{"id":53076,"date":"2025-10-03T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/53076\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:39:08","slug":"canadian-space-agency-offers-funding-for-dual-use-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/53076\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Space Agency offers funding for dual-use technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 Canada\u2019s recently announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-national-defence\/news\/2025\/06\/canadas-new-government-is-rebuilding-rearming-and-reinvesting-in-the-canadian-armed-forces.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defense industrial strategy<\/a> provides funding for space technologies with civil and military applications, Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell said at the International Astronautical Congress here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSatellite servicing, refueling, sustainable access to orbit, advanced robotics, artificial intelligence applications, critical deep space systems and cybersecurity have applications for defense but also on the civil side,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cIn many of these areas, civil and defense needs naturally converge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, Canadian Prime\u00a0Minister Mark\u00a0Carney and Minister of National\u00a0Defence David\u00a0McGuinty announced plans to boost military spending by 9 billion Canadian dollars ($6.5 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31. Of that total, more than 13 million Canadian dollars will be awarded to 17 Canadian companies developing space technology with dual-use applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investment is going to help ensure that Canada remains equipped to address emerging security challenges while reinforcing our sovereignty,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cThe funding will help companies expand into new markets and also help the Canadian economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earth Observation<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Canadian Space Agency will spend $5 million on projects that expand the use of satellite imagery and data. Projects will \u201caddress issues including declining species population, habitat degradation, deteriorating water quality and forest disturbance,\u201d Campbell said. <\/p>\n<p>Earth observation strengthens Canada\u2019s ability to respond to wildfires, monitor the rapidly changing Arctic and assess biodiversity loss and observe extreme climate events, Campell said. Space-based Earth observation \u201chelps us monitor these changes, anticipate their impacts, but also empower communities to look after the land and also save money and save infrastructure,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>International Trade<\/p>\n<p>With international trade patterns in flux, the Canadian Space Agency is expanding partnerships, Campbell said, citing ongoing work with the European Space Agency and the Japan Space Agency JAXA. This fall, Canada\u2019s Canadarm2 on the International Space is scheduled to capture Japan\u2019s first HTV-X cargo resupply vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Like many speakers at IAC, Campbell also made a pitch for talent. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada welcomes the best and brightest minds to help drive space science and technology research and development,\u201d Campbell said. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 Canada\u2019s recently announced defense industrial strategy provides funding for space technologies with civil and military&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[245,40447,19629,37241,85,46,141,3443,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-53076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-dual-use-technology","10":"tag-earth-observation","11":"tag-iac","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-sn","16":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}