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1QBit qualifies for four streams in Canada’s defence drone marketplace
Vancouver-based 1QBit qualified in four streams of Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace, a government procurement program for defence drone capabilities.
The company develops software and algorithms for areas including mission planning, communications and testing.
The four streams cover communications and cyber systems, integration, testing and innovation.
Through the marketplace, the Defence Investment Agency issues requests for proposals to suppliers that qualify in relevant streams on behalf of the Department of National Defence.
The program is intended to help the Canadian Armed Forces acquire, test and integrate new capabilities.
Qualification makes 1QBit eligible for solicitations, not a contract award.
It also does not guarantee that the company will be invited to compete or earn revenue.
The next step would be possible solicitations and contract competitions, but no specific opportunity or timeline is stated.
1QBit qualified as a supplier in all four capability streams for which it applied in Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace.
The streams cover communications and cyber systems, engineering and integration, testing and training, and innovation.
The marketplace allows qualified suppliers to receive solicitations from the Defence Investment Agency on behalf of the Department of National Defence.
1QBit develops software and algorithms for uncrewed and autonomous systems, including tools for mission planning and routing.
Qualification does not guarantee a contract, an invitation to compete, or future revenue.
- Who
- 1QB Information Technologies Inc., known as 1QBit, a Canadian advanced computing and software company.
- What
- It qualified as a supplier in four capability streams of the Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace.
- When
- October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Qualified streams
- Streams 2, 3, 4 and 5
- Stream 2
- C2, Communications, Data, EW and Cyber Systems
- Stream 3
- Integration, Interoperability and Engineering Services
- Stream 4
- Test, Evaluation and Training
- Stream 5
- Innovation and Experimentation
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, British Columbia
What people are saying
Uncrewed systems are only as effective as the communications, software, and decision-making behind them.
The DDI Marketplace provides an opportunity for us to make this expertise available to the Canadian Armed Forces, and we look forward to participating in the process.
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