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Largest Defence & Security Companies

(Ranked by number of local employees)

	Name of Company/ Address/Phone/Fax/Web	Number of Ottawa employees	Key local executive(s)	Year established in Ottawa	Major markets	Major clients	Description of specialty areas
1	General Dynamics Canada 1941 Robertson Rd. Ottawa, ON K2H 9N5 613-596-7000/613-820-5081 gdcanada.com	850	David Ibbetson, general manager	1948	Global focus with major presence in Canadian, U.K. and U.S. markets	Department of National Defence; U.K. Ministry of Defence; U.S. Department of Defense; more than 20 allied militaries around the world.	C4ISR and defence electronics company producing technology-based integrated solutions for land, airborne and maritime applications.
2	Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions 333 Palladium Dr. Kanata, ON K2V 1A8 613-599-9199/613-599-7777 cwcdefense.com	350	John Wemekamp, vice-president, strategic planning & chief technical officer Steve Burwash, vice-president, operations Cathy Pomeroy, vice-president, COTS Solutions	1981	Aerospace and defence	Northrup Grumman; Boeing; Lockheed Martin; Raytheon; BAE Systems; General Dynamics; North American; U.K./European; Asia-Pacific markets.	Develops rugged electronic modules and embedded systems for defence applications including C4ISR systems, unmanned subsystems, mission computing and recording and storage solutions.
3	Calian Technologies Ltd. 101-340 Legget Dr. Ottawa, ON K2K 1Y6 613-599-8600/613-599-8650 calian.com	300	Ray Basler, CEO Kevin Ford, president, BTS division	1982	Aerospace and defence; public administration; health care; information and communication; professional scientific and technical services; financial and insurance; manufacturing	Department of National Defence; Canadian government	Training; health services; information and technology; maintenance.

Should your company be on this list? If so, please send details to research@obj.ca. This list is current as of May 20, 2013 by Ottawa Business Journal. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced by any method in whole or in part without written permission by Ottawa Business Journal. While every attempt is made to ensure the thoroughness and accuracy of the list, omissions and errors sometimes occur. Please send any corrections or additions by e-mail to research@obj.ca. OBJ lists are primarily compiled using information provided voluntarily by the organizations named. Some firms that may qualify for the list are not included because the company either failed to respond to requests for information by press time, because the company declined to take part in the survey or because of space constraints. Categories are drawn up in an attempt to gather information of relevance to the Ottawa market.
Research by Patti Moran. Please send questions and comments to research@obj.ca.

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