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National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Système d’imagerie hyperspectrale infrarouge à grandes longueurs d’onde pour applications de défense et à double usage sur systèmes d’aéronefs télépilotés

Name: Système d’imagerie hyperspectrale infrarouge à grandes longueurs d’onde pour applications de défense et à double usage sur systèmes d’aéronefs télépilotés
Creator: National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

August 26, 2026

Published

August 11, 2026

Type

Goods

Awarded

This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.

Winning supplier

Telops Inc.

Contract value

CAD $1.2M

Award date

2026-08-31

Supplier location

Québec, Québec

Full description

The National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) Centre for Drone Innovation, part of the
Drone and Flight Autonomy Laboratory, has a requirement for the supply of one (1) compact
airborne long-wave infrared (LWIR) hyperspectral imaging system, Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano or
equivalent, suitable for deployment on remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and crewed
airborne platforms.

AI Summary

NRC seeks a compact LWIR hyperspectral imaging system for RPAS use.

Intended sole-source award

The buyer plans to award this contract to a named supplier without competition. If your business can do this work, send a statement of capabilities to the contracting authority before August 26, 2026. If it qualifies, the buyer must open a full competition.

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Basic information

Reference

cb-826-6556795

Solicitation no.

26-58108

Buyer

National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Method

Advance contract award notice

Procurement category

*GD

Trade agreements

*Please refer to Tender Description or Tender Documents

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 41000000 — Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment

Delivery & regions

Province

Ontario

Contract term

September 1, 2026 → March 31, 2027

Key dates

Published

August 11, 2026

Closes

August 26, 2026

Amendment no.

001

Contact

Contact

S•••• D••••

Email

S••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Phone

(343) •••-••••

Address

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Award history

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Documents

(1)

↓ 26-58108_acan.pdf

Complete source record(30)

Title

Long-Wave Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging System for Defence and Dual-Use Applications Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

Reference number

cb-826-6556795

Amendment number

000

Solicitation number

26-58108

Publication date

2026-08-11

Tender closing date

2026-08-26T14:00:00

Expected contract start date

2026-09-01

Expected contract end date

2027-03-31

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*41100000

Unspsc description

*Laboratory and scientific equipment

Procurement category

*GD

Procurement method

Advance contract award notice

Trade agreements

*Please refer to Tender Description or Tender Documents

Contracting entity name

National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Contracting entity address line

1200 Montreal Road

Contracting entity address city

Ottawa

Contracting entity address province

Ontario

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A 0R6

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

S•••• D••••

Contact info email

S••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Contact info phone

(343) •••-••••

Contact info address line

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Contact info city

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Contact info province

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Contact info postalcode

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Contact info country

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Attachment

https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/103267/26-58108_acan.pdf

Tender description

The National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) Centre for Drone Innovation, part of the Drone and Flight Autonomy Laboratory, has a requirement for the supply of one (1) compact airborne long-wave infrared (LWIR) hyperspectral imaging system, Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano or equivalent, suitable for deployment on remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and crewed airborne platforms.