Secretary of State Fuhr to announce contract award to support Canadian Armed Forces space operations
Press Release
Media advisory
March 16, 2026 – Gatineau, Quebec
The Honourable Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), will announce a contract award related to the Surveillance of Space 2 project.
Please note that all details are subject to change.
Date: March 18, 2026
Time: 10:30 am (Pacific Daylight Time)
Location: Richmond, British Columbia
Notes for media
Media wishing to attend this announcement are asked to confirm their participation by sending their full name and the name of the media organization they represent to the Public Services and Procurement Canada Media Relations team at media@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca by March 17, 2026, at 5 pm (Eastern Daylight Time).
Please include “RSVP for the March 18 Press Conference” in the subject line of the email.
Event location details will be shared once media are registered.
Media attending the event are asked to arrive no later than 10:15 am (Pacific Daylight Time).
Noah Note: This will be a Surveillance of Space contract as said, however I think I should denote that SOS 2 is actually two capabilities. The first is the Ground-Based Optical capability and the second is a Space-Based Optical Capability. The Space-Based portion is currently in RFP so this will be for the Ground-Based system AFAIK.
SOS 2 official aim is “to address national Space Situational Awareness (SSA) requirements, strategic relevance and allied burden sharing. SofS 2 will enable the RCAF to continue to perform deep space surveillance for the protection of Canadian deep space assets, mission assurance for space-based capabilities that support the CAF, and to ensure that Canada is an active contributor to the operations of the Space Surveillance Network (SSN).”
SOS 2 is a followup to Sapphire, our current space-based surveillance satellite. The fact that this is in Richmond should be a sign that MDA will be involved. Funny enough MDA in partnership with ThothX was contracted to provide an interim Ground-Based capability back in November. I found that quite funny.