Ultrasonic Testing drone
Inspection drone
Contact ultrasonic thickness testing flown by drone, verified at Level 3 NDT against manual testing with no difference in accuracy in a study with Holloway NDT and Engineering.
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Skygauge Robotics
AviationRobotics & Autonomous SystemsHamilton, ON
Builds thrust-vectoring inspection drones that make physical contact with structures to perform ultrasonic thickness testing and spot rust removal and coating.
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About
Company site: skygauge.comBuilds thrust-vectoring inspection drones that make physical contact with structures to perform ultrasonic thickness testing and spot rust removal and coating.
Trades as Skygauge Robotics; the legal entity is Vectored Propulsion Technologies Inc., a federal corporation incorporated 2016-02-18 with its registered office in Hamilton, Ontario. ised-isde.canada.ca
A federal grants record names Skygauge inside a $250,000 NRC IRAP award to Vectored Propulsion Technologies Inc. of Hamilton - the official link between trade name and legal entity. search.open.canada.ca
Received a $1,000,000 FedDev Ontario contribution (July 2024) under Business Scale-up and Productivity to commercialise autonomous drone technology. Repayability is not stated in the disclosure. search.open.canada.ca
Holds five dated federal procurement contracts totalling about $8.9M, the largest a $2,560,991 National Defence award of 26 May 2026. These are revenue, not government support. search.open.canada.ca
A second National Defence contract of $1,447,541.23 was awarded 5 February 2026 for engineering consultancy, competitively through open bidding. search.open.canada.ca
An ISED research contract of $2,498,998.75 ran from December 2025; the vendor postal code on the record is L8P, in Hamilton. No record names the programme. search.open.canada.ca
Closed a $3.3M CAD seed round announced December 2020, led by BDC Capital's Industrial Innovation Venture Fund with RiSC Capital, SOSV and Hello Ventures. betakit.com
Completed a one-year Royal Canadian Navy test programme for drone-based spot rust repair under Innovative Solutions Canada in May 2025, with Phase 2 trials under a follow-on contract. skygauge.com
Its five published case studies name no customer - each describes the site generically, as "an oil refinery" or "a cargo ship". The logos on its site carry no stated agreement. skygauge.com
Its legal name is Vectored Propulsion Technologies Inc., incorporated 2016-02-18, with a registered office in Hamilton matching the address on its federal grant records. search.open.canada.ca
Products & Services
Company site: skygauge.comProducts Skygauge Robotics publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Spot Rust Repair drone
Repair drone
Drone-applied spot rust repair. Sold by direct sales; the naval application is in Phase-2 trials with National Defence and its page states no availability status.
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Company site: skygauge.comHow Skygauge Robotics says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Funding & Investors
Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
Seed
Dec 4, 2020
C$3.3Mbetakit.comInvestors: BDC Capital Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, RiSC Capital, SOSV, Hello Ventures
Total disclosed: C$3.3MLatest: Seed · Dec 4, 2020
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
Cyberhawk
Executed appointment (November 2025) as global drone service provider, integrating Skygauge ultrasonic data into Cyberhawk's iHawk platform. A channel partner, not a customer.
Nippon Steel Trading
Executed exclusive domestic sales agreement for Japan, signed October 2025. A distributor appointment, not a customer.
MontiPower
Executed technology integration (March 2026) making MontiPower's Bristle Blaster a Skygauge drone payload, with quotes from both CEOs.
Mohawk College
Research and education partnership; students fly the drones and research was to begin at Windermere Basin Park. The page carries no date, programme name or amount.
Royal Canadian Navy
Customer, not a partner: a one-year Innovative Solutions Canada test programme completed May 2025, with Phase 2 under a follow-on ADM(Mat) contract. No amount stated.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Business Scale-up and Productivity, FedDev Ontario (commercialising autonomous drone technology) - contribution, repayability not stated in the disclosure
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (inspection visualization and digital twinning, Globalstars Taiwan) - contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (drone-based corrosion management system) - contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (ultrasonic readings while flying tilted at 25 degrees) - contribution
Youth Employment Program, National Research Council Canada - contribution
CanExport SME - contribution
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