Convergence Design Services Secures $5 Million in Capital Backing to Accelerate Sovereign Defence Product Development

Jun 22
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Ben Seaman, President of Convergence Design Services, at CANSEC 2026 with the MIL-V autonomous military vehicle platform.

OTTAWA, ON — Ottawa-based Convergence Design Services has secured $5 million in backing from Lordon Mayo Corporation, an Ontario-based capital allocation firm, to accelerate the development of sovereign defence products designed, built, and owned in Canada. The investment marks a major new phase in the company's growth and reflects increasing confidence in Canada's domestic defence technology sector.

For over thirty-five years, Convergence has delivered critical engineering expertise across defence, aerospace, space, and advanced mobility programs in Canada and internationally. The company is now building on that experience to develop its own products based on Canadian intellectual property, engineered with Canadian partners, and supported by a domestic supply chain.

"Convergence was founded on decades of experience supporting some of the world's most demanding engineering programs. This investment strengthens our ability to deliver advanced services and technologies to customers, partners, and defence programs. As opportunities in Canadian defence continue to grow, our collaborative team is uniquely positioned to scale. We take pride in combining engineering services with product development, using each to sharpen our expertise and continually push our capabilities forward." — Ben Seaman, President, Convergence Design Services

The timing aligns with a broader shift in Canada's defence priorities. Through its Defence Industrial Strategy, the federal government has committed to strengthening domestic procurement, rebuilding defence readiness, and improving supply chain resilience.

The MIL-V and Arctic OWL made their official public debut at CANSEC 2026 in Ottawa in May. The MIL-V design is complete and small volume manufacturing is already underway. With the Lordon Mayo investment in place and access to further capital as the program scales, Convergence is positioned to meet growing demand.

The MIL-V is a sovereign, electrically powered military vehicle platform supporting both manned and unmanned configurations and capable of delivering up to the second line of defence. Built as a modular base platform, it accommodates mission modules across casualty evacuation, resupply, ISR, combat engineering, and more. It's intellectual property, integration, and supply chain are Canadian and built to be resilient and reliable regardless of the future geopolitical landscape.

Arctic OWL is a distributed edge-AI sensing network designed to provide persistent awareness in remote and austere environments without reliance on existing infrastructure. Engineered for Arctic conditions, the platform is adaptable to a wide range of operational environments.

Lordon Mayo has indicated they are prepared to provide further capital to support three priorities: growing Convergence’s services capacity, including its planned expansion into AI/ML edge-based solutions, to meet demand from existing and prospective clients; pursuing acquisitions and partnerships that accelerate that growth; and scaling MIL-V and Arctic OWL design and manufacturing capacity.

This investment represents more than financial backing. It signals growing recognition that Canada has the engineering talent, industrial capability, and strategic opportunity to build advanced defence technologies domestically. The MIL-V and Arctic OWL are available for demonstration and procurement discussions.