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[CDR @CDRmagazine]

✈️ The @RCAF_ARC is in the midst of its most significant transformation in modern history. LGen Speiser-Blanchet, Commander of the RCAF, gave us an update on: New fighters, tankers, training aircraft, P-8s, AEW&C, RPAS. https://t.co/KItnvNGngG

#CDRmagazine #RCAF #AirForce

[Isaiah Taylor - making nuclear reactors @isaiah_p_taylor]

Good morning.

Last night at 8:51pm Mountain Time, the Valar Atomics Nuclear Operations team brought Ward 250 to 10kW thermal output. We held this power level throughout the night.

This is another historic milestone from the Valar team, marking first nuclear power by a startup.

[Arctic Institute @ArcticSynthesis]

📢 The 4th Canadian Polar Data Workshop (CPDW-IV) report is now available. The report captures key discussions and recommendations from Canada's polar data community, helping advance observing networks, and Indigenous data sovereignty across the North.

🔗 https://t.co/ToZvaItLg9

[AIR EVTOL @AirEvtol]

For years, we’ve shared the vision.
Now, it’s time to reveal the aircraft.

From July 20–26, AIR will be at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, where we’ll officially unveil AIR ONE, our personal Smart Aircraft designed to create a new category in aviation.

July 20 | 11:00 AM CST
Booth 834

[MDA Space @MDA_space]

MDA Space announces definitive agreement to acquire
US-based Blue Canyon Technologies LLC. Read more: https://t.co/u791Ob1xF9

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

Carney has offered, they have accepted and now our political forces must move to ensure Canada does indeed do this. Ottawa wants this as much as Alberta and industry.

[Vanguard @VanguardMag]

A new Canada-France security agreement could give Canadian companies improved access to French defence programs and collaborative R&D opportunities across key dual-use sectors. #DefenceIndustry #Innovation #Aerospace #Cybersecurity #Canada

https://t.co/ml99WAmgBf

[Royal Canadian Navy @RoyalCanNavy]

A new chapter begins for our Navy. ⚓🇨🇦 VAdm Dan Charlebois has assumed command as our 39th Commander. With 34 years of service and deep commitment to our sailors, he leads us forward as we modernize, operate, and grow. Welcome VAdm Charlebois. #HelpLeadFight

[Roger Litwiller -🇨🇦 Naval Author/Historian @RLitwiller]

Incredible #NavyDay today at the Change of Command, Commander #RCNavy in #Hamilton! Sailors from every part of Canada, Atlantic & Pacific Forces & every Naval Reserve Division. A very hearty #BravoZulu to VAdm Topshee & Calm Seas & Fair Winds to VAdm Charlebois as you begin your term as #CRCN39!

[Royal Canadian Navy @RoyalCanNavy]

Today, our Navy marked a major milestone as VAdm Topshee transferred command to VAdm Charlebois, our 39th Commander. We thank VAdm Topshee for his leadership and wish him success as VCDS. Fair winds and congratulations to VAdm Charlebois. #HelpLeadFight

[CDA Institute @CDAInstitute]

Today marks Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee’s transition to Vice Chief of the Defence Staff following four years as Commander of the @RoyalCanNavy. We congratulate him on this appointment. We also congratulate Vice-Admiral Dan Charlebois on assuming command of the RCN. @Comd_RCN

[NordSpace 🇨🇦 @Nord_Space]

Welcome to Rocket Factory 1 (RF-1), our new 60,000 sqft advanced manufacturing campus at 75 Clegg Road in Markham, Ontario, dedicated to the production of our light and medium-lift orbital launch vehicles. RF-1 is a 10x expansion over our previous headquarters and marks our transition from several years of research and development to a production-focused industrial company.

RF-1 is a Controlled Goods Program (CGP) facility designed to host up to 255 employees. The campus consolidates the full breadth of our in-house capabilities under one roof:

✅ Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Lab (AMA Lab) and Space Systems Lab (SSL)
✅ Subtractive, additive, and composite manufacturing capabilities
✅ Multiple ISO-class clean rooms
✅ In-house test facilities for propulsion, structures, avionics, robotics and satellites
✅ Dedicated mission control centre for end-to-end management of all our space missions

RF-1 has been designed to produce two of our light-lift Tundra rockets (1,100 kg to LEO each) or medium-lift Tundra+ rockets (2,000+ kg to LEO) concurrently. Both share the same Hadfield-150 engine architecture and core tooling. The Hadfield-150 is our patent-pending orbital-class liquid rocket engine line, and components for the first test units are already in production, including combustion devices, chambers, and turbopump components. RF-1 is also designed to produce up to 10 small satellites concurrently, building on our Space Systems Lab and the upcoming Terra Nova dual-use demonstration satellite launching on SpaceX’s Transporter mission later this year. Larger satellite platforms are in the design phase.

