YMX Innovation Centre

Supports: Profile · canadian footprint

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: Profile · current activity

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.

Supports: Profile · current activity as of

Department of National Defence supports 2026-07-14 as the material date used for this dossier activity note.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.ymx-innovation-centre-first-conversation.question

True North Map derives this first-conversation question from the documented YMX Innovation Centre capability, current evidence and the decision gap that remains.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.ymx-innovation-centre-first-conversation.context

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.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.ymx-innovation-centre-refresh-1.question

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: Profile · operating context

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: Profile · profile data

DND states that NEXUS operates primarily from YMX Innovation Centre in Mirabel with secure collaboration spaces, specialized testing infrastructure, and regulated airspace for advanced experimentation and demonstrations.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · core features

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technical tags

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · core features

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · name

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technical tags

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technical tags

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · defence applications

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · add child

NEXUS operates primarily from YMX as a secure uncrewed-systems development, testing, validation, and integration hub with regulated-airspace access and five stated defence use cases spanning counter-UxS, sensing, general-purpose systems, teaming, and contested logistics.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technical tags

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · capability type

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technology readiness level

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · summary

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · core features

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technical tags

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · defence applications

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · maturity

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · defence applications

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technicaldomainslugs

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · core features

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · technicaldomainslugs

National Defence selected an Espace Aéro-led consortium for $29.6 million over two years to establish the UxS Defence Innovation Secure Hub. NEXUS will operate primarily at YMX in Mirabel with secure collaboration and regulated-airspace access. Its five use cases are counter-UxS, sensor integration/continental defence, general-purpose UxS, crewed-uncrewed teaming and contested logistics. The programme aims to mature technologies across TRLs 4–9; this range is not YMX’s own achieved TRL or a supplier procurement award.

Supports: complementary test and commercialization hub relationship

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DND states that NEXUS complements the NRC Drone Innovation Hub operating across Ottawa and Mirabel for uncrewed and counter-drone systems research, testing and commercialization.

Supports: consortium lead relationship

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DND identifies an Espace Aero-led consortium, under Aero Montreal, as the selected UxS DISH delivery team with partners across industry, academia and not-for-profit sectors.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.ymx-innovation-centre-refresh-2.context

ADM presents YMX Innovation as an 18,000 m² aerospace R&D and pre-commercialization hub at Mirabel. Its seven platforms cover advanced air mobility, defence, energy, industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics and talent. The page describes restricted-access land, airport logistics and adaptable experimentation infrastructure; vertiport/UTM and energy configurations are possibilities, not confirmed installed systems or blanket security certification.

Supports: Profile · canadian footprint

ADM presents YMX Innovation as an 18,000 m² aerospace R&D and pre-commercialization hub at Mirabel. Its seven platforms cover advanced air mobility, defence, energy, industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics and talent. The page describes restricted-access land, airport logistics and adaptable experimentation infrastructure; vertiport/UTM and energy configurations are possibilities, not confirmed installed systems or blanket security certification.

Supports: Profile · profile data

ADM's current page organizes YMX around seven platforms: advanced air mobility, defence, energy, Industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics, and talent.

Supports: Profile · operating context

ADM presents YMX Innovation as an 18,000 m² aerospace R&D and pre-commercialization hub at Mirabel. Its seven platforms cover advanced air mobility, defence, energy, industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics and talent. The page describes restricted-access land, airport logistics and adaptable experimentation infrastructure; vertiport/UTM and energy configurations are possibilities, not confirmed installed systems or blanket security certification.

Supports: Profile · editorial profile version

YMX Innovation Centre has sufficient mapped public evidence for private reviewer consideration of the shared editorial profile template.

Supports: Profile · profileData.publicContact.contactPageUrl

The official public contact pathway for YMX Innovation Centre is https://www.admtl.com/en-CA/corporate/commercial-partnerships/ymx-overview/ymx-innovation.

Supports: Profile · canadian footprint

Located at Montréal-Mirabel International Airport in Mirabel, Quebec, YMX combines airport infrastructure, regulated airspace access and an aerospace cluster setting for Canadian development, demonstration, testing and integration activity.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.ymx-innovation-centre-refresh-2.confidence

ADM presents YMX Innovation as an 18,000 m² aerospace R&D and pre-commercialization hub at Mirabel. Its seven platforms cover advanced air mobility, defence, energy, industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics and talent. The page describes restricted-access land, airport logistics and adaptable experimentation infrastructure; vertiport/UTM and energy configurations are possibilities, not confirmed installed systems or blanket security certification.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.ymx-innovation-centre-refresh-2.id

ADM presents YMX Innovation as an 18,000 m² aerospace R&D and pre-commercialization hub at Mirabel. Its seven platforms cover advanced air mobility, defence, energy, industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics and talent. The page describes restricted-access land, airport logistics and adaptable experimentation infrastructure; vertiport/UTM and energy configurations are possibilities, not confirmed installed systems or blanket security certification.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.ymx-innovation-centre-refresh-2.question

ADM presents YMX Innovation as an 18,000 m² aerospace R&D and pre-commercialization hub at Mirabel. Its seven platforms cover advanced air mobility, defence, energy, industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics and talent. The page describes restricted-access land, airport logistics and adaptable experimentation infrastructure; vertiport/UTM and energy configurations are possibilities, not confirmed installed systems or blanket security certification.

Supports: NEXUS Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub · commercial availability

ADM presents YMX Innovation as an 18,000 m² aerospace R&D and pre-commercialization hub at Mirabel. Its seven platforms cover advanced air mobility, defence, energy, industry 4.0/5.0, airport operations, logistics and talent. The page describes restricted-access land, airport logistics and adaptable experimentation infrastructure; vertiport/UTM and energy configurations are possibilities, not confirmed installed systems or blanket security certification.