Canadian aerospace, defence and security company providing electronics, helicopters and mission systems.
Operating context
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial activity from Ottawa, with distinct local roles in tactical-engagement simulation, DRS Halifax power conversion and DRS Kanata communications and sensor processing. The Cormorant upgrade provides a concrete Canadian industrial programme: DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 first flight on June 30, 2026, while first delivery and initial operational capability remain scheduled for 2027. Existing-airframe production at IMP Halifax is separate from new-airframe work at Leonardo Yeovil. Buyers and partners should distinguish the Canadian coordinating office, local manufacturing businesses and international helicopter OEM, with workshare and support obligations tied to the relevant programme.
Canadian footprint
Leonardo Canada has a documented Canadian operating presence in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its public organization and capability evidence should be read at that location and national scope only where the cited sources explicitly support it.
Ottawa, Ontario is the published city-level context for Leonardo Canada. It does not imply a street address or exact facility location.
Leonardo’s Canadian footprint combines helicopter modernization and support with electronic-warfare simulation, naval electronics and military power systems. Delivery is divided among Leonardo Canada’s coordinating office, Leonardo UK, Canadian DRS businesses and programme partners. Cormorant modernization has reached first flight while deliveries remain future work.
Evidence of maturity
Established electronics and support businesses; upgraded Cormorant first flight occurred June 30, 2026, with first delivery planned for 2027.
Commercial availability
Access is through the relevant group business or programme prime. Helicopter modernization, current IMP sustainment and CAE simulator delivery are separate responsibilities.
Core features
AW101/CH-149 Cormorant modernization with Leonardo UK and Canadian industrial partners
Canadian naval communications, surveillance and sensor signal-processing support
SHINCOM 3100 secure voice integration with redundant switching and SIP/VoIP interfaces
Halifax military power conversion, distribution, conditioning and UPS manufacture
Electronic-warfare engagement simulation and training software in Ottawa
DND reports that the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant completed its first flight on June 30, 2026. First delivery remains scheduled for 2027, with full operational capability planned for 2030.
The publicly described Aerospace and defence electronics offering may be relevant to monitoring or remote-operation use cases; this is a derived mapping for reviewer assessment.
Reviewed connections indicate possible relevance based on public evidence. They do not indicate procurement direction, eligibility, endorsement or customer interest.
Questions for a first conversation
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Which Canadian business and support organization owns the proposed deliverable, and what Cormorant qualification, delivery or sustainment milestone governs the opportunity?
Adds current Cormorant flight status and a clearer map of Canadian group workshare and engagement routes.
Original sources 4 linked records
These records support the organization, its owned capabilities and their reviewed connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Leonardo Canada's public evidence establishes its current role and offering, but it does not answer every access, configuration, eligibility, maturity or buyer question needed for a first business-development conversation.
Supports: Profile · operating context
The official capability material supports the named Aerospace and defence electronics offering and the bounded operational description prepared for reviewer consideration.
Leonardo Canada’s Ottawa office coordinates Canadian commercial activity. The country profile separates Ottawa tactical-engagement simulation software, DRS Halifax power-conversion equipment and DRS Kanata military communications and sensor processing. The published country contact is 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 540, Ottawa, leonardocanada@leonardo.com and 613-235-0353. These are group roles, not a claim that every global Leonardo product is manufactured in Canada.
Supports: Profile · description
The official company material describes Leonardo Canada as a Canadian technology business with the public offering summarized in this candidate.
True North Map derives this first-conversation question from the documented Leonardo Canada capability, current evidence and the decision gap that remains.
Supports: Profile · operating context
Leonardo Canada’s Ottawa office coordinates Canadian commercial activity. The country profile separates Ottawa tactical-engagement simulation software, DRS Halifax power-conversion equipment and DRS Kanata military communications and sensor processing. The published country contact is 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 540, Ottawa, leonardocanada@leonardo.com and 613-235-0353. These are group roles, not a claim that every global Leonardo product is manufactured in Canada.