NordSpace's vertically integrated model is anchored by its launch program and advanced manufacturing focus. This model is being optimized to internalize demand, reduce schedule and cost risk, and ensure that Canadian payloads can be designed, built, launched, and operated entirely within Canadian sovereign control.

Production scaling at RF-1 is anchored by a substantial expansion of our metal additive manufacturing and advanced composites capabilities. We are taking delivery of new large-format metal additive manufacturing systems that will result in the largest known single metal additive manufacturing machine in Canada, alongside new automated fiber placement (AFP) machines arriving this summer, unique in Canada in their combined size and type capable of producing cryogenic-compatible composite structures at the orbital launch vehicle scale.

Looking further ahead, we have acquired land for Rocket Factory 2 (RF-2), a 200,000 sqft facility dedicated to the development and production of Tempest, our reusable medium-lift orbital launch vehicle targeting 5,000+ kg to LEO in the 2030s. Construction begins later this year and facilities will open gradually over the coming years.

RF-1 is one of three sites that make up our national footprint, alongside Area 66, our 50-acre propulsion test range in Eastern Ontario, and the Atlantic Spaceport Complex in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador. At Area 66, our Blackhawk test cell is on track to reach operational readiness later this summer, in preparation for the largest rocket engine test in Canadian history. At ASX, construction across SLC-01 and SLC-02 continues this summer.

Sovereignty is control, and that requires doing the hard parts first. At NordSpace, we are doing the hard parts first. Official news release in the comments below.

Ad astra per aspera ✨

@NationalDefence @DRDC_RDDC @csa_asc

@ONgov @investontario @cityofmarkham
@fordnation @VictorFedeli @frankscarpitti

[Cascade Aerospace @CascadeAero]

In 2026, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds will celebrate 55 years of inspiring Canadians! 🛩️ 🎉

We are incredibly proud of our long‑standing partnership with the RCAF as the Snowbirds celebrate a remarkable milestone in 2026.

#Snowbirds55 #RCAF

[Royal Canadian Navy @RoyalCanNavy]

June 16 marks a key moment for our Navy as VAdm Topshee transfers command to VAdm Charlebois. This long‑standing tradition reflects professionalism, continuity, and readiness for the future. #HelpLeadFight

https://t.co/ofMLDHCM00

[Canadian Coast Guard @CoastGuardCAN]

Today, we celebrated the official opening of our new #SearchAndRescue station in Port Weller, #Ontario.

[Joseph Schow @JosephSchowAB]

Alberta officially welcomed CGC Inc. as it opened its new state-of-the-art wallboard manufacturing plant in Wheatland County. This $210 million investment will create jobs, strengthen Alberta's manufacturing sector, and generate opportunities for decades to come.

Congratulations to CGC Inc. and its parent company, USG on this historic milestone. Thank you for the confidence you've placed in Alberta. We look forward to your continued success in the years ahead.

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

I had the pleasure of introducing @cenovus CEO Jon McKenzie at the Global Energy Show today, and while the media has focused on his description of Pathways as "unfinanceable", his comments were more nuanced and the whole speech was a banger. My top 🔥 quotes from his speech: /1

[Danielle Smith @ABDanielleSmith]

The numbers don’t lie.

Alberta continues to be the economic engine of Canada, leading the country in growth, jobs, and wages.

When Alberta succeeds, Canada succeeds.

[Royal Canadian Navy @RoyalCanNavy]

We are proud, every day, of our team & what they accomplish across the globe #CAFDay 🇨🇦💜#BravoZulu

[USARC @US_ARC]

U.S. Arctic Fleet Buildup Gathers Pace: Davie Breaks Ground on $1 billion Texas Icebreaker ‘Factory’ https://t.co/vyUKsM8rTo