A new partnership between Canadian tech firms Calian Group and ADGA Group will explore developing advanced land training simulators for the Canadian Army, highlighting a shift in military readiness: ground operations are now inextricably linked to space.
While today’s announcement focuses on land warfare, both companies bring decades of expertise in satellite communications and aerospace, ensuring the Army’s new synthetic training environments accurately reflect the realities of multi-domain combat.
The companies signed a three-year partnership to explore the development of modern virtual training systems for the Canadian Army. The collaboration merges ADGA’s operational engineering background with Calian’s secure simulation expertise to construct highly realistic, integrated digital battlefields. A central focus of the agreement is embedding complex Command, Control, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting (C5ISRT) networks—the exact systems troops rely on for real-world space and ground data—directly into these virtual environments.
The agreement follows Calian’s announcement in late January that it would kick-start a sovereign C5ISRT strategic initiative with $100 million in funding.
LGen Jean-Marc Lanthier (Ret’d), CEO and President, ADGA Group said, “In an era of accelerating, multi-domain threats, the readiness of the Canadian Army is non-negotiable. World-class, modern training that replicates operational complexity builds decision advantage, cohesion, and lethality, ensuring forces deploy prepared, resilient, and effective when they are needed. By combining ADGA’s depth of engineering and operational understanding with Calian’s capabilities in advanced training and secure systems, we are strengthening Canada’s ability to deliver comprehensive, technology-enabled training in realistic environments. Our combined strengths integrate complex C5ISRT, mission systems and secure digital infrastructure into cohesive, field-ready architectures.”
Chris Pogue, President, Defence and Space a Calian added, “Canada must think and act differently about how we prepare our forces. As leaders in this industry, we have a responsibility to collaborate with the right partners to deliver what the CAF needs today while continuously adapting for the future needs. By working together with ADGA, we can scale secure, integrated training environments that evolve with the modern battlefield and grow alongside the Canadian Armed Forces—so our troops are prepared, confident and able to return home safely.”