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Transport Canada Grants $1.3 Million Contract to Autonomous Flight Start-up Ribbit
Ribbit, a Toronto-based start-up developing software for cargo airplanes, has won a $1.3 million contract to conduct flight trials over northern Canada. 
A view from the wing of Ribbit's airplane shows farmland in rural northern Canada.
Autonomous flight software developer Ribbit intends to operate a cargo airline with a fleet of self-flying airplanes. (Photo: Ribbit)

Ribbit, a Toronto-based tech start-up developing autonomous flight control software for cargo airplanes, has won a $1.3 million contract from the Canadian government to conduct flight trials over northern Canada. 

Transport Canada, the nation’s transportation safety regulator, awarded Ribbit the contract via the Innovative Solutions Canada program, a government initiative that provides grants and procurement contracts to small businesses to facilitate the development and commercialization of new technologies.