85 years of sovereign supply. The next chapter starts now.
Dibblee Industries is a Montréal-based Canadian SMB with eight decades of defence procurement heritage and a frontier AI and digital systems capability being built for the era Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy demands.
Built during wartime. Trusted ever since.
Our story begins in 1940 as Keating and Son’s Limited — a Montréal company that became one of Canada’s fastest-growing producers of ship parts during the Second World War. Rebranded as W.J. Keating Ltd. and later acquired by Dibblee Tools in the 1980s, we have operated without interruption as a trusted supplier to the Canadian defence industrial base for over eight decades. The NSNs. The NCAGE codes. The DND delivery schedules. The PWGSC procurement cycles. We didn’t learn these from a briefing document. We lived them.
Canada needed a reliable domestic supplier during its most consequential defence buildup. We answered. That credential doesn’t expire.
Full-stack sovereign capability.
Under the name Dibblee Tools Ltd., we built a reputation for precision: certified steel and aluminum fabrication, meticulous quality processes, and supply chain discipline that earned the trust of DND, PWGSC, and the Canadian Coast Guard. Today, Dibblee Industries extends that foundation into the digital domain — combining NATO-catalogued marine hardware, AI-powered logistics intelligence, and secure network infrastructure into a single Canadian-owned capability stack.
Marine Hardware
Anchor chain, deck fittings, safety equipment — NATO-catalogued and FLIS-indexed.
AI Logistics Intelligence
DAITK™ — our AI-native platform for defence procurement and supply chain intelligence.
Secure Infrastructure
Network architecture, VoIP, and computer vision for defence and industrial environments.
NSN / FLIS Data
3,000+ NATO Stock Numbers indexed across federal supply classifications and NCAGE codes.
Canada has named what it needs. We are it.
Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy, released February 2026, is the most significant realignment of federal procurement policy in a generation. It names 10 sovereign industrial sectors, establishes a “Build–Partner–Buy” procurement preference, targets 70% of defence contracts to Canadian firms, and creates a new Defence Investment Agency to accelerate domestic capability. Dibblee Industries sits at the intersection of multiple priority sectors.
Build–Partner–Buy
The DIS prioritises Canadian companies that can build sovereign solutions first. We are the “Build” option in marine hardware, logistics intelligence, and dual-use digital systems.
SMB Elevation
92% of Canada’s defence industrial base is small and medium businesses. The DIS includes a new $4B Defence Platform at BDC specifically to scale Canadian SMBs. We are the target company.
Sovereign Data & AI
The strategy explicitly identifies AI and secure digital systems as a Key Sovereign Capability. DAITK™ is our answer — Canadian-owned, Canadian-operated, built on sovereign data infrastructure.
Naval Readiness
NSS contracts now total over $54B. The DIS targets a 75% naval ship serviceability rate. Our marine hardware, FLIS/NSN data, and in-service support capabilities are aligned to that mission.
The future we are building.
Dibblee Industries is executing a deliberate expansion across three vectors — deepening our hardware supply chain footprint, scaling DAITK™ into a full defence logistics platform, and positioning as a preferred partner for prime contractors, shipyards, and government agencies navigating the Build–Partner–Buy framework.
Canada is spending $81.8 billion on defence over the next decade. The question is not whether Canadian SMBs have a role to play. The question is which ones are ready.
Hardware Foundation
Expand NATO-catalogued product range. Grow FLIS-indexed SKUs. Deepen CCG and DND supply relationships.
DAITK™ Platform
Full platform release aligned with DIS procurement modernisation timeline. Integration with DIA data pipelines and allied cataloguing systems.
ITB & Partnership
Industrial and Technological Benefits partnerships with prime contractors. Position Dibblee as the Canadian content solution under Build–Partner–Buy.
Export Readiness
Leverage NATO cataloguing credentials and allied procurement relationships to access Five Eyes and allied defence market opportunities.