Hydra is Agile’s 32-element digital-beamforming electronic-warfare system, built around a gallium-nitride RF front end. The company describes direction finding in azimuth and elevation, with embedded machine learning supporting spectrum sensing, emitter classification and beam adaptation. Its advertised counter-UAS functions cover detecting, classifying and tracking individual drones or groups.
The same product description includes electronic-support and countermeasure functions, networked metadata sharing and automated responses. These functions need to be tied to the evaluated Hydra configuration: the public reference to NATO protocols does not identify implemented versions or establish the interfaces available to a particular command system.
Technical detail
Core features
32-element digital-beamforming antenna
Gallium-nitride RF front end
Software-defined transceiver supporting company-described electronic-support and electronic-countermeasure functions
Embedded machine learning for spectrum sensing, emitter classification and beam adaptation
Azimuth and elevation direction finding
32-element Hydra configuration is distinct from the eight-element Artemis airborne payload
Electronic warfare
Counter-UAS
Digital beamforming
Direction finding
GaN
Embedded machine learning
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Counter-UAS detection, classification and tracking
Electronic-support and electronic-countermeasure testing
Networked threat-metadata sharing subject to interface verification
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
CanadaBuys records a CAD 2,621,146.87 Hydra ISC Testing Stream R&D contract awarded June 18, 2026 and ending June 22, 2027. DND also lists Hydra for the 2026 Counter-UAS Sandbox. The records establish funded evaluation but do not publish a completed configuration-level test result.
Commercial availability
Agile markets Hydra and accepts product enquiries. An engagement needs to define the array configuration, enabled sensing and countermeasure functions, interfaces and support package; public pricing and delivery schedules are not provided.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
The publicly described Electronic warfare and RF sensing offering may be relevant to monitoring or remote-operation use cases; this is a derived mapping for reviewer assessment.
Electronic warfare and RF sensing 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 6 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.
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · core features
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics capability Type as: Software-defined electronic-warfare and counter-UAS system
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · update child
Counter-UAS detection and defeat; Airborne electronic support and attack; Electromagnetic spectrum operations; Emitter geolocation and sensor-task allocation
Supports: Capability · core features
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics applications 0 as: Counter-UAS detection, classification and tracking
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · summary
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics summary as: Agile describes Hydra as a 32-element software-defined digital-beamforming electronic-warfare system with a gallium-nitride RF front end, direction finding and embedded machine learning; government records place it in the Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream and the 2026 DND Counter-UAS Sandbox.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 3 as: direction finding
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at after.technicalDomainSlugs.0.
Supports: Capability · core features
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics applications 1 as: Electronic-support and electronic-countermeasure testing
Supports: Capability · core features
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · core features
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · core features
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics features 0 as: 32-element digital-beamforming antenna
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 5 as: embedded machine learning
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · name
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · update child
Software-defined electronic warfare and counter-UAS
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · core features
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics features 4 as: Azimuth and elevation direction finding
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 4 as: GaN
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · core features
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics features 3 as: Embedded machine learning for spectrum sensing, emitter classification and beam adaptation
Supports: Capability · summary
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · update child
Software-defined electronic warfare and counter-UAS systems
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · core features
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · core features
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · core features
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · core features
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 0 as: electronic warfare
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 2 as: digital beamforming
Supports: Capability · update child
Canadian software-defined electromagnetic-operations portfolio spanning digital beamforming counter-UAS arrays, compact airborne electronic-support and attack payloads, embedded machine learning, and multi-sensor command-and-control fusion.
Supports: Capability · name
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · core features
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · core features
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 1 as: counter-UAS
Supports: Capability · update child
Hydra 32-element digital beamforming array; Artemis eight-element Group 1 and 2 UAS payload; Embedded machine-learning detection and direction finding; VHF-through-millimetre-wave design approach; Emitter fusion and resource-allocation command software
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics commercial Availability as: Agile publicly markets Hydra and accepts product enquiries; pricing, standard configuration, production capacity, delivery schedule and support terms are not disclosed.
