Mission Readiness,
Delivered.
Quaterna delivers Drone-as-First-Responder capability across Canada's most demanding terrain — from Arctic patrol to maritime surveillance to critical infrastructure protection. Built on battle-proven technology refined across 100,000+ frontline missions. Manufactured in Canada.
Three forces.
One narrow window.
Quaterna exists at a convergence point that did not exist eighteen months ago. The opening of Ukraine's defense export pathways, Canada's largest-ever sovereign defense commitment, and the growing recognition that battle-proven autonomous technology is a strategic asset have created a generational opening for a Canadian-anchored champion to step into.
For the first time, two decades of frontline-refined unmanned systems engineering — iterated under conditions no Western lab can replicate — is commercially accessible to NATO-aligned partners following the formal opening of European export hubs.
The Government of Canada launched the largest defense industrial commitment in the country's history: $6.6 billion over five years, with $900 million directly allocated to drone innovation through the NRC Drone Innovation Hub and IRAP DI Assist programs.
Capital markets and allied governments now recognize battle-proven unmanned technology as a strategic asset class. The companies that consolidate the technology, manufacture it sovereignly, and integrate it into allied procurement frameworks now will define the category for the next decade.
Canada's sovereign
unmanned systems
company.
Quaterna is a vertically integrated unmanned systems company headquartered in Ontario. We combine battle-proven multi-domain drone technology — air, ground, and AI-driven mission software — with sovereign Canadian manufacturing and a clear commercial path through the Drone-as-First-Responder market.
We are not a research project. The core technology has already been deployed at scale in the most demanding electromagnetic environment in modern history. Our mandate is to industrialize it, certify it for Canadian and allied use, and scale it into the missions Canada cannot afford to address late: Arctic patrol, maritime surveillance, search and rescue, critical infrastructure protection, and — when called — allied defense.
Refined where it
matters most.
Our technology platform is the product of two decades of unmanned systems engineering and three years of relentless frontline iteration alongside our Ukrainian engineering partners.
Through our Ukrainian engineering partners, Quaterna has access to a multi-domain unmanned systems stack validated across more than 100,000 frontline missions — built in the most contested electromagnetic environment on earth.
20+ years of unmanned systems engineering.5+ years of frontline iteration.Zero substitutes.
One intelligence layer.
Every platform.
IRIZI is Quaterna's drone management platform — uniting mission planning, AI-powered threat detection, and real-time coordination in a single system. It ensures interoperability between multiple UAVs, delivering full situational awareness and operational control.
IRIZI continuously trains its AI models through frontline use on the Ukrainian battlefield and through commercial deployments — every mission flown makes the entire fleet smarter.
IRIZI Monitoring Center
Planning, control, and data acquisition solution for command centres and headquarters — the single pane of glass for the entire unmanned operation.
IRIZI ISTAR
Command & control (C2) and data processing solution for unmanned aerial systems — mission execution, sensor tasking, and live imagery exploitation.
IRIZI Ground
C2 solution for unmanned ground vehicle operators — extending the same control layer from the air down to the ground domain.
When the geography is vast,
response time is sovereignty.
Drone-as-First-Responder, applied to the missions Canada actually needs solved. Most of Canada is empty on the map. The country's coastline is the longest in the world. The Arctic spans more than 40% of its landmass.
Battle tested.
Mission-ready when called.
Every Quaterna platform is architected for both civilian and defense deployment from the ground up. Stable civilian deployment paired with a reserved defense capability that scales into Canadian Armed Forces and Five Eyes / NATO procurement as relationships and contracts mature.
Public safety, infrastructure & emergency response.
Allied procurement & sovereign defense capability.
A multi-domain
unmanned systems stack.
Six product lines spanning air, ground, and software — adapted for Canadian operating conditions and certified for North American airspace.
Cetus-X ISR
The defining platform of the Quaterna fleet. Built for high-performance video ISR, communications relay, and beyond-visual-line-of-sight surveillance over open terrain, coastline and Arctic environments.
Cetus Photo
Photogrammetry & mapping platform. Field-deployed and operationally validated for extended reconnaissance missions.
Cetus Photo Lite
Single-operator launch with no ground equipment required. Built for forward-deployed teams who need eyes overhead in minutes.
Beetle VTOL
Compact vertical take-off and landing platform for urban observation and communications relay. Primary platform for DFR dock-based deployments.
UNEX UGV
Multi-purpose ground platform for logistics, reconnaissance, and combat support. Field-trialed with allied forces. Enables true multi-domain unmanned operations.
IRIZI Mission Software
Proprietary mission management software providing real-time data fusion, multi-sensor integration, ISTAR coordination, and autonomous mission planning. Deployed across the fleet.
Selected by the forces
that test hardest.
UxS technology validated through customers, contracts, and competitions won — across NATO members, allied procurement marketplaces, and the most demanding operational theatre in the world.
U.S. Army xTech Edge Strike — Ground Competition
The UNEX UGV won the ground category award during the March 2026 trials in Germany — and was awarded a 10-year contract on the G-TEAD Marketplace, the U.S. Army's acquisition hub.
Estonian Ministry of Defence
Deployed and training with the Cetus-X flagship ISTAR platform.
Lithuanian MOD / CPVA
Deployed and training with the UNEX unmanned ground vehicle.
Armed Forces of Ukraine / Ukraine MOD
Manufacturing UAS, UGV, and IRIZI AI & software supporting combat and intelligence operations by the Unmanned Systems Forces and military intelligence branches.
A 25,000 sq ft
Ontario campus.
Built to scale.
A vertically integrated manufacturing footprint in the Greater Toronto Area, structured for rapid production scale and full Canadian sovereignty over the supply chain.
Quaterna has secured access to a strategically located industrial campus in the Greater Toronto Area, providing 25,000 square feet of manufacturing, assembly, R&D, and operational capacity with a phased path to scale production.
Canada led the world
in aerospace once.
We are building the
company that will lead
it again.
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