Agile’s UAV polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept addresses the DND minefield-breaching challenge by investigating radar sensing from an uncrewed aircraft. The public contribution record establishes the aerial carriage concept and polarimetric radar approach.
It does not describe a completed aircraft installation or publish the radar frequency, flying altitude, detection accuracy or prototype results. The engineering outcome of the funded work remains the substantive gap.
Technical detail
Core features
Unmanned-aerial-vehicle carriage concept
Polarimetric ground-penetrating radar
IDEaS concept-development scope
Ground-penetrating radar
Polarimetry
UAV
Mine detection
Remote sensing
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Minefield-breaching research
Airborne subsurface-detection studies
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
DND records CAD 999,895 for concept development from November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. That agreement period has ended, but the inspected record does not establish completion or an achieved product TRL. The challenge’s broader TRL range is not a rating for this project.
Commercial availability
The documented activity is funded concept development. An orderable GPR product or commercial delivery route has not been established.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
UAV polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept 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 3 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.
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · capability type
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · core features
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · maturity
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · maturity
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · name
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · core features
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · summary
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · summary
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · core features
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · core features
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · core features
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · core features
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · capability type
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
National Defence records C$999,895 for the UAV polarimetric GPR concept, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026. The challenge's TRL 1–6 range is not an exact assigned readiness level for this product.
Supports: Capability · name
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
DND contribution CAD 999,895, November 15, 2024 to May 30, 2026, for UAV polarimetric GPR concept to aid minefield breaching. No published prototype outcome, aircraft, frequency, altitude, accuracy or operational use. General challenge TRL1–6 does not assign an exact project TRL.
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.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics capability Type as: Airborne polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics applications 0 as: Minefield-breaching research
Supports: Capability · maturity
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: The DND contribution ran from November 15, 2024, through May 30, 2026, under an early-stage challenge spanning TRL 1-6; no Agile-specific completion, exact readiness level, test result, platform or field deployment is public.
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 · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map derives this Agile Electromagnetics taxonomy or Mission Area leaf from the cited capability premise at value.technicalDomainSlugs.0.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 2 as: UAV
Supports: Capability · summary
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics summary as: A National Defence contribution record identifies Agile's unmanned-aerial-vehicle polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept for the IDEaS minefield-breaching challenge, with a CAD 999,895 agreement ending May 30, 2026.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 3 as: mine detection
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 1 as: polarimetry
Supports: Capability · core features
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics features 1 as: Polarimetric ground-penetrating radar
Supports: Capability · core features
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics features 2 as: IDEaS concept-development scope
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics applications 1 as: Airborne subsurface-detection studies
Supports: Capability · name
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics name as: UAV polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 4 as: remote sensing
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics features 0 as: Unmanned-aerial-vehicle carriage concept
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics name as: UAV polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics features 2 as: IDEaS concept-development scope
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics applications 1 as: Airborne subsurface-detection studies
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics features 1 as: Polarimetric ground-penetrating radar
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics capability Type as: Airborne polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 1 as: polarimetry
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 0 as: ground-penetrating radar
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
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 2 as: UAV
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
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics summary as: A National Defence contribution record identifies Agile's unmanned-aerial-vehicle polarimetric ground-penetrating-radar concept for the IDEaS minefield-breaching challenge, with a CAD 999,895 agreement ending May 30, 2026.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics maturity as: The DND contribution ran from November 15, 2024, through May 30, 2026, under an early-stage challenge spanning TRL 1-6; no Agile-specific completion, exact readiness level, test result, platform or field deployment is public.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics technical Tags 3 as: mine detection
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Open Government Canada records Agile Electromagnetics applications 0 as: Minefield-breaching research
