Volatus Aerospace: Mirabel Plant Goes Live as Desjardins Tags Stock With Buy Rating
Published on 10/01/2026 at 21:11 | Editorial boerse-global.de
Volatus Aerospace has flipped the switch on its first large-scale manufacturing footprint, opening a 53,000-square-foot production and systems-integration facility in Mirabel, Québec. The plant, inaugurated on Tuesday, marks a deliberate shift for the company — away from its roots as a developer of autonomous flight systems and toward serial industrial manufacturing.
Drone docking stations are already rolling off the Mirabel floor. The site is also tooled to assemble aircraft from Volatus's own V-Series alongside other autonomous platforms, and to integrate the subsystems that tie them together. By housing assembly and integration under one roof, management is positioning the company to handle larger order volumes — a response to demand for fully integrated drone solutions in which hardware and automated ground stations ship as a single, closed infrastructure.
Autonomous Flight Controller Clears Early Tests
The industrial buildout rests on technical progress made in parallel. On September 22, Volatus reported successful first flight tests of V-Cortex, its AI-based flight controller and autonomy operating system. The system demonstrated it could navigate unmanned aircraft using only onboard sensors — no GNSS signal, no external hardware required. Additional tests and demonstrations are slated for later in 2026.
Regulatory groundwork is advancing on the same timeline. Through its subsidiary Volatus Aerospace US Corp, the company has filed for an exemption with U.S. aviation authorities to permit commercial operation of the FB3 unmanned aircraft from manufacturer FlyingBasket SRL. The filing covers external-load missions, cargo transport, and work on telecommunications infrastructure. Public comments on the application are open until October 6, 2026.
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Order Book Fills Out
The commercial side has not stood still. Roughly three weeks ago, Volatus locked in a five-year drone supply contract with the Canadian Army, though the share price has shed 9.6% since that announcement. About two weeks later, a second five-year agreement followed — this one with the Canadian government for the provision of reconnaissance systems. A heavy-lift drone clearance request was submitted to the FAA around the same period, and a bought-deal placement was completed successfully more than a month ago, shoring up the financial footing for future operations.
Desjardins Initiates Coverage
Analyst attention has caught up with the operational momentum. According to media reports, Desjardins Securities initiated coverage of Volatus Aerospace with a Buy rating and a price target of C$0.90 — one report dating the move to September 22, another to September 23. The call has drawn notice in the market given the company's simultaneous push to scale its industrial base.
Shares changed hands at EUR 0.3490 in today's session, up 2.2%. The stock is trading 5.0% above its 50-day moving average of EUR 0.3323, a modest stabilization after a softer stretch. Market capitalization stands at EUR 256.28 million.
What comes next hinges on execution: ramping Mirabel capacity on schedule and steering the pending regulatory applications to closure. For market participants, the question is how quickly the new production lines translate into measurable earnings gains.
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