Electronic Products & Technology

A Canadian telecommunications firm has signed a deal with the federal government worth $2.3 billion to provide high-speed satellite communications to the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. The federal Defence Investment Agency and Telesat LEO announced the deal on Monday. The contract is meant to secure broadband coverage in remote northern locations for a range of Canadia...

MDA Space Ltd., a Toronto area robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-years of world firsts, recorded a $27.9 million profit in its second quarter as its revenue climbed almost 34 per cent from a year earlier. Based in Brampton Ontario, the space tech company says its net income compared with earnings of $27.2 million a year prior.

Its profit...

Ottawa’s decision to kick the tires on a new, multinational fighter jet program does not come with any sort of price tag, National Defence has confirmed.

Canada recently became the first country to gain “observer status” with the Global Combat Air Program, a sixth-generation fighter jet under joint development by Italy, Japan and the U.K.

While the department sa...

Artificial intelligence has become a national priority for Canada, with the federal government’s AI for All strategy outlining an ambitious vision for sovereign AI infrastructure. However, according to Canada’s Semiconductor Council (CSC), a critical piece is missing from that vision: a dedicated semiconductor strategy.

In a recent interview with E...

Researchers from Korea have developed a stretchable organic electrochemical transistor that can be switched between distinct digital and analog memory operational modes by simply changing the electrolyte’s salt concentration. The transistor also changes colour to visually reveal its operating state, opening new possibilities for adaptive wearable bioelectronics, advan...