Avionics
Flight avionics
Low-cost, high-reliability micro and nano-class flight avionics for space exploration missions, covering power management, energy storage and on-board computing from LEO to cislunar space.
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Canadensys Aerospace
SpaceDefenceBolton, ON
Builds lunar and deep-space systems - rovers, flight cameras, avionics and onboard computers - plus ruggedized industrial and defence ground vehicles, from facilities in Bolton and Stratford, Ontario.
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About
Company site: canadensys.comBuilds lunar and deep-space systems - rovers, flight cameras, avionics and onboard computers - plus ruggedized industrial and defence ground vehicles, from facilities in Bolton and Stratford, Ontario.
Awarded $4.73M by the Canadian Space Agency for initial development of Canada's 1-tonne-class Lunar Utility Rover under the LEAP programme (July 2025). canadensys.com
Selected by the International Lunar Observatory Association to design and build the instrument suite for the ILO-1 lunar south pole observatory (September 2025). canadensys.com
Announced a programme with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to develop tritium-based radioisotope heating units for lunar and planetary spacecraft (July 2026). canadensys.com
The Canadian Space Agency terminated the Lunar Rover Mission in March 2026 after a federal expenditure review; Canadensys continues on the Lunar Utility Vehicle programme. canadensys.com
Won DND IDEaS contracts for its Watchguard space-based proximity monitoring and surveillance system, including a $976,630 phase 1b award in April 2019. canadabuys.canada.ca
Offers an industrial and defence vehicle line including the HAWC hybrid amphibious carrier and the Raptor unmanned ground vehicle with up to 1,000 kg payload. canadensys.com
Products & Services
Company site: canadensys.comProducts Canadensys Aerospace publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
NISA Camera
Flight imager
A ruggedized, low-mass flight imager for spacecraft and lander applications.
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Spacecraft computer
An on-board computer with a robust design for small-spacecraft applications.
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Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP), Canadian Space Agency — Canadian Lunar Utility Rover initial development (company share of a three-company award)
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS), National Defence — Competitive Projects, Identification and Characterization of Space Objects (Watchguard, Component 1b) — defence contract
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS), National Defence — Competitive Projects, Identification and Characterization of Space Objects (Watchguard, Component 1a) — defence contract
Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS), National Defence — Competitive Projects, Collaboration of Robotic Systems (MuRVCo) — defence contract
Space Technology Development Program, Canadian Space Agency — contribution (compact imaging for situational awareness)
Space Technology Development Program, Canadian Space Agency — contribution (lunar-surface gimbal)
People
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Christian Sallaberger
President & CEO
Frank Teti
General Manager
Technology Focus
Company site: canadensys.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
Lunar roversSpacecraft avionicsOnboard computersSpace camerasDeep space systemsRadioisotope heating unitsPlanetary surface mobility
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