A key pillar of BlackBerry’s modern business is QNX, its embedded software division. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, QNX has become a global leader in secure real-time operating systems and development tools.
QNX technology forms the trusted foundation for software-defined industries, offering safe, certified and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, and development solutions. These tools are supported by teams of seasoned embedded-software experts, ensuring reliability for applications where failure is not an option.
Today, QNX software is deployed in some of the world’s most critical environments. It powers control systems, robots, medical devices, aerospace systems and industrial automation — and most notably, it plays a fundamental role in the global automotive sector. More than 255 million vehicles currently on the road rely on QNX’s advanced embedded systems for safety, communication, and performance.
QNX is widely trusted across industries including:
- Automotive
- Medical Technology
- Industrial Controls & Robotics
- Commercial Vehicles
- Rail Systems
- Aerospace & Defense
This broad adoption reflects QNX’s reputation as the gold standard for mission-critical reliability and cybersecurity.
A Trusted Partner for a Software-Defined Future
As industries undergo digital transformation, BlackBerry continues to position itself as a key enabler of secure, intelligent innovation. The combination of BlackBerry’s security expertise and QNX’s robust embedded technologies offers a unique value proposition for organizations seeking trusted infrastructure in an increasingly connected world.
From automobiles to aircraft and from factories to defense systems, BlackBerry and QNX are shaping a future where safety, security and performance remain uncompromised — even as technology becomes more intelligent and complex.