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Volatus Aerospace's Defence Contract Commits Canada to 100 Drones, Not 5,000

Volatus Aerospace Inc. announced on September 10, 2026 a five-year Canadian defence contract for tactical ISR drones covering up to 5,000 systems. The committed portion is 100 systems. The remaining 4,900 are options exercisable at Canada's sole discretion, and the company states plainly that they are not purchases, backlog or revenue. At a stated maximum of C$5,000 per system, the entire ceiling is C$25 million over five years.

By Priya Sandhu8 min readFLT.TO

OpinionTechnology

Record LNG Volumes and a 30 Per Cent Drop in Total Contracts: Abaxx Fell 17.1 Per Cent on Its Own News

Abaxx Technologies closed at C$18.04 on September 9, 2026, down 17.1 per cent on roughly 1.2 times its thirty-day average volume, the day it published a release headed by record August LNG futures volumes. The body of that release put total August volume at 377,949 contracts against July's record 543,100. The August 17 quarterly filing shows why the distinction matters: transaction and clearing fees of C$4,496,409 in the second quarter against liquidity credits of C$4,494,753.

By Priya Sandhu7 min readABXX.TO

Technologyaerospace & defence

Volatus Aerospace Wins a Seat in Canada's Defence Drone Marketplace. The Harder Part Is Conversion

Volatus Aerospace (TSX: FLT) has been qualified as a supplier under the Department of National Defence's Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace, effective August 24, 2026 and running to July 31, 2031. The award carries no committed dollar value. Its worth depends entirely on whether pre-qualification converts into task authorizations before the company's C$59.2 million cash position is absorbed by an autonomy and manufacturing build-out that is still EBITDA-negative.

By Priya Sandhu6 min readFLT.TO

Technology

Shopify's Take Rate, Decomposed

Shopify's revenue growth is usually explained by GMV growth. The larger part of the story is take rate — and take rate is a mix outcome, with very different margins behind each component.

By Hannah Kuan3 min readSHOP

TechnologySoftware

Open Text and the Debt-Funded Acquisition Problem

Open Text has grown by acquiring mature enterprise software with debt, a model that works only if acquired revenue holds up and integration stays on schedule. This piece examines where that strategy strains, and why leverage and cloud migration now matter more than the operating story.

By Priya Sandhu3 min readOTEX

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