Greypoint Industries develops operator-centric defense technology focused on addressing drone-swarm threats. The article describes its founding team, defense hackathon recognition, and place in the emerging defense-innovation ecosystem.
The Alliance of Canadian Defence Companies (ACDC) launches on February 24, 2026, bringing together Canadian-owned and Canadian-controlled defence manufacturers, technology firms, and suppliers. Greypoint Industries is among the alliance’s founding members, as the new association represents companies across Canada’s defence industry.
Team Greypoint wins first place at The Icebreaker’s defence technology hackathon in Toronto with an approach that combines drone technology and satellite data to address Arctic surveillance. The team receives the top prize at the event, which brings together engineers from across Canada to solve Arctic surveillance challenges.
Team Greypoint wins the first Defence Tech Hackathon with a proposal to use Earth-observation satellite data to predict unidentified vessel movements. Its approach cues distributed drone systems for follow-up monitoring, earning the event’s first-place prize at the September 20, 2025 event.