Supports: Profile · canadian footprint
The official capability material supports the named Aerospace and defence electronics offering and the bounded operational description prepared for reviewer consideration.
Supports: Profile · editorial profile version
Leonardo Canada has sufficient mapped public evidence for private reviewer consideration of the shared editorial profile template.
Leonardo Canada’s Ottawa office coordinates Canadian commercial activity. The country profile separates Ottawa tactical-engagement simulation software, DRS Halifax power-conversion equipment and DRS Kanata military communications and sensor processing. The published country contact is 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 540, Ottawa, leonardocanada@leonardo.com and 613-235-0353. These are group roles, not a claim that every global Leonardo product is manufactured in Canada.
Leonardo Canada’s Ottawa office coordinates Canadian commercial activity. The country profile separates Ottawa tactical-engagement simulation software, DRS Halifax power-conversion equipment and DRS Kanata military communications and sensor processing. The published country contact is 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 540, Ottawa, leonardocanada@leonardo.com and 613-235-0353. These are group roles, not a claim that every global Leonardo product is manufactured in Canada.
Leonardo Canada’s Ottawa office coordinates Canadian commercial activity. The country profile separates Ottawa tactical-engagement simulation software, DRS Halifax power-conversion equipment and DRS Kanata military communications and sensor processing. The published country contact is 55 Metcalfe Street, Suite 540, Ottawa, leonardocanada@leonardo.com and 613-235-0353. These are group roles, not a claim that every global Leonardo product is manufactured in Canada.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · summary
The official capability material supports the named Aerospace and defence electronics offering and the bounded operational description prepared for reviewer consideration.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · core features
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · technology readiness level
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · maturity
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · summary
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · technicaldomainslugs
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · technical tags
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · capability type
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · technicaldomainslugs
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · technical tags
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · defence applications
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · technicaldomainslugs
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · commercial availability
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · name
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · defence applications
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics → Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics → Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics → Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics → Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Leonardo Canada coordinates the group’s Canadian commercial programmes from Ottawa. The Canadian footprint spans Cormorant helicopter modernization, electronic-warfare simulation and, through DRS entities, naval communications, electro-optics, processing and power conversion. Product and contract roles belong to specific group entities and partners, not automatically the Ottawa coordinating office.
DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant’s first flight on June 30, 2026. It schedules first delivery and initial operational capability for 2027, final delivery for 2029 and full operational capability for 2030. Production on remaining Canadian airframes began at IMP Halifax in September 2025 while new AW101-615 airframes were being built at Leonardo Yeovil. First flight is not fleet operational acceptance.
DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant’s first flight on June 30, 2026. It schedules first delivery and initial operational capability for 2027, final delivery for 2029 and full operational capability for 2030. Production on remaining Canadian airframes began at IMP Halifax in September 2025 while new AW101-615 airframes were being built at Leonardo Yeovil. First flight is not fleet operational acceptance.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · commercial availability
Leonardo DRS identifies Canadian Naval Electronics activities in Ottawa/Kanata and Pivotal Power in Halifax: communications, surveillance and signal-processing support in Ontario, and military power conversion, UPS, conditioning and distribution equipment in Nova Scotia, including engineering/testing/manufacturing services.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · core features
Leonardo DRS identifies Canadian Naval Electronics activities in Ottawa/Kanata and Pivotal Power in Halifax: communications, surveillance and signal-processing support in Ontario, and military power conversion, UPS, conditioning and distribution equipment in Nova Scotia, including engineering/testing/manufacturing services.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · core features
Leonardo DRS’s SHINCOM 3100 integrates tactical and administrative voice/data communications with redundant red/black switching, SIP/VoIP, hot-swappable architecture and backward compatibility for legacy systems. Interfaces and redundancy are product characteristics, not universal authorization for every classified network or platform.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant’s first flight on June 30, 2026. It schedules first delivery and initial operational capability for 2027, final delivery for 2029 and full operational capability for 2030. Production on remaining Canadian airframes began at IMP Halifax in September 2025 while new AW101-615 airframes were being built at Leonardo Yeovil. First flight is not fleet operational acceptance.
