THE WORK THIS IS FOR
Generated illustrations of work Alberta firms already do. Nothing here is a photograph of this campus, a product, or a commitment about what the site would handle. Where the line falls on regulated work is a gate question, still open.
01 · WHAT WE DO
Running a defence-capable shop means paying for servicing, security, calibration, records, and training long before you ship a single part. That bill is the barrier. It is the same bill for every shop, and today every shop pays it alone.
You keep your own business, your own customers, and your own contracts. What changes is the bill for everything around them.
01THE SWITCH
The same costs, carried once instead of six times.
ON YOUR OWN
ON A SHARED SITE
01 · SERVICING AND POWER
You size it, you pay for it, it sits underused.
Brought to one spine and shared across every pad.
02 · SECURITY AND ACCESS
Your own fence, your own protocol, your own log.
One controlled perimeter, maintained at site level.
03 · QUALITY AND CALIBRATION
Buy the metrology, or ship parts out and wait.
Bookable measurement and calibration down the road.
04 · WORKFORCE
You train someone, and their next job is out of province.
A pipeline built with employers who are all on site.
05 · COMPLIANCE PRACTICE
Same paperwork burden whether you are ten people or two hundred.
Readiness support and shared practice, kept current.
02 · THE GATES
Nothing is designed, sited, or financed on the strength of a pitch. Each gate has a question and a piece of evidence that closes it, and each can conclude stop. Gate 01 closes on evidence, and you are the evidence: every registration is a data point that decides whether this moves.
GATE 01IN PROGRESS
Demand
Will firms actually use this, and what would they pay for?
WHAT CLOSES ITA documented register of tenant and partner interest, with categories, needs, and price ceilings.
GATE 02PENDING
Existing capacity
What already serves the need, and how much of it can be routed to instead of built?
WHAT CLOSES ITA map of labs, benches, training, and space in Alberta that the campus should not duplicate.
GATE 03PENDING
Compliance model
Does a shared perimeter hold up against real tenant obligations?
WHAT CLOSES ITThe access, records, and controlled-goods model tested against what registered firms must comply with.
GATE 04PENDING
Site comparison
Which regions could host it, and what does each actually bring?
WHAT CLOSES ITA site-neutral comparison of candidate regions, published with the criteria used.
GATE 05PENDING
Governance
Who runs it, who owns it, and how do tenants keep a voice?
WHAT CLOSES ITAn operating entity and structure agreed with registered tenants and capital partners.
GATE 06PENDING
The ask
What does it take to build, and is the case strong enough to ask?
WHAT CLOSES ITLand, servicing, and capital: a real ask with a real number and a public process.
03 · QUESTIONS
Straight answers for firms weighing a spot and partners weighing the build. Ask anything we missed at hello@albertadefencecampus.ca.
01Is this a real campus I can visit today?
No. The campus is at concept stage, Gate 01 of 06, and no site has been selected. What exists today is the argument, the operating model, and this register of interest. We are testing demand before anything is designed or built.
02What does reserving a spot commit me to?
Nothing binding. You take a position on the founding tenant register, in the order interest is received, and you get a say in what is built and shared. There is no lease, no fee, no deposit, and you can withdraw at any time. Interest is not a contract.
03Where would the campus be?
Not decided, on purpose. Host regions are compared site-neutrally only after demand is documented, existing capacity is mapped, and the compliance model is tested. Registering interest now is exactly how that comparison gets the evidence it needs.
04What would tenants actually share?
Serviced industrial space and site operations, one controlled perimeter with an access and visitor baseline, bookable measurement, testing, and quality support, employer-led training and readiness clinics, and compliance practice kept current. You keep your own business, customers, and contracts; what changes is the bill for everything around them.
05What kind of work is in scope?
Advanced manufacturing, uncrewed and autonomous systems, sensing and electronics, testing and validation, maintenance, repair and overhaul, secure software, quality and certification, and the supply chain around them. Where the line falls on regulated work is not settled. That is a gate question, decided with the firms on the register and with whatever licensing applies, and published when it is decided.
06What does investing mean at this stage?
Registering as a prospective capital partner. You get early access to the demand record and the business case as each gate closes, and gate-by-gate reporting, including a published stop if the evidence says stop. It is an expression of interest only. Nothing on this site is an offer of securities, and any eventual instrument would come with its own documentation and process.
07What are the six gates?
Gate 01 documents demand: who would use the campus and what they would pay for. Gates 02 to 05 map existing capacity, test the compliance model, compare candidate regions site-neutrally, and settle governance and structure. Gate 06 is the real ask: land, servicing, and capital, backed by everything the earlier gates produced. Each gate can conclude stop, and that conclusion is published.
08What happens to the information I submit?
It is treated as confidential business information, read by the project team and independent gate reviewers under confidentiality, and aggregated into the Gate 01 demand record. It is not published or shared with municipalities, funders, or other companies without your written agreement, and you can ask for it to be corrected or deleted at any time. The privacy notice has the detail.
09Can municipalities, post-secondary institutions, or existing facilities take part?
Yes. Choose Partnering in the form. If you already run labs, benches, training, or industrial space that could serve the need, we would rather route work to you than build a duplicate, and host regions and workforce partners are part of the design from Gate 02 onward.
10When will I hear back?
A person from the project team replies directly from hello@albertadefencecampus.ca, normally within a few business days, and every registered party is told what each gate concludes.
04 · RESERVE OR INVEST
The founding roster is being written now, and the firms and partners on it will shape what gets built, where, and on what terms. Tell us which you are. You will be in the room before a site is chosen, not after.
RESERVE SPACE · FOUNDING TENANTS
For firms that make, test, maintain, or certify.
01A priority position on the founding tenant register, in the order interest is received.
02A real say in what gets built and shared: space, power, security level, services. Your requirements become the specification.
03No lease, no fee, and no commitment at this stage. Interest is not a contract.
INVEST · CAPITAL PARTNERS
For investors, developers, and institutions who want to back the build.
01First look at the demand record and the business case as each gate closes, before any instrument is designed.
02Gate-by-gate reporting, including a published stop if the evidence says stop.
03An expression of interest only. Nothing on this site is an offer of securities.
WHAT HAPPENS TO WHAT YOU SEND
01It stays confidential. Nothing is published or shared without your written permission.
02It is aggregated into the Gate 01 demand record: the evidence, not a marketing list.
03You hear what each gate concludes before anyone else, including if the conclusion is stop.
04Nothing here is an offer to lease, sell, or contract, and no name is used publicly without agreement.
RESERVE OR INVEST · FORM R-01
FOR TENANTS
FOR CAPITAL PARTNERS
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RECEIVED
You are on the register. A person from the project team replies from hello@albertadefencecampus.ca with next steps and the current gate evidence. Your brief is below, and it is also linked in your confirmation email.
If the answers say this should not be built, that is the outcome we publish.