Paul Ziadé
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@ziade_paul
Co-founder/CEO at @NV_Dynamics Building air defense systems for Canada and its allies
Paul Ziadé: The Future of Canada’s Air Defence Canadian Explorers I: North Vector Dynamics In Chapter One of Canadian Explorers, I sat down with @ziade_paul to discuss developing a Canadian neo-prime, sovereign capability, startups, and what it means for Canada to start building again. The mission is to industrialize deterrence. Topics discussed: 00:00 - Cold open 00:41 - Intro: What is North Vector Dynamics? 02:47 - The CM-70 SPEAR: Canada’s low-cost precision air-defence missile 05:48 - What “Industrializing Deterrence” means for Canada 08:17 - Domestic drone threats, ports, shipping containers, and critical infrastructure 10:18 - Who needs air defence beyond the military 12:05 - Why Canadian defence procurement has to change 17:10 - The Alliance of Canadian Defence Companies 20:50 - Defence as industrial strategy, IP ownership, and Canadian wealth creation 21:41 - Paul’s path from childhood rocketry to engineering, academia, and entrepreneurship 24:05 - Why the corporate and academic paths were not enough 26:13 - Why North Vector Dynamics had to exist 27:19 - Raising capital for defence in Canada and why North Vector stayed here 31:13 - The need for Canadian risk capital and government-industry relationships 35:31 - NORAD modernization, Golden Dome, and Canada’s air-defence opportunity 37:18 - The future of North Vector Dynamics 39:44 - Interoperability and fitting into NATO-standard systems 40:19 - Advice for first-time founders 43:43 - How Canada can make sure it follows through 45:30 - How Canada can start dreaming bigger 48:47 - Legacy, fatherhood, and showing younger builders what is possible in Canada 51:02 - Why defence is not a dirty word, and history is not over
Also don’t remember. But it’s been living rent free in my head ever since. Puts a very important truth that you intuit when building companies in a very accessible form.
Private air defense just downed a jet-powered Shahed at 400+ km/h for the first time. 19 enterprises are now forming private air defense groups, fully integrated into the Air Force’s unified command system. Next step: scaling. More targets downed, faster response - @FedorovMykhailo
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