The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) recently released the list of 27 organizations that received funding under the Space Technology Development Program (STDP) AO 7. We’ve already covered some of the awards, but in the coming weeks you’ll see more detailed stories on the other awards.
Of the 27 organizations selected, 25 are SMEs. In total, 29 technology projects were selected. The CSA has other funding opportunities open.
The Ao 7 STDP awards were in four categories:
- Space Research and Development: Advanced technologies
- Space Research and Development: Small Businesses
- Space Research and Development: Next-Wave Technologies
- Space Research and Development: Quantum Technologies
Space Research and Development: Advanced Technologies
| BTI Chalk River, Ontario | $655,166 | Light Readout Technologies for Space-Bound Radiation Spectrometers |
| C6 Launch Systems Strathroy Ontario | $653,660 | Advanced Laser Joining Techniques for Cryogenic Compatible Materials |
| Calian Advanced Technologies Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | $520,205 | High Performance RF Over IP |
| Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Chalk River, Ontario | $999,831 | Advanced multifunctional materials for space applications (shielding and containment) |
| Canadian Space Mining Corporation Toronto, Ontario | $1,000,000 | Fission Power |
| EarthDaily Analytics Corp. Vancouver, British Columbia | $999,993 | Advanced Thermal Band Calibration and Processing for Small Satellite Missions |
| GHGSat Inc. Montreal, Quebec | $1,000,000 | Pointing Mirror for Wide-Angle Fabry-Pérot Spectrometer |
| Kepler Communications Inc. Toronto, Ontario | $1,000,000 | Development of Edge Computing Capability |
| Maya Heat Transfert Technologies Ltd. Westmount, Quebec | $549,278 | Next Generation Methods for Environmental Heating Evaluation in Spacecraft Thermal Analysis |
| MDA Ste-Anne Montreal, Quebec | $1,000,000 | Advanced Antenna and Electronic Technologies for Dually Polarized Direct Radiating Arrays |
| MDA Headquarters Brampton, Ontario | $1,000,000 | End of Arm Compliance Mechanism (ECM) |
| Teledyne Optech Vaughan, Ontario | $1,000,000 | Advances in 3D Imaging Lidar for Space Applications |
Space Research and Development: Small Businesses
Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc.
Fredericton, New Brunswick$190,095 Enabling Accurate Landing for CubeSat Re-Entry and Satellite Reusability Complex System Inc.
Calgary, Alberta$247,500 Satellite edge analytic platform for scalable AI Edgehog Advanced Technologies
Montreal, Quebec$243,830 Development of next-generation anti-reflection nanotexturing on alternative space glass Eternal Light Photonics Corp.
Westmount, Quebec$250,000 Laser Development for a Spaceborne Optical Wireless Power Transmission System Nüvü Caméras
Montreal, Quebec$250,000 Complementary Metal-oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Controller for Counting Photons Obruta Space Solutions Corp.
Ottawa, Ontario$222,398 Computer Vision for Autonomous Spacecraft Docking Obruta Space Solutions Corp.
Ottawa, Ontario$222,381 Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Autonomous Spacecraft Docking Qoherent
Markham, Ontario$250,000 Machine learning based beamforming algorithms for satellite communications TransEON Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta$250,000 GaN MOSFET MMICs for Next-Generation Spaceborne RF Applications
Space Research and Development: Next-Wave Technologies
GHGSat Inc.
Montreal, Quebec$272,658 Innovative Miniaturized Instrument for Satellite-Based Methane Monitoring Kilncore Inc.
Sutton, Quebec$500,000 Kilncore Fusion: High-Temperature Powder Transformation System Laboratoire Reaction Dynamics
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec$450,000 Development of Enabling Technologies for a High-Performance Upper Stage for an Orbital Launch Vehicle Mission Control Space Services Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario$499,825 Towards Autonomous Capabilities for Orbital Servicing
Space Research and Development: Quantum Technologies
evolutionQ Inc.
Waterloo, Ontario$270,249 Integrated Fiber and QKD Network Laboratory Environment QEYnet Inc.
Maple, Ontario$499,905 Vulnerability Mitigation of a Quantum Source for Space-Based Quantum Communication SBQuantum
Sherbrooke, Quebec$500,000 MagQSpace – high accuracy diamond magnetometry for space exploration Single Quantum Systems Inc.
Kitchener, Ontario$500,000 Impact of orbital radiation on next-generation high-performance semiconductor nanowire single-photon detectors