{"id":17986,"date":"2026-11-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centech.co\/?p=17986"},"modified":"2026-11-12T08:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:31:42","slug":"cove-and-centech-sign-mou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centech.co\/en\/aerospace\/cove-and-centech-sign-mou\/","title":{"rendered":"COVE and Centech Sign MOU to Expand and Strengthen Canada\u2019s National Innovation Network"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aerospace"],"acf":{"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"2cols_content","block_titre_2025":{"color_bg":"black_bg","clone_espacement":["top"],"clone_center":false,"clone_border":false,"clone_fullwidth":false,"clone_ancre":"","clone_uptitle":"","clone_title":"","clone_subtitle":"","couleur_du_surtitre":"black","couleur_du_titre":"black","couleur_du_soustitre":"black","couleur_du_texte":"white","clone_description":"<em>Montreal and Halifax innovation hubs deepen collaboration to connect startups, industry, and investors across a growing coast-to-coast and international network.<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Halifax, NS and Montreal, QC, November 12, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 COVE, a global technology partner advancing innovation from seabed to space headquartered in Halifax, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Centech, one of Canada\u2019s leading startup accelerators based in Montreal and affiliated with \u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure (\u00c9TS). The agreement further builds Canada\u2019s national innovation network, connecting Quebec\u2019s deep tech ecosystem with Atlantic Canada\u2019s defence and dual-use commercialization infrastructure to give innovators a clear path from validation to market.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe collaboration comes several weeks after COVE announced a similar strategic relationship with Communitech in the Waterloo Region, part of COVE\u2019s strategy to connect Canada\u2019s leading regional innovation hubs into a single, integrated national network. Together, these partnerships give innovators across the country access to the technical expertise, industry relationships, customers and capital they need to grow.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>\"Canadian innovators shouldn't have to choose between building strong regional roots and reaching national and global markets. Our role is to make sure they don't have to,\"<\/em> said <strong>Melanie Nadeau, CEO of COVE<\/strong>. <em>\"With Centech, we're adding another essential connection to a growing national network. Every partnership we sign makes it easier for a company anywhere in Canada to find the right expertise, the right customer or the right investor, no matter where that connection lives.\"<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUnder the MOU, COVE and Centech will refer startups, SMEs and technology developers between their respective ecosystems, exchange knowledge and best practices in innovation programming, and collaborate on joint events and trade missions that connect Canadian innovators with industry, government and research partners. The two organizations will also work to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies by industry and public-sector end-users, drawing on Centech\u2019s deep tech startup pipeline, its experience connecting emerging technologies with major industrial partners, and COVE\u2019s operational relationships with defence and industrial organizations.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>\u201cQuebec\u2019s deep tech startups are developing technologies with the potential to strengthen Canada's security, industrial competitiveness and economic resilience. Turning these innovations into real-world solutions requires access to the right partners, testing environments and customers,\u201d<\/em> said <strong>Marjorick Foisy, General Manager of Centech<\/strong>.\r\n<em>\u201cBy combining Centech\u2019s deep tech ecosystem and industrial partnerships with COVE\u2019s expertise in defence, we can accelerate technology validation, commercialization and adoption, while opening new opportunities for Canadian innovators across Canada and internationally.\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe partnership also extends COVE\u2019s international reach. Centech brings established relationships with the French innovation and defence ecosystem, complementing COVE's existing industrial and investor connections across Europe, including in the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as its role as Canada's operator of NATO's DIANA accelerator program. Together, COVE and Centech intend to create international innovation corridors that give Canadian companies a more direct route to allied markets in Europe and beyond.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>\"Our ambition has always been to build COVE into a single point of entry for innovators that opens doors across Canada and into the markets where we've spent years building trust, from NATO DIANA to our industrial partners in Europe,\"<\/em> added Nadeau. <em>\"Centech's strength in deep tech and its ties to the French innovation ecosystem are a natural extension of that network, and this MOU brings us closer to that vision.\"<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCOVE and Centech will begin implementing the collaboration in the coming months, with further details on joint programming and events to be announced.","clone_btn_1":"","clone_btn_2":""},"2cols_title_l":"","2cols_content_l":"","2cols_link_l":"","2cols_btn_1":"","2cols_btn_2":"","2cols_title_r":"","2cols_content_r":"","2cols_link_e":"","2cols_btn_3":"","2cols_btn_4":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"contenu_alternatif","block_titre":{"clone_espacement":["top"],"clone_center":false,"clone_ancre":"","clone_uptitle":"","clone_title":"","clone_subtitle":"","clone_description":"<strong>ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>COVE<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCOVE is a global technology partner advancing high-impact solutions from seabed to space. COVE transforms innovation into market-ready technologies through testing, commercialization support, market expertise, and access to critical infrastructure. Through its mission-driven platform and global network, COVE connects investors, innovators, industry, and the research community to accelerate the development and adoption of cutting-edge capabilities for commercial and defence applications.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Centech<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFounded in 1996 at the initiative of \u00c9TS (\u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure), Centech is a world-class innovation hub rooted in Quebec's economy. Through its human-centred acceleration programs and corporate open innovation initiatives, Centech supports deep tech entrepreneurs and helps established organizations address complex technological and industrial challenges. By connecting startups with industry leaders, experts and strategic partners, Centech accelerates the validation, commercialization and adoption of emerging technologies for industrial and dual-use applications.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>MEDIA CONTACTS<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>COVE<\/strong>\r\n\r\nJanet Tobin\r\nManager, Communications &amp; Branding\r\njanet.tobin@covesolutions.com | 902 266-2685\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Centech<\/strong>\r\n\r\nG\u00e9raldine Lejeune\r\nCommunications Advisor\r\ngeraldine.lejeune@centech.co","clone_btn_1":"","clone_btn_2":"","afficher_les_angles":false,"couleur_du_bloc":"","couleur_du_bloc_before":"","couleur_du_bloc_after":"","clone_triangle":false,"clone_triangle_2":false,"color_bg":"grey_bg"},"contenu_alternatif_repeater":null}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVE and Centech Sign MOU to Expand and Strengthen Canada\u2019s National Innovation Network - 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