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Public test and demonstration environment for advanced technologies (connected and autonomous vehicles, defence, smart agriculture), operated in the Invest Ottawa orbit; $15.07M in public-private investment reported year to date in Invest Ottawa's Q2 2026 scorecard, and it is one of four NATO DIANA test centres in the region. A second site, Area X.O Killaloe, is in use with the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Public test and demonstration environment for advanced technologies (connected and autonomous vehicles, defence, smart agriculture), operated in the Invest Ottawa orbit; $15.07M in public-private investment reported year to date in Invest Ottawa's Q2 2026 scorecard, and it is one of four NATO DIANA test centres in the region. A second site, Area X.O Killaloe, is in use with the Canadian Armed Forces.

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