How a Homegrown Company Is Reinventing Avalanche Control For nearly eighty years, keeping Canadians safe from avalanches has meant soldiers firing Second World War artillery into mountain slopes, helicopter crews dropping explosives from open doors, and technicians hiking into start zones with charges on their backs. It is dangerous, expensive, and as Canadian as it…
How Draganfly Became America’s Military Drone Supplier From Saskatchewan to Special Operations A company that started building drones in a Saskatoon workshop in 1998 is now supplying combat-grade unmanned systems to the most elite military units in the world. In February 2026, Draganfly Inc. announced it had been selected to provide its Flex FPV drone…
Canada faces a critical national security challenge as adversaries rapidly outpace NATO in Arctic-capable drone technology. A December 2024 Center for European Policy Analysis report reveals Russia and China are exploiting surveillance gaps across Canada’s northern territories while Canadian procurement remains fragmented and slow. With the Arctic representing 40 percent of Canada’s land mass and…
The US Has a Plan. We Have… What Exactly? In January 2026, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a new Program Executive Office for UAS and Counter-UAS, backed by $115 million for counter-drone technologies. This followed President Trump’s June 2025 executive orders establishing a comprehensive national drone strategy. Meanwhile, in southern Alberta, the Foremost…
By Bruce McPherson, CEO, Clarion Drone Academy Inc. | January 2026 On January 8, 2026, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced two new FAA UAS Test Sites—the first expansion of America’s drone testing infrastructure in nearly a decade. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Indiana Economic Development Corporation join seven existing facilities, bringing America’s total…
Aircraft depiction not actual design
Canada’s military drone capability gap widens while the global security landscape accelerates toward autonomous warfare. The UK partners with academic institutions to train drone warfare specialists, Ukraine demonstrates tactical supremacy daily, yet Canada’s Armed Forces remain decades behind in cultivating specialized human capital for modern conflict. With Canada’s commercial drone market projected to reach $5.06…