Supports: Profile · operating context
DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant’s first flight on June 30, 2026. It schedules first delivery and initial operational capability for 2027, final delivery for 2029 and full operational capability for 2030. Production on remaining Canadian airframes began at IMP Halifax in September 2025 while new AW101-615 airframes were being built at Leonardo Yeovil. First flight is not fleet operational acceptance.
Supports: Profile · current activity as of
DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant’s first flight on June 30, 2026. It schedules first delivery and initial operational capability for 2027, final delivery for 2029 and full operational capability for 2030. Production on remaining Canadian airframes began at IMP Halifax in September 2025 while new AW101-615 airframes were being built at Leonardo Yeovil. First flight is not fleet operational acceptance.
DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant’s first flight on June 30, 2026. It schedules first delivery and initial operational capability for 2027, final delivery for 2029 and full operational capability for 2030. Production on remaining Canadian airframes began at IMP Halifax in September 2025 while new AW101-615 airframes were being built at Leonardo Yeovil. First flight is not fleet operational acceptance.
Supports: Profile · current activity
DND reports the first upgraded CH-149 Cormorant’s first flight on June 30, 2026. It schedules first delivery and initial operational capability for 2027, final delivery for 2029 and full operational capability for 2030. Production on remaining Canadian airframes began at IMP Halifax in September 2025 while new AW101-615 airframes were being built at Leonardo Yeovil. First flight is not fleet operational acceptance.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · maturity
DND’s July 9, 2026 Cormorant project update records the first upgraded CH-149 flight on June 30, 2026, first delivery and initial capability planned in 2027 and full capability in 2030. Leonardo UK is the upgrade contractor, IMP performs Canadian airframe work and current sustainment, and CAE supplies the separate simulator. The fleet target is 16 aircraft.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · summary
DND’s July 9, 2026 Cormorant project update records the first upgraded CH-149 flight on June 30, 2026, first delivery and initial capability planned in 2027 and full capability in 2030. Leonardo UK is the upgrade contractor, IMP performs Canadian airframe work and current sustainment, and CAE supplies the separate simulator. The fleet target is 16 aircraft.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · commercial availability
DND’s July 9, 2026 Cormorant project update records the first upgraded CH-149 flight on June 30, 2026, first delivery and initial capability planned in 2027 and full capability in 2030. Leonardo UK is the upgrade contractor, IMP performs Canadian airframe work and current sustainment, and CAE supplies the separate simulator. The fleet target is 16 aircraft.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · core features
DND’s July 9, 2026 Cormorant project update records the first upgraded CH-149 flight on June 30, 2026, first delivery and initial capability planned in 2027 and full capability in 2030. Leonardo UK is the upgrade contractor, IMP performs Canadian airframe work and current sustainment, and CAE supplies the separate simulator. The fleet target is 16 aircraft.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · summary
Leonardo DRS identifies Canadian Naval Electronics activities in Ottawa/Kanata and Pivotal Power in Halifax: communications, surveillance and signal-processing support in Ontario, and military power conversion, UPS, conditioning and distribution equipment in Nova Scotia, including engineering/testing/manufacturing services.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · core features
Leonardo DRS identifies Canadian Naval Electronics activities in Ottawa/Kanata and Pivotal Power in Halifax: communications, surveillance and signal-processing support in Ontario, and military power conversion, UPS, conditioning and distribution equipment in Nova Scotia, including engineering/testing/manufacturing services.
Supports: Aerospace and defence electronics · maturity
Leonardo DRS identifies Canadian Naval Electronics activities in Ottawa/Kanata and Pivotal Power in Halifax: communications, surveillance and signal-processing support in Ontario, and military power conversion, UPS, conditioning and distribution equipment in Nova Scotia, including engineering/testing/manufacturing services.
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