Overview
- The federal government announced the Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub under BOREALIS and selected a University of Calgary-led consortium to run the Calgary facility with $20.3 million in funding over two years.
- The hub will provide a secure site where government, industry, academia and innovators can collaborate to develop, test, validate and transition quantum technologies into operational capabilities for the Canadian Armed Forces.
- Work at the hub will focus on quantum sensing, secure communications, algorithms and hardware assurance to improve operational resilience and reduce vulnerabilities such as GPS spoofing.
- The Quantum DISH was picked through a competitive call and expands Canada’s network of Defence Innovation Secure Hubs, joining earlier Maritime and Uncrewed Systems pilots.
- Ministers framed the investment as catalytic for Canada’s defence industrial strategy and warned of risks from foreign actors targeting technology and intellectual property, citing past losses such as Nortel and emphasizing tighter security around defence research.