The Honourable Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State, Visits TerraSense to See Canadian-Built AI and Airborne Sensing in Action

Visit highlights MIST platform and Airborne Sensing Laboratory collaboration with UBC Okanagan, reinforcing the importance of homegrown defence innovation

TerraSense was honoured to welcome The Honourable Stephen Fuhr, P.C., M.P. Secretary of State, to our office this week, where he chose to meet directly with our team to learn more about the technologies being built here in British Columbia.

During his visit, we had the opportunity to showcase MIST, our AI-enabled sensing and decision-support platform, along with the Airborne Sensing Laboratory developed in collaboration with UBC Okanagan and partners across Western Canada. Known internally as Project Ogopogo, the ASL represents a significant step forward in Canadian airborne sensing capability, enabling advanced data collection and AI model development across land, air, and maritime environments.

“At TerraSense, our focus has always been translating advanced research into operational impact. Seeing that work resonate at the federal level reinforces the importance of building and deploying Canadian-built capability.” - Jozsef Hamari, CEO and Co-Founder

VP of Finance, Aidan Northcott, with Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr at the TerraSense head office in Kelowna, BC.

The Secretary of State engaged directly with our engineers and researchers, discussing how Canadian innovation can strengthen sovereign defence capability while building meaningful partnerships between academia, industry, and government.

Canada’s long-term security depends not only on procurement, but on nurturing the domestic companies building next-generation capability. Continued government engagement and support enable Canadian SMEs to innovate, scale, and translate advanced research into operational impact while ensuring that talent, intellectual property, and economic growth remain anchored here at home.

"The ability to collect high-fidelity airborne data and integrate it directly into our AI development pipeline changes the pace of innovation. It allows us to test, refine, and deploy sensing capabilities in ways that were previously difficult to achieve domestically." - Chirag Karia, Machine Learning Engineer

Chirag Karia showcasing live footage from the TerraSense Airborne Sensing Laboratory to PM Fuhr

We thank Secretary of State Mr. Fuhr for taking the time to visit TerraSense and see firsthand the work being done to advance Canadian sensing and AI technologies.