Develops Sparrowhawk, a portable ground-based radar detect-and-avoid system for beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flight, and Tasker, web-based drone fleet and compliance management software.
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Develops Sparrowhawk, a portable ground-based radar detect-and-avoid system for beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flight, and Tasker, web-based drone fleet and compliance management software.
States it has operated since 2015 and is 100% Canadian-owned and operated. Its contact page gives an office at 6727 9 St NE and a mailing address at 6732 8 St NE, Calgary. canadianuavs.ca
Sparrowhawk radar earned a Transport Canada Pre-Validated Declaration in June 2026, which the company says makes it the only configurable detect-and-avoid element on that eligibility list. canadianuavs.ca
States Sparrowhawk has accumulated over 50,000 operational hours. canadianuavs.ca
Signed a joint venture agreement with the Des Nedhe Group in October 2023. canadianuavs.ca
Describes itself as a defence prime contractor with the Department of National Defence, providing uncrewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services. canadianuavs.ca
Transport Canada issued a Pre-Validated Declaration for its Sparrowhawk radar in June 2026. The FAA separately approved it in May 2025 for beyond-visual-line-of-sight detect-and-alert. canadianuavs.ca
Its two federal contracts total about $17,000, one being the amendment of the other. That is worth reading beside its own description of itself as a defence prime contractor. search.open.canada.ca
Products Canadian UAVs publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Detect-and-avoid radar
Portable ground-based radar detect-and-avoid system, complemented by ADS-B, that enables beyond-visual-line-of-sight uncrewed flight. The company says a single radar covers 1,400 square kilometres. Commercially available and regulator-accepted.
Learn moreFleet management software
Web-based drone fleet and logistics management software covering mission planning, maintenance, inventory, certificates and compliance reporting. Commercially available with free and paid tiers.
Learn moreHow Canadian UAVs says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Pipeline monitoring, wide-area mapping, environmental monitoring, confined-space inspection and emergency response for industrial and energy customers, enabled by its own Sparrowhawk detect-and-avoid system.
Contractor-owned, contractor-operated uncrewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions as a Department of National Defence prime contractor.
Publicly announced partnerships.
Signed aerospace joint venture agreement, announced October 2023.
Memorandum of understanding (November 2024) to advance beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations in northern mining and military applications.
Executed reseller agreement (October 2021) for small uncrewed aircraft systems in Canada. These are third-party aircraft, not Canadian UAVs technology.
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation, PrairiesCan (defence-grade uncrewed aerial systems for border surveillance) - contribution, repayability not stated
Canadian International Innovation Program - contribution
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (agreement 000021064, co-recipient 2204094 Alberta Inc.) - contribution; appears in three disclosure rows for one agreement
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