Markham-based NordSpace Corp. is leading a Canadian consortium that has been awarded $3.2 million from Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen). The funding will support an $8 million project designed to develop Canada’s first AI-powered hybrid additive-subtractive manufacturing line tailored for advanced space propulsion.
The consortium includes Miltera Machining Research Corp., Pegmatis Inc., Prime Powders Inc., and Indigenous-owned Bear Paw Manufacturing. Together, the group plans to establish a completely domestic supply chain capable of producing high-performance turbopumps for next-generation rocket engines, addressing a notorious bottleneck in launch vehicle production.
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