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Revenue Multiples vs. Damage Multiples
Swarmer’s IPO hints at a new valuation logic for defence software
Mar 31
Canada’s Defence Business Census is Now Open
SMEs can shape how capital, compliance, and procurement support get built
Mar 24
Ukraine opens battlefield AI data to allies
Real-world training data compresses development timelines
Mar 17
The Economics of Shooting Down Drones
Why the Iran conflict may be decided by cost per interception
Mar 10
Iran Conflict: Supply Chains Win Wars
From Gulf airspace to the Arctic, industrial capacity is now a combat variable
Mar 3

February 2026

Canada’s Defence Plan vs. Physics
DIS targets are huge. Contracting capacity is the real chokepoint
Feb 24
Canada’s New Playbook: Build First, Ask Allies Later
DIS signals real shift toward sovereign capability and domestic champions
Feb 17
How to Sell to Canada: Try America First
Why Canadian startups sell faster to the Pentagon than the CAF
Feb 10
National Security, Now Powered by Startups
Autonomy, AI, and capital are converging—Canada is (finally) leaning in
Feb 3

January 2026

The Unglamorous Rebuild
Fixing pay, parts and bases in the shadows so Canada is ready when the world catches fire
Jan 27
After Greenland, is Canada next?
Canada risks becoming a “flyover Arctic"
Jan 20
Canada Plans for Threats From US
Defence revival driven by fear of the US — and shaped to satisfy it
Jan 13
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