AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Quispamsis|Quispamsis, NB · in the contract register · grants and contributions register · Fredericton

AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 22 agreements; $3.7M value; 4 departments; 11 programs.

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22agreements
$3.7Mvalue
4departments
11programs

Largest agreements

1018223$1.1Mvalue2024start2027end

To develop and commercialize an aerial drone-based innovative Avalanche Management system.

Injury Reduction$630Kvalue2025start2027end

AVSS is researching and assessing optimal methods to reduce injury for BVLOS-capable drones.

211864$499Kvalue2018start2020end

Develop and integrate authentication technology for UAV fleet management

Modern Manufacturing at Scale - High Volume, Low Cost Manufacturing for a Predictable Canadian Supply Chain$348Kvalue2026start2027end

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Drone surge: Scaling tachtical Uncrewed Aerial Systems manufacturing for modern defence. The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) seek innovative, low-cost, attritable Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) to address gaps in military readiness and industrial capacity.

215318$210Kvalue2020start2020end

Provide assistance to mitigate impacts of Covid-19

Researching ground risk of parachute recovery systems$199Kvalue2022start2023end

The research and testing of a parachute system to reduce the effects of uncontrolled drift from crosswinds and the resultant horizontal descent.

Energy Transmission Reduction$125Kvalue2024start2025end

AVSS is researching and assessing methods to reduce the transmission of energy.

R&D to Improve Avalanche Triggering$119Kvalue2025start2026end

R&D of a drone-based avalanche triggering system to improve accuracy, reporting, and safety for avalanche mitigation.

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Dynamic Landing: Enabling strategic landing for urban air mobility$99.7Kvalue2021start2022end

Developing and testing technologies to enable dynamic landing of urban air mobility aircraft and payloads.

211100$50.0Kvalue2017start2018end

Hire a software developer

211862$50.0Kvalue2018start2019end

Hire a mechatronic product development engineering firm

213192$50.0Kvalue2019start2019end

Engage an aerospace engineer consultant

Improving a redundancy device for urban mobility$44.5Kvalue2018start2019end

This project will focus on increasing the intelligence of a redundancy device to improve effectiveness when the device is required to be used.

AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. - 2020-2021 - 962796$41.2Kvalue2020start2021end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Research and analysis of critical electronic safety systems to prevent laceration for urban air mobility$39.9Kvalue2019start2020end

Research, test, analyze, and compare critical safety systems to enable export market and meet third-party testing requirements.

Modern Manufacturing at Scale - High Volume, Low Cost Manufacturing for a Predictable Canadian Supply Chain$35.0Kvalue2025start2025end

Funding will support research and development to identify solutions to National Defence’s Challenge: Drone surge: Scaling tactical Uncrewed Aerial Systems manufacturing for modern defence. The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) seek innovative, low-cost, attritable Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) to address gaps in military readiness and industrial capacity.

ICAP 2021 – AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. - International Co-Innovation Action Plan$22.8Kvalue2021start2022end

International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) will prepare AVSS to enter into international co-innovation projects.

AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc.-2022-2023-996930$22.5Kvalue2022start2022end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Youth: R&D Engineer$21.0Kvalue2018start2019end

Hire a youth to conduct R&D on RPAS technology.

AVSS - Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc.-2024-2025-1021790$21.0Kvalue2024start2025end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Youth: Electrical Engineer$20.0Kvalue2019start2020end

Hire a youth to support technical sales and OEM integration strategy.

IP Assist: Intellectual Property Strategy Engagement$20.0Kvalue2023start2024end

The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.

Departments

National Research Council Canada14agreements$1.4Mvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • CanExport SME
  • CanExport SMEs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario1agreements$1.1Mvalue1programs
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency5agreements$859Kvalue4programs
  • Business Development Program
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

National Defence2agreements$383Kvalue1programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program

All grants from National Defence

Years

20261agreements$348Kvalue1programs
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
20253agreements$784Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program
20243agreements$1.2Mvalue3programs
  • Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SME
20231agreements$20.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20222agreements$222Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SME
20212agreements$123Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20202agreements$251Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • CanExport SMEs
20193agreements$110Kvalue3programs
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20184agreements$614Kvalue4programs
  • Business Development Program
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20171agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.