Valkyrie Aerospace Corp.

Built in Canada.Built for what's coming.

A sovereign Canadian dual-use aerospace company — uniting fifty years of certified aircraft engineering with next-generation uncrewed systems, built at Muskoka Airport, Ontario.

Our Capabilities Leadership
1975
Founded · CYQA
50+
Years as a TC AMO
90+
STCs Certified
9
Int'l Authorities
Who we are

We unite a half-century of certified aerospace engineering with sovereign, next-generation uncrewed systems — built on Canadian soil, for Canada and its allies.

R.N.A.F. "Little Norway" · Muskoka · c. 1942
1942
Our Heritage

The same ground. A new century.

Valkyrie traces its roots to Camp Little Norway at Muskoka Airport, where more than 3,300 Allied pilots trained during the Second World War. In 1975, Lake Central Air Services was founded on that same ground.

Over five decades it became the world's foremost platform for airborne geophysical survey aircraft modification. Today that legacy is being reimagined as Valkyrie Aerospace Corp. — extending certified engineering into sovereign uncrewed systems.

National Historic Site of Canada · 2001
A Canada–Norway Memorial opened on the site in 2007, honouring the airmen who trained here for the liberation of Europe.
The Timeline

Five decades on one airfield.

From a wartime training camp to a certified modification authority — and now a defence manufacturer.

1933
Muskoka Airport founded
1942
Camp Little Norway at CYQA
1975
Lake Central Air Services founded
2001
Designated National Historic Site
2005
Special-mission aircraft modification
2007
Canada–Norway Memorial opens
2026
Reimagined as Valkyrie Aerospace
Now
Uncrewed systems & defence capability
Capabilities

Fifty years of certified engineering.

Canada's full-stack airborne modification AMO — design, manufacture, integration and certification, under one roof at Muskoka Airport.

  1. 01

    Aircraft Design & Modification

    Structural design across 90+ fixed- and rotary-wing types — external booms and pods to complete internal reconfiguration.

  2. 02

    Parts Manufacturing & Composites

    In-house composite fabrication and CNC machining of aluminum, carbon fibre and structural components.

  3. 03

    3D CAD/CAM Engineering

    End-to-end digital engineering, from concept modelling through fabrication-ready manufacturing data.

  4. 04

    Sensor Integration & STC

    The only Canadian AMO offering full-stack sensor integration and Supplemental Type Certification.

Certified hangar & manufacturing · Muskoka Airport (CYQA)
31,000
Sq Ft Certified Facility
90+
Aircraft Types Modified
9
International Authorities
World
Leader · Geo Survey Mods
Sovereign Production

Every step in-house. Under one certified roof.

The full production line at Muskoka Airport (CYQA) — from raw material to certified airworthy system. Composite fabrication, machining, avionics and four-stage quality control. No outsourcing, no imports.

01

Engineering & Design

3D CAD/CAM/CAE, reverse engineering, technical and assembly drawings — concept to certified part.

02

Composite Manufacturing

Hand layup, vacuum bag and infusion — glass, carbon and aramid. 4-axis CNC foam router, 4′×12′×3′.

03

Machining & Fabrication

Vertical mills, lathe, 8-ft power shear and brake — aluminum and structural alloys, parts made in-house.

04

Special Processes

Welding of aluminum, 4130 and stainless. Chemical conversion coating, corrosion protection, media blasting.

05

Avionics & Electrical

Custom wire-harness design and assembly, autopilot and sensor integration, transponder and altimeter recertification.

06

Inspection, Test & QC

Pitot/static to 35,000 ft, strain gauge, borescope, pressure and torque testing — four-stage quality control.

Platforms

Next-generation uncrewed systems.

A sovereign Canadian production line at Muskoka — uncrewed aerial platforms across surveillance, survey, defence and commercial missions.

00ISR

Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance

VTOL and fixed-wing platforms with advanced electro-optical payloads and onboard AI for persistent situational awareness across extended ranges.

