The Strategic Aerospace Defence Initiative (SADI) is providing $30 million in foundational funding to the recently formed Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC). Industry Canada confirms that SADI is the source of funding for the national consortium — currently co-located with and modelled on the highly successful Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ),

CARIC was officially launched earlier this year (R$, May 7/14) and was waiting for Industry Canada's decision to fund its operations and industry-led projects.