Defence and national security

Contact(s)

Sylvain Lefrançois

sylvain.lefrancois@aeromontreal.ca

Workgroup members

  • David Acco, Acosys
  • Marc Bigaouette, Bell Flight
  • Philippe Bisaillon, General Dynamics Missions Systems - Canada
  • Phil Cole, Marinvent
  • Richard Crépeault, Héroux Devtek
  • Francois Cyr, PCM Innovation
  • Cynthie Dega, CTT
  • William DeKeyser, Centre d'excellence sur les drones
  • Eric Dion, AAA
  • Harold Dumur, OVA
  • Marie-Christine Flibotte, Solaxis
  • Fabrice Garro, AKKA
  • Manon Gaudet, IATA
  • Joe Gazalé, L3 Harris Technologies
  • Mario Iacobelli, Mannarino
  • Chip Laingen, LSI
  • Eric Lefebvre, ENA
  • Véronique Maheu, INO
  • Véronique Mailloux, Investissement Québec
  • Lorenzo Marandola, M1 Composites Technology Inc.
  • Vincent Marcotte, Optima Aeerospace
  • Jessica Martel, Développement économique Canada pour les régions du Québec
  • Francesco Norante, Leonardo Canada
  • Ugo Paniconi, L3 Harris MAS
  • Denis Pelletier, CAE Canada
  • Patrick Pharand, Collins Aerospace Canada
  • Laurent Pieraut, CS Canada
  • Pierre Rochefort, Cirrus Research
  • Jean-Marc Rochon, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation
  • Lara Rouab, Développement économique Canada pour les régions du Québec
  • Stéphane Roy, General Dynamics Missions Systems - Canada
  • Anne-Marie Thibaudeau, Bombardier
  • Alain Thilloy, MTLS Aerostructure
  • Ray Townsend, Lockheed Martin Canada
  • Erica Zoia, Levio

Canadas defence industry is a cornerstone of security and economic growth on Canadian soil. These large-scale contracts support innovation, maintain challenging, high-value-added jobs, and contribute to the growth of our industry. 

 

The mandate of this working group is to help Québecs aerospace industry better compete with Canadian and international players in the aerospace defence market. (Created in 2009) 

 

Objectives: 

  • Help Québec’s aerospace industry better compete with Canadian and international players in the aerospace defence market. 
  • Identify, coordinate the execution and ensure the follow-up of the steps to structure projects in support of strategic recommendations. 
  • Work with other organizations in the field to ensure non-duplication of efforts. 

 

Key projects: 

  • SDQuébec Portal 
  • Symposium on the Canadian Defence and Security Market 
  • Training program on the Canadian, American, European and NATO markets
  • Training program and coaching in cybersecurity

 

Workgroup President

"We want to prepare Québec’s defence companies so that they can be successful with major Department of National Defence procurement programs and position themselves in export markets as well."

Ugo Paniconi

Président du Chantier,
Directeur Général,
L3HARRIS Technologies