C2EWS is the separately named cognitive electronic-warfare counter-UAS concept recorded in DND’s development programme. Its proposed functions include detection, classification, tracking and defeat, but its documented 2025 urban Sandbox activity concerned detection.
That event was conducted without defeat mechanisms. It supplies a setting for examining detection work, while broader countermeasure and swarm-handling claims require their own results and configuration evidence.
Technical detail
Core features
Cognitive electronic-warfare counter-UAS concept
Detection-only demonstration record at the 2025 urban Counter-UAS Sandbox
Counter-UAS
Electronic warfare
Cognitive systems
Urban sensing
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Counter-UAS detection research and urban test-event evaluation
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
DND records an initial CAD 499,040 development stage and a subsequent CAD 1,999,750 agreement running October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026. It also records C2EWS at the November 24–28, 2025 detection-only urban Sandbox. The dates do not establish a completed development outcome, and the Sandbox does not establish defeat performance.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Availability
Commercial availability is not established by the reviewed public sources.
C-UAS Cognitive Electronic Warfare System (C2EWS) may help teams working on Sovereign defence capability areas by contributing to detection and situational awareness, autonomous and uncrewed systems, and aerospace operations.
This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.
Original sources 5 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 3 as: urban sensing
Supports: Capability · maturity
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: National Defence funded a nine-month first stage and a further 15-month stage and records a 2025 detection-only Sandbox demonstration. No system-specific public performance result or operational fielding was found.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at value.technicalDomainSlugs.2.
Supports: Capability · name
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics name as: C-UAS Cognitive Electronic Warfare System (C2EWS)
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics applications 0 as: Counter-UAS detection research and urban test-event evaluation
Supports: Capability · core features
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics features 0 as: Cognitive electronic-warfare counter-UAS concept
Supports: Capability · summary
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics summary as: National Defence records C2EWS as Agile's separately named counter-UAS cognitive electronic-warfare concept, funded in two development stages and demonstrated at the 2025 urban Counter-UAS Sandbox.
Supports: Capability · core features
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics features 1 as: Detection-only demonstration record at the 2025 urban Counter-UAS Sandbox
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 0 as: counter-UAS
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at value.technicalDomainSlugs.0.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at value.technicalDomainSlugs.1.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics capability Type as: Counter-UAS cognitive electronic-warfare concept
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 1 as: electronic warfare
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 2 as: cognitive systems
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: National Defence funded a nine-month first stage and a further 15-month stage and records a 2025 detection-only Sandbox demonstration. No system-specific public performance result or operational fielding was found.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics capability Type as: Counter-UAS cognitive electronic-warfare concept
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 3 as: urban sensing
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics name as: C-UAS Cognitive Electronic Warfare System (C2EWS)
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 1 as: electronic warfare
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 0 as: counter-UAS
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics features 1 as: Detection-only demonstration record at the 2025 urban Counter-UAS Sandbox
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at value.technicalDomainSlugs.1.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 2 as: cognitive systems
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at value.technicalDomainSlugs.0.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics applications 0 as: Counter-UAS detection research and urban test-event evaluation
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at value.technicalDomainSlugs.2.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics features 0 as: Cognitive electronic-warfare counter-UAS concept
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics summary as: National Defence records C2EWS as Agile's separately named counter-UAS cognitive electronic-warfare concept, funded in two development stages and demonstrated at the 2025 urban Counter-UAS Sandbox.
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
National Defence lists CAD 499,040 for Agile initial nine-month C2EWS concept development and CAD 1,999,750 for a further fifteen-month stage. These are distinct stage awards, not equity funding or production purchases.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Canada needs secure strategic autonomy and reliable access to capabilities that are critical to defending its sovereignty and meeting allied commitments, while reducing exposure to foreign supply-chain and intellectual-property dependencies.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · name
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · summary
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · maturity
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion. National Defence records a CAD 1,999,750 contribution for Agile C-UAS cognitive EW concept development, October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026; an August 14, 2025 amendment changed implementation wording. An agreement amount is not an aggregate cash-payment figure.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · capability type
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · core features
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
The amended C2EWS contribution records C$1,999,750 for October 4, 2024 to June 30, 2026, amended August 14, 2025; agreement expiry does not establish successful completion.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · core features
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · maturity
DND records Agile C2EWS at the2025 urban Counter-UAS Sandbox in a detection-only demonstration; selection and participation do not establish validated defeat performance.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · name
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · core features
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · maturity
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: National Defence funded a nine-month first stage and a further 15-month stage and records a 2025 detection-only Sandbox demonstration. No system-specific public performance result or operational fielding was found.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · summary
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Capability · capability type
DND identifies Agile C2EWS in the November 24–28, 2025 Urban Sandbox, in which innovators demonstrated/tested detection. The event prohibited defeat mechanisms. Submitted product description includes detect/classify/track/defeat but defeat and claimed swarm capacity were not validated by the detect-only event.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: National Defence funded a nine-month first stage and a further 15-month stage and records a 2025 detection-only Sandbox demonstration. No system-specific public performance result or operational fielding was found.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Reviewer synthesis of the public end state: Canada can build, sustain or control priority aerospace, ammunition, digital, in-service support, sensor, space, specialized manufacturing, training and uncrewed capabilities through domestic strength, trusted partnerships and sovereign access.
