New Canadian entity reflects growing demand for affordable, sovereign defence capability and expanded access to hypersonic testing
Ottawa: 4 November 2026
Hypersonica, the aerospace and defence company developing next-generation hypersonic deep precision strike systems, today announced the establishment of Hypersonica Inc., marking a significant milestone in the company's international expansion and commitment to allied defence cooperation.
The announcement follows Hypersonica's recent €100 million Series B fundraise and reflects increasing demand among NATO allies for advanced defence capabilities that can be developed, manufactured and fielded more rapidly and affordably than traditional approaches.
Canada's renewed focus on sovereign capability, defence innovation and industrial growth creates significant opportunities for collaboration between government, industry and technology leaders. Through its Canadian operations, Hypersonica will explore partnerships across industry, academia and government while advancing opportunities to contribute to Canada's growing defence and aerospace ecosystem.
A strategic priority for Hypersonica in Canada is expanding access to hypersonic flight testing. The company is exploring opportunities to establish a Canadian hypersonic test and evaluation capability that would support the rapid, iterative development of advanced systems while strengthening Canada’s position as a destination for defence innovation and allied capability development. Over time, this infrastructure could support broader collaboration between Canada and NATO partners.
Hypersonica co-founder and CEO Dr. Philipp Kerth said:
"Canada is placing renewed emphasis on defence innovation, industrial capability and sovereign security at a time when allies are seeking faster, more affordable ways to strengthen deterrence. Hypersonica was founded to deliver deterrence for a new era.
"We believe effective deterrence depends on sovereign capabilities that can be produced affordably, delivered at pace and sustained over the long term. We see strong alignment between that vision and Canada's ambitions for its defence and industrial base."
Hypersonica is developing a new generation of hypersonic deep precision strike systems designed around three principles: sovereignty, affordability and speed. By combining advanced engineering, rapid development cycles and modern manufacturing approaches, the company aims to provide NATO allies with access to high-performance capabilities produced at scale and affordably.
The company believes effective deterrence depends not only on technological advantage, but also on industrial capacity. As governments increasingly seek to strengthen domestic manufacturing, secure critical supply chains and accelerate capability delivery, resilient industrial ecosystems have become an essential component of national security.
Henry Tang, newly appointed Managing Director of Hypersonica Inc., said:
"Canada combines world-class engineering talent, advanced manufacturing expertise, a highly innovative aerospace sector and significant potential as a location for advanced flight testing and evaluation. Our focus now is on building relationships across industry, academia and government to identify opportunities where Hypersonica can contribute to Canada's long-term defence and industrial ambitions.
"We are committed to being a long-term partner in Canada's defence innovation ecosystem and helping strengthen the sovereign capabilities and industrial capacity that underpin effective deterrence."
Hypersonica's Canadian operations will support engagement with defence, industrial and research partners while evaluating future opportunities to contribute to Canadian capability development, advanced manufacturing and technology innovation.
Noah Note: Well, speak of the devil and they shall appear! Funny how we were just speaking on Hypersonica on Monday, and here they are. For those of you who are very keen on seeing Canadian munition capacity being developed, this one coming in is, I think, more ambitious than expected.
The company has had a fairly ambitious year so far. They conducted a test launch of their HS-1 hypersonic vehicle earlier this year at Andøya, a platform that reportedly went from concept to flight in just nine months.
As an Anglo-German collaboration, there is a bit of a fun overlap with key partners Canada is aiming to expand collaboration with over the coming years. It isn't lost on me that Canada isn't likely to be pulling a Trinity House of its own, but that doesn't mean we can't find alignment and deepen collaboration outside of, but in tune with, existing partners' frameworks.
In this case, Hypersonica is a very interesting company, with some interesting concepts from what they've said publicly. I will admit, they get bonus points from me for putting hypersonic testing and infrastructure on a bit of a pedestal here.
There is still a lack (and the federal side of things really should be taking the lead, but I digress) of proper hypersonic trialing infrastructure, a lack of dedicated testing grounds, or something like a fully functional high enthalpy hypersonic facility to even begin the conversationof domestic hypersonics. Instead, folks beed to travel around to plaves like Germany or Australia to find comparable infrastructure. There is also a general lack of real funds being thrown into the hypersonics ecosystem, which all forces folks to build it themselves.
While that is still capacity, it is still so far limited in the scale and scope many here can achieve on their own, and it is not the open capacity that is oftentimes needed to support SMEs and startups who lack access to proper testing and development infrastructure.
Especially if you're concentrating that infrastructure in one place, which for Canada is a problem. If you're a startup or SME in Alberta, the barrier to entry becomes significant if the national facilities available to you are all in Montreal, Toronto, or Ottawa. It is one of the most common complaints I hear from folks out West, that they don't feel the resources are there for them in the same way.
It is a fair complaint, and I feel for them, especially as they see facilities like Suffield, a place the Alberta government is aggressively trying to open up to development and expansion of facilities, sitting what they see as mostly idle and left on the table.
So a company saying that they will take that step, that they see the lack, and that they want to do something in such a critical area that is oft forgotten is highly commendable. Same goes for others like NVD, who are also really trying to build infrastructure. Of course, we still need to see the whole plan, but I am happy someone else is treating it seriously and sees value.
Stuff like this is exactly where Canada has capacity to spare, in land, in available airspace, and in willingness at the provincial and municipal level for this kind of infrastructure to be built at scale, in ways and to extents that far outstrip many of our allies' capabilities, especially our European allies'. Someone will make the joke about the '80s cruise missile era of testing, but those conditions didn't disappear, nor are they any less valuable.
So good on Hypersonica. I'm always happy to see more people who seem to care and want to do things. You'll never hear me hating on that.