Minister Blair commends Canadian innovators joining 2025 Nato Diana cohort

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Ottawa – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (Nato) Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (Diana) has announced the successful innovators in 2024’s competitive challenges. These firms – seven of whom are Canadian – will be joining Nato Diana’s 2025 cohort of innovators. Challenges focused on several innovation areas in security and defence, including data and information security, critical infrastructure …

Deep Space Food Challenge: Growing ideas on Earth to feed astronauts on Moon

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Quebec – Following a three-year competition, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced Vancouver-based Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. (Ecoation) as the winner of the Deep Space Food Challenge. As the Canadian grand prize winner, Ecoation will receive $380,000 for their CANGrow Modular Indoor Food Production System, designed to operate in remote environments like outer space and northern regions. CANGrow uses an innovative approach to producing …