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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 |
