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Dated Jul 14, 2026
On July 14, 2026, the Department of National Defence launched NEXUS, the Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub, operating primarily from YMX Innovation Centre. The initiative provides a secure path for development, testing, validation and integration of uncrewed systems across five published defence use-case areas.
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Secure uncrewed-systems development and test hub
NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub
What it enables
Develop, test, validate, and integrate Canadian uncrewed and counter-uncrewed technologies from secure collaboration space at YMX, using regulated-airspace access and mission-led work spanning sensing, human-machine teaming, contested logistics, command and control, and autonomous operations.
Evidence strength: ModerateLast reviewed Aug 6, 2026
Operating context
Decision-useful features
- Secure collaboration space at YMX Innovation Centre
- Access to regulated airspace for experimentation and demonstrations
- Development, testing, validation, and system-integration mandate
Technical detail and applications
Documented applications. Counter-uncrewed systems and counter-robotics experimentation · Sensor integration and continental-defence testing · Crewed-uncrewed teaming and multi-UxS command and control · Contested logistics and autonomous-resupply validation
- Five public use cases spanning counter-UxS, sensing, general-purpose systems, teaming, and contested logistics
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Public programs and contracts
Dated participation, delivery roles, partnerships, and disclosed funding provide the operating context behind the profile.
Programs and deployments
Airbus Protospace at YMX Innovation
host facility · Announced 2026
Sponsor or operator: YMX Innovation Centre
Organization role. Airbus Protospace is a YMX Innovation partnership for experimentation, productivity, and training, with a related automated drone-surveillance project at the Mirabel site.
Program. Airbus Protospace is a YMX Innovation partnership for experimentation, productivity, and training, with a related automated drone-surveillance project at the Mirabel site.
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What access, security, airspace, instrumentation and scheduling conditions govern a company seeking to test through NEXUS at YMX?
DND establishes YMX as NEXUS's primary operating location, but the public record does not yet define the applicant pathway, classification boundaries, fees, capacity or test-support package.
Geography
Mirabel, Quebec
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Last reviewed
Aug 10, 2026
Identity and profile
- Open source: YMX Innovation aerospace innovation centre (opens in a new tab)
YMX Innovation aerospace innovation centre
Aéroports de Montréal
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