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Dominion Dynamics

DefenceAIAviationOttawa, ON

Ottawa company building AuraNet, a command-and-control and data-fusion platform used with Arctic-hardened sensors for surveillance in remote northern regions, and developing Scout, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly alongside crewed fighter jets.

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Company site: defendthedominion.com

Ottawa company building AuraNet, a command-and-control and data-fusion platform used with Arctic-hardened sensors for surveillance in remote northern regions, and developing Scout, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly alongside crewed fighter jets.

  • Canadian Rangers used AuraNet during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT (Feb–Apr 2026) across 5,200 km of the High Arctic; the company says the engagement was self-funded. defendthedominion.com

  • Raised a $139M CAD (US$100M) all-equity Series A led by Georgian in June 2026; the company says it has raised $169M CAD since launching in June 2025. defendthedominion.com

  • Moved into a 25,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Kanata, Ont., in June 2026 and opened a Toronto development office. defendthedominion.com

  • Accepted as a qualified supplier in four streams of Canada's Defence Drone Initiative (DDI) Marketplace supply arrangement (Sep 2026), making it eligible to bid on future DDI contracts. defendthedominion.com

  • Developing Scout, which it describes as an Autonomous Collaborative Platform extending the reach of crewed fighter aircraft - a class it defines as uncrewed aircraft flying alongside crewed jets. defendthedominion.com

  • Announced in March 2026 that it will build a sovereign AI simulation environment for autonomous collaborative platforms on Denvr's Canada AI Platform. defendthedominion.com

  • Its $50 million commitment to the Autonomous Collaborative Platform announced March 2026 is its OWN capital, self-funded. It is not an external round and is not part of the $169 million raised. defendthedominion.com

  • Dominion Scout, the aircraft behind its Aviation tag, is in design and build. The company targets a first flight within 24 to 30 months from March 2026; nothing has flown. defendthedominion.com

Products & Services

Company site: defendthedominion.com

Products Dominion Dynamics publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

AuraNet

Command and control / data fusion

Software platform that fuses imagery, signals, telemetry and reporting into a common operating picture and integrates with existing command-and-control architectures; fielded with Canadian Rangers in the High Arctic.

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AURION

Procurement intelligence

Open-source procurement intelligence platform fusing federal procurement records, lobbying disclosures, funding data and supplier registries for Canada's defence sector. Launched February 2026.

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Funding & Investors

Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.

  1. Series A

    Jun 30, 2026

    Investors: Georgian (lead), Valor Equity Partners, Expeditions, Lakestar, OMERS, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Deloitte Ventures (Canada), JDY Capital, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), Bessemer Venture Partners, Garage Capital, Golden Ventures, Silent Ventures

  2. Seed

    Jan 19, 2026

    Investors: Georgian (lead), Bessemer Venture Partners, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)

  3. Pre-seed ($4 million; currency not stated)

    Oct 15, 2025

    Investors: Garage Capital, Golden Ventures

Total disclosed: C$160.0MLatest: Series A · Jun 30, 2026

Partnerships

Publicly announced partnerships.

Denvr

Partnership to build a sovereign AI simulation environment for training and validating Autonomous Collaborative Platforms on Denvr's Canada AI Platform (CAIP).

Government & Grants

Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.

  1. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution

Recent News

  1. Jun 30, 2026Funding

    Dominion Dynamics raises $139M CAD Series A to scale Arctic surveillance network and drone systems

    Dominion announced a $139M CAD ($100M USD) Series A led by Georgian, with Valor Equity Partners, Expeditions, Lakestar, OMERS, BDC, RBC, Deloitte Ventures, JDY Capital and existing investors. It will use the funds for AuraNet and its Scout Autonomous Collaborative Platform and to grow its team past 100.

  2. Apr 16, 2026Government

    We deployed AuraNet in the High Arctic. Here's what we learned working with Rangers for eight weeks.

    Dominion equipped three long-range Canadian Ranger patrols with sensing and communications gear running AuraNet during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT, tracking patrols over 5,200 km for eight weeks. The company says the engagement was self-funded and lists lessons learned.

  3. Mar 25, 2026Partnership

    Dominion Dynamics and Denvr partner to build Canada's first sovereign AI simulation environment for Autonomous Collaborative Platforms

    Dominion and Calgary-based Denvr announced a partnership to build a simulation environment to train and validate Autonomous Collaborative Platforms, hosted on Denvr's Canada AI Platform (CAIP).

Technology Focus

Company site: defendthedominion.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Autonomy stackCommand and controlData fusionEdge modelsAutonomous Collaborative Platform

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