Smart Flight
AI flight navigation
Company describes an AI-powered flight navigation platform for uncrewed aircraft that plans and adapts routes in real time, supporting PX4, ArduPilot and broader ground-control integrations.
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Shearwater Aerospace
AIAviationDefenceMontréal, QC
Montréal company selling Smart Flight, AI flight-navigation software that plans and adapts uncrewed-aircraft routes in real time using micro-weather intelligence, integrating with PX4 and ArduPilot for commercial and defence drones.
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About
Company site: shearwater.aiMontréal company selling Smart Flight, AI flight-navigation software that plans and adapts uncrewed-aircraft routes in real time using micro-weather intelligence, integrating with PX4 and ArduPilot for commercial and defence drones.
Federal corporation 1188732-7 (Shearwater Aerospace Inc., formerly Notos Technologies Inc.), status Active, registered office on rue de Verdun in Montréal. ised-isde.canada.ca
Closed a US$3M seed round in February 2026 led by an unnamed Canadian strategic corporate venture investor, with TandemLaunch participating. shearwater.ai
Joined DARPA's Albatross autonomous-soaring program in January 2026 as a subcontractor to prime contractor PhysicsAI, supplying mission planning and micro-weather forecasting. shearwater.ai
Announced a collaboration with South Africa's Aerial Monitoring Solutions in September 2025 for village and border protection; the release is forward-looking and states no contractual form. shearwater.ai
Its Corporations Canada record is in good standing: status Active, and the annual returns for 2024, 2025 and 2026 are each listed as Filed. ised-isde.canada.ca
Incorporated federally on 2020-02-05 as Notos Technologies Inc. and renamed Shearwater Aerospace Inc. on 2022-06-10; registered office 5013 rue de Verdun, Montreal. ised-isde.canada.ca
Products & Services
Company site: shearwater.aiProducts Shearwater Aerospace publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Funding & Investors
Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
Seed
Feb 19, 2026
US$3.0Mshearwater.aiInvestors: TandemLaunch
Total disclosed: US$3.0MLatest: Seed · Feb 19, 2026
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
PhysicsAI
Subcontractor to PhysicsAI on DARPA's Albatross autonomous-soaring program, providing mission planning and micro-weather forecasting (2026).
Lockheed Martin Canada CDL Systems
Strategic collaboration with Landing Zones Canada combining Smart Flight routing with Lockheed's VCSi ground-control software (November 2022).
AerialMetric
Announced strategic partnership (July 2025) on medical drone delivery in Madagascar with planned expansion into the DRC. Contractual form not stated in the release.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (weather-aware UAV route and flight-window optimisation) - contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (weather, topography and airspace situational awareness for UAVs) - contribution
Youth Employment Program, National Research Council Canada - contribution
CanExport, recorded in the federal disclosure under National Research Council Canada - contribution for export market development
Recent News
- Feb 19, 2026Funding
Shearwater Aerospace closes US$3M seed financing round
Shearwater closed a seed round led by a Canadian strategic corporate venture investor with TandemLaunch, to advance Smart Flight's autonomy, support early deployments and grow its teams.
- Jan 15, 2026Contract
Shearwater Aerospace joins DARPA's Albatross program to advance autonomous soaring for UAVs
Shearwater supplies automated mission planning and micro-weather forecasting as a subcontractor to PhysicsAI on DARPA's Albatross program.
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Chad Armstrong
Chief Executive Officer
Alexandre Borowczyk
Chief Technology Officer
Technology Focus
Company site: shearwater.aiTerms the company uses about its own work.
AI-powered micro-weather intelligence4D route optimizationUncrewed aircraft autonomy
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