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Information and resources for defense industry in Canada.
Defence companies of Canada :
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Bombardier Aerospace
Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group.
It is the third largest aircraft company in the world in terms of yearly
delivery of commercial airplanes overall, and the fourth largest in terms of
yearly delivery of regional jets.
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Bristol
Aerospace
Bristol Aerospace is a Canadian aerospace firm located in
Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is now an operating division of Magellan Aerospace.
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DRDC Valcartier
DRDC Valcartier is a major Canadian military research
station in Quebec, one of seven centres making up Defence Research and
Development Canada (DRDC).
Originally formed at the end of World War II in 1945 as the Canadian Armament
Research and Development Establishment (CARDE), the intent was to keep the
research teams built up during the war in Canada, as opposed to moving to the
United States.
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Wescam
A Canadian company specializing in the production of
gyro-stabilized imaging systems often used by defence, film and TV companies
mounted on helicopters, airplanes and land-based vehicles. Wescam is a division
of L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. The name has become synonymous with cameras
of the type although several organizations around the world manufacture similar
systems.
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