01Survey & Mapping

Geospatial & Survey Systems

LiDAR, thermal and multi-sensor platforms built on five decades of airborne geophysical survey heritage, for resource and infrastructure applications.

02Defence

Sovereign Defence Platforms

Domestically produced uncrewed systems aligned to Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy and NATO interoperability, manufactured under Canadian control.

03Mine Detection · MCM

Airborne Mine Countermeasures

Airborne MCM sensor integration derived from Valkyrie's geophysical survey work — pod design, mounting and certification on fixed- and rotary-wing platforms.

Thunder Class

Seven platforms. Four mission categories.

The Thunder Class family — from 5 km man-portable AI FPV to 1,000 km heavy strike, manufactured at Muskoka.

CategoryPlatformMissionRangePayload · Ceiling
StrikeTH-MX150Heavy loitering munition1,000 km50 kg · 4,000 m
StrikeTH-X180AIAI autonomous · tube-launched100 km5 kg
ISRTH-U20VTOL recon · 30× zoom AI45 km2 kg · 5,500 m
FPV / AITH-Ux10AI target lock · FPV attack5 km2 kg · 500 m
SurveyTH-U30LiDAR · thermal · 3.4 m span80 km5 kg · 3,000 m
Civil / ISRTH-A14K + thermal · 45 min32 km1 kg · 6,000 m
AgriTH-L2020 L spray tank · agricultural10 km20 kg · 100 m
Thunder Heart · TH-MX150

Heavy Loitering Munition

Low cost · large load · 1,000 km range · 6-hour endurance
Max Take-off Weight
150 kg
Max Payload
50 kg
Max Range
1,000 km
Endurance
6 hrs @ 50kg
Cruising Speed
180 km/h
Max Speed
234 km/h
Fuel Tank
60 L
Service Ceiling
4,000 m
Launch
Rocket / vehicle
Airborne Mine Detection · MCM

The technology the world needs right now.

Valkyrie’s aircraft-modification platform enables airborne mine-countermeasures sensor integration — derived from fifty years of geophysical survey sensor work.

Strait of Hormuz

Iran mine crisis · US CENTCOM clearance operations live, April 2026.

Black Sea & Baltic

1,000+ naval mines threatening NATO shipping lanes.

Indo-Pacific

PLA mine capability · Taiwan Strait choke points at risk.

Arctic Canada

$32B NORAD modernisation · NATO Arctic maritime threats.

  • External sensor pod design & STC certification
  • Belly pod & wingtip boom integration
  • Sonar & optical sensor mounting
  • Power & data-bus integration
  • TC / FAA certification pathway
  • Fixed-wing & rotary-wing platforms
  • The only Canadian AMO offering full-stack integration

“Sea mines have caused more damage to warships than any other weapon since World War II.” — US Naval Institute

AI Autonomy

Agentic-first, not autonomy-first.

Systems that recommend before they command — lower risk, faster to field, and defensible through the proprietary decision data they generate.

Level 1

Detection + Alerts

System identifies and notifies. Humans make all decisions.

Current
Level 2

Agent Recommends

AI recommends actions; a human approves the response.

Level 3

Bounded Automation

Executes low-risk actions in specific conditions.

Level 4

High Automation

Autonomous in constrained environments, safe fallback.

Level 5

Full Autonomy

Robust decisioning across all and adversarial conditions.

Agentic-first advantage

  • Lower risk than autonomy-first — agents recommend before they command
  • Faster time-to-value in operational workflows
  • Structured decision logs generate better evidence
  • Builds proprietary decision datasets & SOP intelligence

Key AI initiatives

  • Drone-swarm identification & membership protocols
  • AI attribution and anomaly-detection layer
  • Gossip-style distributed swarm-state propagation
  • DIANA — Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic
  • Yukon Arctic Security Advisory Council
Competitive Position

Canada’s only integrated defence platform.

