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Landing Zones Canada

AviationDefenceMedicine Hat, AB

Develops remotely piloted aircraft for stratospheric atmospheric sampling and military live-training threat emulation, and provides aerospace engineering and training services.

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About

Company site: landingzones.com

Develops remotely piloted aircraft for stratospheric atmospheric sampling and military live-training threat emulation, and provides aerospace engineering and training services.

  • Head office at 1209 Trans Canada Way SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta, with a second office in Erin, Ontario. landingzones.com

  • Signed a strategic partnership with Airbus for advanced uncrewed aircraft in Canada at Farnborough in July 2026, including an Airbus investment with board representation. Amount not disclosed. landingzones.com

  • Was the first company to receive an investment from BDC's StrongNorth Fund, announced April 2026. The fund is described as $300 million; Landing Zones' own amount is not disclosed. landingzones.com

  • Awarded $1,161,500 by PrairiesCan under Regional Economic Growth through Innovation, with the agreement running 2025-09-05 to 2028-08-31 and announced in March 2026. search.open.canada.ca

  • Also holds a $1,223,136 research contract from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada awarded 2024-03-08. That is procurement revenue, not government support. search.open.canada.ca

  • Incorporated in Alberta on 2022-08-15. Its own site makes no founding-date claim distinct from that, so 2022 is an incorporation year. landingzones.com

Products & Services

Company site: landingzones.com

Products Landing Zones Canada publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

GITPO Radiosonde RPAS

Uncrewed aircraft

Reusable remotely piloted aircraft intended to replace single-use weather radiosondes for atmospheric sampling. In flight testing since August 2024, with an AI return-to-base upgrade funded in March 2026.

Source

Advanced glide targets

Live-training target

Aerial target and drone-threat emulation systems for military live training, delivered through the Airbus partnership.

Source

Deployment & Services

Company site: landingzones.com

How Landing Zones Canada says its technology can be deployed and delivered.

Engineering and training solutions

Aerospace engineering, training and testing services for defence and aerospace organisations, built around its own uncrewed aircraft and target systems.

Partnerships

Publicly announced partnerships.

Airbus Defence and Space

Executed cooperation agreement (December 2023) on remotely piloted training aircraft, escalated to a strategic partnership with investment and board representation in July 2026. Amount not disclosed.

Government & Grants

Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.

  1. Regional Economic Growth through Innovation, PrairiesCan, delivered through the Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative - contribution; the company describes it as repayable, the disclosure does not say

  2. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada - contribution

  3. Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada - contribution

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