AVSS Releases 2026 Edition Of The Drone Market Map
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AVSS, one of TNSR sponsors has officially released the 2026 edition of their Drone Market Map! As the only yearly resource for documenting Canada's growing UxS industry, the 2026 Drone Market Map features an expanded rister of Canadian companies working in the space, woth over 175 Canadian companies now included.
AVSS first launched the Drone Market Map in 2024, and has meticulously maintained the list over the last several years. It is perhaps the best resource available for documenting active players in Canada's UxS industry, and more important now that ever with the launch of the Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace and Canadian Deep Precision Strike Capability Initatives.
The company released the following statement of the release of the 2026 version on the Market Map. You can also find the link to it here.
The updated Canadian Drone Market Map 2026 includes more than 175 Canadian companies.
In 2024, AVSS published the first iteration of the Canadian Drone Market Map. With the Government of Canada and Department of National Defence signaling the desire for Canadian-owned drone companies to support the needs of the Canadian Armed Forces and bolster the Canadian economy, today we are publishing an updated Market Map to highlight the Canadian-owned companies that will support CAF with sovereign capabilities and be exported to allied partners.
This market map includes company logos and hyperlinks from:
Canadian-Made and Novel Component manufacturers that are innovating, patenting, and building Canadian-made solutions used by ecosystem companies and/or vertically integrated in their own solutions, such as AVSS MicroPilot 30yrs Drone/UAV Autopilots and Pegasus Aeronautics Corporation.
Counter Drone companies, such as Convergence Design Services and Greypoint Industries (YC S26).
Support Services from legal and planning firms, such as McInnes Cooper and Field Law.
Testing Support Partners that assist with testing and commercialization, such as Invest Ottawa's Area X.O National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada and Biokinetics and Associates Ltd.
Associations that represent different stakeholder groups, such as Canadian Emergency Responders Robotics Assoc. canadienne de robotique des intervenants d'urgence Aerial Evolution Association of Canada Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AlAC)\Association des industries aérospatiales du Canada and Council of Canadian Innovators | Conseil canadien des innovateurs (CCI).
Resellers of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) drones from various parts of the world, such as Volatus Drones Remote Robotic Drone action 360, DroneXperts and Cansel.
Software Solutions from airspace awareness to data analytics to onboard control, such as Spexi Shearwater Aerospace and Ribbit.
Post-secondary institutes that are offering research services or training our next generation of students, such as Carleton University and British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Service Providers, which encompasses drone delivery companies, tree planting, surveying firms, media production companies, and more. This includes Altomaxx First Class Drones and McElhanney.
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) that are either integrating COTS components, licensing foreign designs, and/or adding their own tech, such as Bombardier ARA Robotics and AERIUM Analytics.
If you are a Canadian stakeholder, please contact AVSS to be included in the 2027 Canadian Market Map.