Developing autonomous navigation and control systems for anywhere above Earth.
Overview
| Headquarters | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder(s) | Jean de Lafontaine |
| Ownership | Private |
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Description
NGC Aerospace Ltd. is expert in designing and deploying artificial vision, guidance, navigation and control systems. These skills are employed in creating autonomous space, arial and terrestrial operations.
The company's vision of "developing intelligent systems for the benefit of people" and mission of "shaping the future of autonomous exploration through ingenuity, knowledge and collaboration", are important because taking humans out of the loop increasingly improves performance, reliability and safety while reducing cost of operations. As spacecraft venture to the moon and beyond, the latency of transmitting a situation analysis to earth and getting a human response back can take long enough for critical equipment to be damaged or lost. Onboard automation is, therefore, vital for the future of space exploration. For Canada to be leaders in this space, opens up increasing opportunities across the space sector.
Recent News & Updates
November 30, 2021
This is the third mission that NGC Aerospace received funding for that targets a lunar landing!
#Sherbrooke-based NGC Aerospace to fly to the Moon with @Firefly_Space en 2023 🌒 #SherbyValley https://t.co/kc1CFFIVN8 pic.twitter.com/vxCcG5ydXW
— Sherbrooke Innopole (@SherbInnopole) November 30, 2021
May 26, 2021
NGC Aerospace's development systems capable of hazard detection, avoidance, and precision landing make it an easy choice for LEAP funding, taking Canada to the moon.
#LEAP funding for 2 🇨🇦 companies to advance technologies for 🌑 missions:
— Zaid Rana (@astro_zaid) May 26, 2021
(1) Canadensys Aerospace will develop a high fidelity 360° camera.
(2) NGC Aerospace will demonstrated an innovative #GNC system for hazard detection and avoidance, and precision landing.
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