Top Aces

Drones are changing how forces train and fight! We already train allied forces to use drones in combat scenarios. Now we're bringing that experience to Canada. 🇨🇦 Top Aces has qualified as a supplier under three streams of the Government of Canada's Defence Drone Initiative (DDI) Marketplace: Stream 2: C2, Communications, Data, EW and Cyber Systems Stream 3: Integration, Interoperability and Engineering Services Stream 4: Test, Evaluation and Training The Department of National Defence/Ministère de la Défense nationale and the Defence Investment Agency || Agence de l’investissement pour la défense launched the DDI Marketplace in July 2026. It gives the Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes a faster, more flexible way to develop, test, integrate and acquire uncrewed and autonomous systems. For more than 25 years, Top Aces has supported the Canadian Armed Forces with advanced combat training and the integration, testing and evaluation of new technologies in realistic operational environments. Through our subsidiary Blue Air Training Corp., we already employ small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) in tactical training for allied ground forces. That includes using sUAS for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and for target prosecution in realistic combat scenarios. We're ready to bring that experience home to Canada. 🔗 Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4ADW2T5 #TopAces #CanadianArmedForces #Canada #CAF #DefenceInnovation #OperationalReadiness Mark Carney Stephen Fuhr PC MP CD David J. McGuinty Doug Guzman

Trusted by militaries around the world, Top Aces delivers advanced combat training that prepares allied forces for evolving threats. Blending live and synthetic training, we provide the capabilities needed to build readiness, strengthen deterrence, and support mission success.

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Today, we announced the completion of our acquisition of Select Global International (SGI), bringing together two Canadian leaders in operational training. SGI's expertise in synthetic fighter pilot training and Top Aces' unparalleled experience in live fifth-generation air combat training creates a uniquely Canadian strategic partner for Royal Canadian Air Force | Aviation royale canadienne fifth-generation air power. Read the full release here: https://lnkd.in/eFZNk7vZ #TopAces #Canada #RCAF #ARC #ExperienceMatters

Today, Top Aces announced an agreement to acquire Select Global International (SGI), strengthening our ability to support Canada’s sovereign fighter pilot training capability. SGI brings deep expertise in simulator-based fighter pilot instruction for the Royal Canadian Air Force | Aviation royale canadienne. Combining their synthetic training know-how with our 20+ years of advanced live-fly operational training experience provides the foundational expertise needed to help our customers level-up to 5th generation operational training that will blend live and synthetic environments. Together, we are uniquely positioned to deliver an integrated, Canadian-led training solution at a critical moment, as the RCAF transitions to a fifth-generation force and Canada advances its Operational Training Infrastructure Enterprise Modernization (OTIEM) program. Read the full release here: https://bit.ly/4vMnKdm #TopAces #Canada #TrainingExcellence #ExperienceMatters #DefenceInnovation