and collaborating with Canada to develop its sovereign capability to access critical uncrewed and autonomous systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHERBROOKE, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada, [September 29th, 2026] &#8211; The Government of Canada launched the Defense Drone Initiative (DDI) to accelerate the development, testing, adaptation, and production of unmanned autonomous systems for the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard. 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