Nordic Unmanned and Canadian UAVs Form Strategic Partnership

Nordic Unmanned and Canadian UAVs have formed a global strategic partnership aimed at giving customers friction-free access to certified unmanned systems — opening a faster pathway for advanced unmanned operations on both sides of the Atlantic.

The partnership was announced on 27 May 2026. It brings together two heavily-licensed operators with genuinely complementary regulatory, technical and operational strengths.

Canadian UAVs is a recognised leader in detect-and-avoid (DAA) radar. Its flagship Sparrowhawk radar is the only product certified by Transport Canada for Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) missions — across both civilian and military applications — and also holds approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Nordic Unmanned, headquartered in Sandnes, Norway, brings a European footprint anchored by an EASA Light UAS Operators Certificate (LUC) for BVLOS operations across European airspace, a dedicated Remote Operations Centre, and a platform-agnostic fleet — including the Aerosonde, Camcopter S-100, Indago, and Vector/Scorpion systems — operated under long-standing contracts with European agencies in domains such as maritime surveillance.

The combined toolkit is broadly applicable. Certified BVLOS pathways across three jurisdictions support a wide range of customers — public-sector agencies, industrial operators, defence customers and NATO allies — for missions spanning maritime and border surveillance, infrastructure inspection, situational awareness and counter-UAS. Together, the two companies can deliver certified solutions spanning heavy UAS platforms, situational-awareness sensors and counter-UAS capabilities, removing the regulatory and logistical hurdles that typically slow procurement and deployment.

"Our objective is to eliminate regulatory and logistical frictions by leveraging the combined airworthiness certifications of Canadian UAVs and Nordic Unmanned in Canada, Europe, and the United States," said Sean Greenwood, Founder and CEO of Canadian UAVs. "This makes it easier for Canadian Forces and NATO allies to acquire and deploy drone platforms, situational awareness sensors, and counter UAS capabilities in a time frame that provides our soldiers the capability they need, when they need it."

"Canadian UAVs and Nordic Unmanned are heavily-licensed operators of advanced unmanned systems on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Together we deliver complete certified solutions — heavy UAS platforms, sensors, and counter-UAS capabilities — into the hands of defence and agencies across NATO far faster than either of us could alone," said Ole Benjamin Wike, CEO and Accountable Manager of Nordic Unmanned.

The partnership reflects a broader recognition that regulatory readiness is itself a strategic asset. For defence customers navigating multi-jurisdictional procurement, a pre-certified transatlantic capability removes a significant barrier — and gets capability into the field sooner.