Spiri Mu
Uncrewed aircraft
Programmable Class 1 micro autonomous aerial vehicle, 2 kg without payload, 40-minute flight time and up to 8 km broadband link, running ROS on Linux with an open payload platform. Commercially available.
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Spiri Robotics
AviationDefenceRobotics & Autonomous SystemsOcean & Marine TechnologyHalifax, NS
Designs and manufactures small autonomous multirotor aircraft and containerised autonomous robotic bases, running ROS on Linux with an open payload architecture, for monitoring and defence use.
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About
Company site: spirirobotics.comDesigns and manufactures small autonomous multirotor aircraft and containerised autonomous robotic bases, running ROS on Linux with an open payload architecture, for monitoring and defence use.
Head office in Halifax with a final assembly and drone repair workshop in Yarmouth. Its site no longer publishes a street address; the registry and its federal grant records both place it in Halifax. spirirobotics.com
Received a $275,000 NRC IRAP contribution agreement in December 2025 for research into modular sensing packages and drone swarms in cooperative sense-and-detect missions. spirirobotics.com
The Province of Nova Scotia signed a multi-year agreement announced April 2026 to lease a fleet of Spiri Tau drones with training and support for emergency management. No value stated. spirirobotics.com
Canada procured the Spiri RASP autonomous robotic cell for operational testing under Innovative Solutions Canada; the company states the contract value as $2.3 million (May 2024). spirirobotics.com
Received a $250,000 ACOA Regional Economic Growth through Innovation repayable contribution, announced December 2023, to build engineering, research and computer science capacity. canada.ca
Its about page describes marine autonomous surface systems alongside uncrewed aircraft and portable bases, which is why it also carries the Ocean & Marine Technology sector. spirirobotics.com
Products & Services
Company site: spirirobotics.comProducts Spiri Robotics publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Spiri Tau
Uncrewed aircraft
Programmable Class 1 mini autonomous aerial vehicle, 10 kg without payload, 55-minute flight time and 8 km range, built for Arctic cold and gale-force winds. Commercially available; this is the model leased to the Province of Nova Scotia.
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Autonomous ground base
Autonomous Robotic Cell: an integrated system of autonomous robots, sensor networks, software and command and communications systems in a self-contained shipping container, used as a launch and support node for uncrewed aircraft.
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Company site: spirirobotics.comHow Spiri Robotics says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Fleet lease with training and support
Drone fleet leasing bundled with training and support, as structured in the Province of Nova Scotia agreement, plus repair from its Yarmouth workshop.
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
Province of Nova Scotia
Customer, not a partner: a multi-year lease agreement announced April 2026 for Spiri Tau aircraft with long-range EO/IR cameras for the Department of Emergency Management. No value stated.
Yarmouth International Airport
Executed five-year agreement for Spiri operations, announced May 2024.
Compusult, Strobeltek and PicSea
Member of a Canada's Ocean Supercluster coastal-monitoring consortium led by Compusult, awarded September 2022. The $1.8M is the total project, not Spiri's share.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Regional Economic Growth through Innovation, ACOA - repayable contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (next-generation drone swarms) - contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (low-cost drone swarms for counter-UAS) - contribution
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