Contribution: Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
LANDING ZONES CANADA INC.
$500,000.00
E!CAN#4 – E!23180 - AUK - Very High-Altitude Micro-Drone Icing Detection and Mitigation System
FY 2025-26 · 2025-10-01
Summary
Project Auk is a pioneering initiative designed to revolutionize atmospheric data collection by enhancing LZC's Gitpo RPAS with ice detection and mitigation technologies. This project is strategically aligned with several critical objectives:
1. Environmental Sustainability;
2. Global Impact;
3. Technological Innovation
Department
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to FirmsIndustrial Research Assistance Program-Contributions to Firms (linked with high confidence)
Recipient
Location
Medicine Hat|Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
For-profit organization
Business Number
707988408
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Agreement End Date
2026-11-30
Agreement Number
1037350
Agreement Start Date
2025-10-01
Agreement Title
E!CAN#4 – E!23180 - AUK - Very High-Altitude Micro-Drone Icing Detection and Mitigation System
Agreement Title (French)
E!CAN#4 – E!23180 — AUK - Système de détection et d’atténuation du givrage des microdrones à très haute altitude
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$500,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Coverage
IRAP Contributions to Firms projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation. | Les projets des Contributions aux entreprises stimulent la création de richesse au Canada grâce à l’innovation technologique.
Description
Project Auk is a pioneering initiative designed to revolutionize atmospheric data collection by enhancing LZC's Gitpo RPAS with ice detection and mitigation technologies. This project is strategically aligned with several critical objectives:
1. Environmental Sustainability;
2. Global Impact;
3. Technological Innovation
Description (French)
Le projet Auk est une initiative pionnière conçue pour révolutionner la collecte de données atmosphériques en améliorant le RPAS Gitpo de LZC avec des technologies de détection et d’atténuation du givrage. Ce projet s’aligne stratégiquement sur plusieurs objectifs essentiels : 1. Durabilité environnementale; 2. Impact mondial; 3. Innovation technologique
Expected Results
The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization
Expected Results (French)
Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation
Federal Riding
Medicine Hat--Cardston--Warner
Federal Riding (French)
Medicine Hat--Cardston--Warner
Federal Riding Number
48027
NAICS Code
54137
Organization Code
nrc-cnrc
Organization
National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada
Program Name
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Program Name (French)
Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Contributions aux entreprises
Program Purpose
The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization
Program Purpose (French)
Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation
Recipient Business Number
707988408
Recipient City
Medicine Hat|Medicine Hat
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
LANDING ZONES CANADA INC.
Recipient Operating Name
Landing Zones
Recipient Postal Code
T1B 1H9
Recipient Province or Territory
AB
Recipient Type
F
Reference Number
172-2025-2026-Q3-1037350
