1QBit Qualifies Across Four Capability Streams of Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace

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1QBit Qualifies Across Four Capability Streams of Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace. (2026, October 13). Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/globenewswire/1qbit-qualifies-across-four-capability-streams-of-canada-s-defence-drone-initiative-marketplace/article_3aed3d74-795e-5072-b323-f93bc954cb8b.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-13 · by GlobeNewswire, Inc.

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1QBit, a Canadian advanced computing company, has been qualified as a supplier for the Government of Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace in all four capability streams it applied to. The streams include C2, Communications, Data, EW and Cyber Systems; Integration, Interoperability and Engineering Services; Test, Evaluation and Training; and Innovation and Experimentation. This announcement was made on October 13, 2026, from Vancouver, British Columbia.

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1QBit, a Canadian advanced computing and software company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, announced on October 13, 2026, that it has qualified as a supplier under the Government of Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace (DDI Marketplace) across all four capability streams for which it applied. The streams include Stream 2 – C2, Communications, Data, EW and Cyber Systems; Stream 3 – Integration, Interoperability and Engineering Services; Stream 4 – Test, Evaluation and Training; and Stream 5 – Innovation and Experimentation. This qualification positions 1QBit to provide advanced technology solutions for the Canadian military's drone program, enhancing its capabilities in areas such as data communication, engineering services, testing, training, and innovation.

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