Ontario plans to finalize its Defence Industrial Strategy for formal launch by the end of 2026.

Ontario’s defence sector comprises roughly 300 companies that generate $5 billion in annual revenue and employ 13,000 workers.

Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed upcoming Canadian investments in over-the-horizon radar, quantum computing, AI, and drones.

Calian Group partnered with Cohere to integrate artificial intelligence into the ATHORA platform.

The Defence Advisory Forum will be co-chaired by the Ministers of National Defence and Industry and the Secretary of State for Defence Procurement.

Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Telesat at CANSEC.

Membership in the Defence Advisory Forum will rotate among senior executives from Canada’s 10 designated sovereign capability areas.

Ontario’s Defence Industrial Strategy is a 10-year plan focused on scaling the province’s military manufacturing sector.

Ontario’s strategy emphasizes critical minerals such as high-grade nickel, copper, and platinum group elements for aerospace supply chains.

The SpaceX Airborne Moving Target Indicator constellation is intended to move AWACS and JSTARS capabilities into low Earth orbit.

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies argued that the U.S. Space Force should prepare to place human operators in cislunar space.

The 49 North and Voyageur Aviation architecture will link MDA’s space-based sensors with airborne assets and uncrewed systems.

Eliot Pence argued that the Canadian Space Agency should be rethought as a rapid-adoption engine that tightly integrates with the Department of National Defence’s orbital requirements.

Ontario’s defence strategy prioritizes artificial intelligence and quantum computing in hubs such as Waterloo.

The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to accelerate the Space Development Agency’s proliferated low Earth orbit communications backbone.

Calian Group unveiled ATHORA at CANSEC as a new pan-domain interoperability platform.

Canada introduced a 90-day procurement approval standard.

Space is one of Canada’s 10 designated sovereign capability areas, giving the commercial space sector a guaranteed seat on the Defence Advisory Forum.

The Canadian government will act as an anchor customer for companies investing in domestic R&D and local supply chains.

The CSMC-Telesat infrastructure is targeting deployment in 2030.

Maritime Launch Services received a 10-year, $200 million lease agreement with the Department of National Defence.

The Defence Advisory Forum is limited to macro-level capability planning and excludes specific procurement lobbying.

Maritime Launch Services is accelerating infrastructure development at Spaceport Nova Scotia to support responsive orbital launch mandates.

The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to develop a space-based Airborne Moving Target Indicator constellation.

Eliot Pence is the CEO of Dominion Dynamics.

The 49 North and Voyageur Aviation consortium aims to deliver a pan-domain intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance architecture to the Department of National Defence.

MDA Space subsidiary 49 North partnered with Voyageur Aviation.

Ontario dedicated $50 million through Venture Ontario to support early-stage defence start-ups transitioning from R&D to commercial sales.

Eliot Pence argued that Canada risks falling behind its allies and adversaries if the Canadian Space Agency does not structurally reform to match commercial space industry speed.

A rebuild plan is in place for Launch Complex 36.

Two cranes have appeared at Launch Complex 36 and have started working around the integration facility.

The Long March 12B completed its maiden flight from Jiuquan at 08:40 UTC on June 1, 2026.

The Long March 12B uses nine YF-102V kerolox engines in its first stage and one YF-102V engine in its second stage.

The Long March 12B launched SpaceSail group 10 into orbit on its maiden flight.

The Long March 12B has a diameter of 4.37 meters.

Genesat produced the two Qianfan satellites launched on the Long March 12B.

The Long March 12B carried two Qianfan satellites on its debut flight.

Design work on the Long March 12B began in September 2024.

The Long March 12B is a two-stage partially reusable launch vehicle operated by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Commercial Launch Vehicle Group Co Ltd.

The second stage of the Long March 12B uses a vacuum-optimized YF-102R engine that generates around 100 tons of thrust.

The first stage of the Long March 12B uses nine YF-102R engines that generate a combined 819 tons of thrust.

The Long March 12B can lift up to 20,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit.

The Long March 12B can lift up to 15,000 kilograms into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

Preparations for the Long March 12B debut flight began in January with a static fire.

The Long March 12B uses rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellants in both stages.

Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd operates the Qianfan mega-constellation, also known as SpaceSail.

The Long March 12B is marketed for building Earth-orbit constellations.

The June 1 flight was the seventh launch of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology-supported Long March 12 series.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Commercial Launch Vehicle Group said the Long March 12B’s debut flight verified all key systems and engineering decisions.

The Qianfan constellation had 164 spacecraft after the June 1 launch.