No direct competitor combines a certified AMO, sovereign UAV production, strike systems, mine-detection expertise and Indigenous-founded credentials on one airfield.

CapabilityValkyrieCAE Inc.IMP AerospaceMagellanShield AI (US)
Certified AMO●—●●—
UAV production●———●
Strike systems●———●
Mine detection●————
Geo-survey heritage●————
Indigenous-founded●————
Canadian sovereign●●●●—
Leadership

Experience across the full stack.

Defence leadership, five decades of aerospace engineering, and capital-markets depth — under one platform.

William Fleming

William Fleming

Chief Executive Officer
  • Senior defence and aerospace executive with deep roots in Canada's defence industrial base.
  • Strategic leadership across military procurement, government relations and program delivery.
  • Leading Valkyrie's public-market transition and Defence Industrial Strategy alignment.
Jim Hodgson

Jim Hodgson

Chief Operating Officer
  • Five decades at Lake Central Air Services, building the world's foremost airborne survey platform.
  • A founding pioneer in sensor integration across fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
  • Architect of 90+ STCs across nine international authorities.
Mark Goldhar

Mark Goldhar, CPA, CA

Chief Financial Officer
  • 17+ years in business development and corporate leadership.
  • Co-founder of 14 companies with five exits; capital raised across public and private markets.
  • Expertise in TSX-V listings, defence-sector financing and investor relations.
Ryan Groom

Ryan Groom

Chief Technology Officer
  • Founder of CyberSecure — Canada’s first Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Security Solutions; 2004 Microsoft Impact Award.
  • Co-founder & CTO of Kognitiv Spark, whose RemoteSpark platform is fielded by defence primes and NATO militaries; co-holder of a US security patent.
  • Guides Valkyrie’s AI autonomy, sensor-fusion and secure-systems roadmap.
David L. MacDonald

David L. MacDonald, CD2

Drone Expert & Military Liaison
  • Retired CAF senior officer — 25 years across NATO and UN operations, including Officer Commanding, Air Space Coordination Centre, Kandahar.
  • 1,000+ hours of RPAS operations (ScanEagle) across Afghanistan, Persian Gulf naval ops and Arctic sovereignty missions.
  • Former operations manager at ING Robotic Aviation and Drone Delivery Canada.
Investor Relations

The investment thesis.

Valkyrie sits at the intersection of a generational re-armament cycle and Canada's mandate to build defence capability at home.

  • 01

    Re-armament tailwind

    Record global defence spending, a new NATO investment target, and a multi-decade Canadian commitment to drones, sensors and Arctic sovereignty.

  • 02

    Canada must buy Canadian

    Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy emphasises domestic procurement — directly favouring sovereign platforms like Valkyrie and its partners.

  • 03

    A 50-year regulatory moat

    A Transport Canada AMO, 90+ STCs and nine international authorities — half a century of certification that cannot be replicated quickly.

  • 04

    Two engines under one platform

    An established modification business alongside a sovereign uncrewed-systems production line — capability paired with proven engineering.

  • 05

    Indigenous-inclusive strategy

    A partnership with Coastal Defence Systems Inc. advances Indigenous economic participation across Canada's defence base.

Investor Relations

For information on Valkyrie and its planned Canadian public-market listing, accredited and institutional investors are invited to make contact.

  • HeadquartersMuskoka Airport, ON
  • Core businessTC-Approved AMO
  • Founded1975
  • SectorAerospace & Defence
  • StatusPre-public
Contact Investor Relations
CYQAMuskoka Airport · Gravenhurst, Ontario
Contact

Get in touch.

We welcome inquiries from partners, investors and government.

Headquarters
Muskoka Airport (CYQA)
Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
General Inquiries
info@valkyrieaerospace.ca
Investor Relations
investors@valkyrieaerospace.ca
Media & Partnerships
media@valkyrieaerospace.ca