Resilient Navigation
Atomic clocks and quantum sensing for GPS-denied and contested environments.
Quantum Defence Subcommittee
Quantum
From world-class quantum research to deployable Canadian capability.
Built In Waterloo. Validated For Real-World Use.
Waterloo Region is home to one of Canada's deepest quantum ecosystems, with leading researchers, specialized infrastructure, and a growing base of companies working across quantum sensing, communications, computing, and enabling technologies.
The Waterloo Dual Use Tech Quantum Defence Subcommittee is focused on helping move those technologies from research and prototype to pilots, procurement, and real-world deployment.
Built in Waterloo. Validated for real-world use. Positioned for Canadian sovereignty and security.
Why Waterloo
Waterloo's quantum advantage has been built over decades.
20+ quantum companies
Hundreds of researchers
Institute for Quantum Computing
Perimeter Institute
Transformative Quantum Technologies
Quantum Valley Ideas Lab
Specialized fabrication
Commercialization infrastructure
Quantum Meets Real-World Defence Needs
Waterloo quantum technologies are relevant to some of the most important capability challenges facing Canada and its allies.
Advanced Sensing
Quantum LiDAR, optical, magnetic, and RF sensing for detection and situational awareness.
Secure Communications
Quantum communications, QKD, and quantum-safe technologies for critical networks.
Sovereign Computing
Quantum processors, cryogenic components, software, and infrastructure that strengthen Canada's domestic technology base.
From Prototype To Procurement
Waterloo-area companies are securing paid contracts, building prototypes, conducting pilots, and beginning to sell quantum systems and components. The opportunity now is to help more companies move through the commercialization pathway.
Explore member capabilitiesResearch
Prototype
Validation
Pilot
Procurement
Scale
What We Do
The Quantum Defence Subcommittee helps companies align technical progress with mission needs, validation pathways, and procurement readiness.
Validate
Connect companies with real defence and national-security use cases.
Demonstrate
Create opportunities for pilots, testing, and field validation.
Commercialize
Help companies move from funded R&D to procurement and repeatable sales.
Build Sovereign Capability
Strengthen Canadian IP, talent, supply chains, and strategic technology capacity.
Quantum Companies In The Dual Use Tech Ecosystem
Waterloo's quantum companies and applied research organizations are building technologies with direct relevance to defence, security, and Canadian sovereign capability.
Canadian Strategic Missions Corp (CSMC)
Develops deployable quantum sensing systems for defence, security, and exploration, including its Quantum Anomaly & Subsurface Mapper (QASM) for navigation, mapping, and subsurface detection across terrestrial and space environments.
Phantom Photonics
Quantum-coherent LiDAR and advanced optical sensing technologies for underwater, remote, and challenging environments, with potential applications in defence, surveillance, navigation, and situational awareness.
Qubic Technologies
Cryogenic amplifiers and quantum microwave technologies that support quantum computing, radar, and sensing systems, helping enable ultra-low-noise signal detection and advanced quantum hardware.
UpScale Quantum Solutions
Neutral-atom quantum technologies and atom-photon interfaces designed to support distributed quantum systems, quantum networking, and the next generation of interconnected quantum devices.
Single Quantum Systems
Quantum sensing, imaging, and communications technologies, including quantum LiDAR, photon detection, and quantum-correlation systems for defence, security, and advanced sensing applications.
Quantum Valley Ideas Lab
An applied quantum research organization developing technologies in RF sensing, precision timing, and other quantum systems, with a focus on moving innovations from the lab toward commercialization and deployment.
Build The Next Quantum Defence Capability In Canada
The science is here. The companies are here. The opportunity is to turn Waterloo's quantum strength into commercial products, operational capability, and Canadian sovereign technology.
Join the Waterloo Dual Use Tech Quantum Defence Subcommittee
Connect with the consortium to help move Canadian quantum technologies toward pilots, procurement, and real-world deployment.