What Happened
Canadian Consortium Advances Domestic Space Propulsion Manufacturing
A consortium of Canadian companies, led by NordSpace, has launched a project to develop a sovereign space launch capability, with an investment of $8 million from Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen). The project aims to industrialize Canada’s first AI-powered hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing line for advanced space propulsion, enabling the production of high-performance turbopumps for next-generation space propulsion systems. This initiative is part of Canada’s new Defence Industrial Strategy, which emphasizes the importance of domestic manufacturing and supply chain resilience. The project was first reported by GlobeNewswire.