Supports: Capability · summary
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · name
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics name as: Hydra Multi-Function Antenna System
Supports: Capability · update child
electronic warfare; counter-UAS; digital beamforming; direction finding; GaN; EMSO
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics applications 2 as: Networked threat-metadata sharing subject to interface verification
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at after.technicalDomainSlugs.2.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · core features
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at after.technicalDomainSlugs.1.
Supports: Capability · core features
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics features 1 as: Gallium-nitride RF front end
Supports: Capability · core features
Agile Electromagnetics Inc. records Agile Electromagnetics features 2 as: Software-defined transceiver supporting company-described electronic-support and electronic-countermeasure functions
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at after.missionMatches.0.alignmentSummary.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at after.missionMatches.0.missionAreaSlug.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Company describes Hydra 32-element digital beamforming with GaN RF front end, embedded machine learning, azimuth/elevation direction finding and sensing/classification/tracking of single drones or swarms. It claims NATO-protocol networking, metadata sharing and automated countermeasures without naming implemented protocol versions or test results.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Hydra is described as a 32-element GaN digital-beamforming system with direction finding and embedded ML; Artemis is a separate eight-element payload for Group 1/2 drones. The configurable multi-function EMSO family spans 8–32 elements and company-described VHF-to-millimetre-wave configurations; this does not mean one unit covers the entire range. EMSO C2 fuses sensor/effector information, estimates emitter location, allocates resources and presents an ML-supported picture; no public API or independently tested architecture is disclosed.
Hydra ISC Testing Stream R&D contract awarded June 18, 2026 for CAD 2,621,146.87, expiry June 22, 2027, DND buyer/PSPC contracting authority. Competitive-open-bidding research/testing contract, not production adoption or completed test result.
Supports: Capability · maturity
CanadaBuys records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: ISED lists Hydra as Matched, CanadaBuys records a 2026-27 Testing Stream R&D contract and DND lists Hydra for its 2026 Counter-UAS Sandbox. No public test result or operational fielding was found.
The official capability material supports the named Electronic warfare and RF sensing offering and the bounded operational description prepared for reviewer consideration.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
The official capability material supports the named Electronic warfare and RF sensing offering and the bounded operational description prepared for reviewer consideration.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: ISED lists Hydra as Matched, CanadaBuys records a 2026-27 Testing Stream R&D contract and DND lists Hydra for its 2026 Counter-UAS Sandbox. No public test result or operational fielding was found.
Supports: Capability · summary
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada records Agile Electromagnetics summary as: Agile describes Hydra as a 32-element software-defined digital-beamforming electronic-warfare system with a gallium-nitride RF front end, direction finding and embedded machine learning; government records place it in the Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream and the 2026 DND Counter-UAS Sandbox.
DND lists Hydra Cognitive Electronic Warfare System for the 2026 Sandbox. Roster supports selection/participation status, not a completed result. Programme desired interfaces JREAP-C, VMF, CoT and SAPIENT and test scenarios are not Hydra implementation or range specifications; no actual Hydra outcome/date established.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
CanadaBuys records Agile Electromagnetics summary as: Agile describes Hydra as a 32-element software-defined digital-beamforming electronic-warfare system with a gallium-nitride RF front end, direction finding and embedded machine learning; government records place it in the Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream and the 2026 DND Counter-UAS Sandbox.
Supports: Capability · maturity
CanadaBuys records C$2,621,146.87 for Hydra testing R&D from June18,2026 to June22,2027; this is a test contract, not production fielding.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Department of National Defence records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: ISED lists Hydra as Matched, CanadaBuys records a 2026-27 Testing Stream R&D contract and DND lists Hydra for its 2026 Counter-UAS Sandbox. No public test result or operational fielding was found.
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.
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.
