Caseway and Valtec today announced a Canada defence tech partnership to build and field a joint detection-to-decision capability for defence and regulated markets. The partnership combines Valtec’s compact unmanned aerial systems and precision sensing with Caseway’s structured, audit-ready decision and data layer, producing an end-to-end pipeline from edge sensor to commander’s screen.
The agreement marks both companies’ formal entry into dual-use defence technology, with an explicit focus on the protection of Canada and the broader NATO alliance.
The agreement marks both companies’ formal entry into the dual-use defence technology space, with an explicit focus on the protection of Canada and the broader NATO alliance.
First project: True North Precision
The partnership’s first joint pursuit is True North Precision. It is a bid into the Department of National Defence’s IDEaS Competitive Project, under the MINERVA initiative. True North Precision delivers low-cost ISR drones with eye-safe laser rangefinding and target cueing.
The system is engineered to support indirect fire and battlefield awareness at the platoon and company level. It feeds structured target data and 10-figure MGRS geolocation directly into ATAK and existing C2 workflows.
ITSP.10.171-compliant information handling is baked in from day one. Caseway acts as prime contractor on the Canadian bid. It leverages its NCAGE registration, IRAP engagement, CanadaBuys profile, and prior successful contract execution history.
Valtec leads platform and rangefinder integration. Final Capability Assessment is targeted for May 2027 at TRL 7.
A bilateral, jurisdiction-aware partnership
The two companies have structured the partnership to pursue opportunities across allied jurisdictions. Caseway primes Canadian government bids out of Vancouver. Valtec primes United States bids out of its Delaware footprint. Multilateral and NATO-aligned opportunities will be jointly prosecuted based on best fit. The partners are exclusive to each other on integrated detection-to-decision solutions for defence customers in agreed jurisdictions.
The pipeline beyond True North Precision includes joint Canada-US bids and NATO-aligned opportunities where allied interoperability, GNSS-resilient operation, and audit-grade data handling are non-negotiable.
Canada defence tech partnership: quotes
Alistair Vigier, Founder and CEO, Caseway: “Detection without decision is just data. The Caseway-Valtec partnership closes that loop. We are bringing structured, audit-ready outputs to the edge of the battlefield, and we are doing it with a partner whose hardware is genuinely best-in-class. Canada and our NATO allies need this capability now.”
John Keh, Founder and CEO, Valtec: “Valtec builds platforms that perform in the conditions operators actually face, contested GNSS, weather, weight constraints, and short timelines. Pairing that with Caseway’s decision layer means a soldier on the ground gets a target solution that a commander can act on, with the provenance to back it. This partnership is built for the threats Canada and its allies face today, not five years from now.”
Academic foundations
Caseway’s decision and data layer is developed in active research collaboration with Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia, providing independent academic validation.
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UBC (Dr. Vered Shwartz): https://www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2025/12/dr-vered-shwartz-collaborates-vancouver-based-tech-startup-study-legal-research-engine
About Caseway
Caseway is a Vancouver-based AI company building structured, audit-ready decision and data infrastructure for regulated and high-stakes environments. Caseway is engaged with NRC IRAP, registered on CanadaBuys, NCAGE-registered, and an IDEaS participant. More at https://www.caseway.ai
About Valtec
Valtec is a defence-technology company with a US Delaware footprint, building compact, GNSS-resilient unmanned aerial systems for ISR and precision targeting missions. More at https://www.valtec.ai
Media contacts
Caseway | Alistair Vigier, Founder & CEO
Valtec | John Keh, Founder & CEO
