08:22 AM EDT, 09/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Calian Group Ltd. ( CLNFF ) , a provider of solutions for defence, space, healthcare and other critical infrastructure sectors, announced Tuesday the launch of Calian Ventures, an initiative to orchestrate collaboration between small to mid-sized enterprise (SMEs), the Canadian Armed Forces, and partners.

"By orchestrating collaboration between SMEs, the CAF, and partners, Calian Ventures provides SMEs with critical access to expertise, integration environments, and pathways to procurement - accelerating growth, removing barriers and driving innovation," said Chris Pogue, President Defence and Space, Calian. "This is a missing component of Canada's defence industrial ecosystem and is needed now-more than ever-as Canada seeks to surge defence spending and reduce defence industrial dependence on other nations."

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