Quebec-Based Defence Company Launches Canada’s Integrated Defence Ecosystem Anchored by University of Alberta and $10 Million Lockheed Martin Contribution

Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions' StarForge platforms are designed to detect threats, coordinate response and deploy mission-critical capabilities in the field, including manufacturing components on site wherever operations demand it. GNW

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Sentinel’s StarForge system leads an integrated defence consortium built for the speed of modern threats

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Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions’ StarForge platforms are designed to detect threats, coordinate response and deploy mission-critical capabilities in the field, including manufacturing components on site wherever operations demand it. (Photo: Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions)

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CHATEAUGUAY, Quebec, Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions, a Quebec-based defence company and wholly owned subsidiary of CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions, has launched an integrated defence technology consortium, unveiled at CANSEC 2026, Canada’s defence and security trade show. Anchored by the company’s StarForge platform and supported by Canadian and allied industry and research partners, the consortium brings together advanced technologies and manufacturing capabilities to detect threats, coordinate response, and deliver next-generation defence capability wherever it is needed.

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As its parent company, Quebec-based CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions brings the industrial scale and manufacturing depth that provide the production foundation that converts consortium innovation into field-ready systems. With more than 700 employees and decades of vertically integrated manufacturing experience, CMP brings what most defence technology companies cannot: startup speed with industrial scale.

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Equally important is where Sentinel can operate, and what it can build when it gets there. Sentinel’s manufacturing platforms are designed to deploy into the most demanding environments on earth — Arctic terrain, forward operating bases, remote installations far from conventional supply chains — producing drone components, replacement parts, and mission-critical hardware on site, including 3D-printed parts manufactured wherever the mission requires. No waiting weeks for a shipment that was never designed to reach the edge of the map.

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Modern conflict no longer unfolds on predictable timelines. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated how low-cost autonomous drones, AI-enabled systems, and rapidly evolving battlefield technology have compressed decision-making from months to minutes. For Canada and its NATO allies, success depends on more than acquiring new equipment. It requires the ability to detect, adapt, manufacture, and deploy capability wherever operations demand it; Sentinel was created to make that possible.

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“Imagine arriving at a remote Arctic outpost or a forward operating base where traditional supply chains no longer exist. Within hours, you have command and control, secure communications, autonomous surveillance, deployable power and the ability to manufacture mission critical components on site. That’s the future we’re building – mobile, resilient and designed to keep pace with an increasingly unpredictable world,” said John Soares, CEO, Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions.

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Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy, launched earlier this year, identified $180 billion in defence procurement opportunities and $290 billion in defence-related capital investment over the next decade, with a clear expectation that Canadian industry must be positioned to deliver sovereign, scalable capability at home. The Sentinel consortium is an answer to that call: a Quebec-based, coast-to-coast network of innovators with the industrial infrastructure to turn capability into reality.