{"id":802346,"date":"2026-07-14T23:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802346\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T23:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:44:39","slug":"ottawa-to-create-facility-for-military-drone-research-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802346\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa to create facility for military drone research in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The federal government is creating a research facility to advance Canada\u2019s military capabilities with drones.<\/p>\n

National Defence Minister David McGuinty was in Mirabel, Que., home to a major aerospace hub, to make the announcement.<\/p>\n

A group of 30 organizations, led by A\u00e9ro Montr\u00e9al, will receive nearly $30 million over two years to establish and operate the new defence innovation centre dedicated to unmanned systems.<\/p>\n

The consortium gathers stakeholders from industry, academia, and the non-profit sector to research, design, produce and test drones.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a news release, McGuinty says drones are changing the way modern militaries operate and Canada must adapt.<\/p>\n

The new hub will be sponsored by the Canadian Joint Forces Command.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Federal government invests in Quebec drone research hub:\"\"<\/p>\n

Quebec will be home to a new facility for military drone research<\/p>\n

The federal government is strengthening its defence ecosystem with a new research facility in Mirabel, an off-island suburb of Montreal. A\u00e9ro Montr\u00e9al is spearheading a group of 30 organizations that will receive nearly $30 million from Ottawa over two years to establish and operate the new hub.<\/p>\n

Quebec Economy Minister Bernard Drainville says the war in Ukraine has highlighted the vital role drones play in defence.<\/p>\n

“When we look at what’s happening in Ukraine right now, we know very well that drones are reinventing war, military doctrines,” he said. <\/p>\n

The fact that Canada and Quebec are working together on drone development is “excellent news for our security, our industrial development, and our ability to take charge of our own security and defence,” he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-802346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}