The National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) provides a range of technical and business-oriented advisory services, as well as necessary financial support, to qualified innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada.
NRC-IRAP engages in cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects with its clients. Firms helped by NRC-IRAP are better equipped to perform basic R&D, commercialize new products and processes, and access new markets.
The program is delivered by a diverse field staff of professionals and over 240 industrial technology advisors in more than 100 communities across Canada.
In 2012–13, NRC-IRAP worked with over 11,000 SMEs, of which some 8,000 benefited from expert advisory services and close to 3,000 received some form of financial assistance.
ING Robotic Aviation sells services and products that deliver airborne sensing solutions using drone technology in the 25 kg class. Their products are used for long-range and persistent date acquisition in the oil and gas and mining industries, by utility companies, and for precision agriculture, forestry, defence and public safety.
ING Robotic Aviation in Orleans will receive up to $349,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) to develop and assist in the commercialization of the next generation of unmanned aircraft systems in the 25 kg class.
ING Robotic Aviation has been involved in 6 separate IRAP projects dating back to 2012.
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