ITRES supplies airborne hyperspectral and thermal sensing systems and scoped surveys covering planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, collection, processing and analysis. The portfolio includes full-size SAVI and compact microSAVI configurations; space sensing is a development activity rather than an operational product family.
Technical detail
Core features
Mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, and air/ground data acquisition
Calibrated and georeferenced data processing and analysis
SAVI and microSAVI configurations with different payload and environmental limits
Space sensing development including an airborne WISE breadboard
Hyperspectral imaging
SAVI
MicroSAVI
Airborne survey
Georeferencing
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Environmental and resource mapping
Airborne material analysis
Research survey acquisition and calibrated data delivery
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Commercial airborne equipment and survey services; space products remain in development.
Commercial availability
Project quotations depend on geography, timing, resolution and required deliverables.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Spectral imaging could complement northern environmental and material mapping within Canada’s broader northern surveillance objectives. Airborne collection, daylight and atmospheric conditions, platform limits and validation requirements constrain the assessment; no Arctic qualification or procurement fit is established.
Hyperspectral Imagers and Airborne Survey Services 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.
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · capability type
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · summary
The official product or service material supports the named hyperspectral capability, its principal features and the applications summarized for reviewer consideration.
Supports: Capability · core features
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · core features
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · name
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · summary
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
ITRES offers mission planning, aircraft and sensor mobilization, airborne and coincident ground-data acquisition, preprocessing and analysis. Quotes depend on geography, timing, sensor/spectral requirements, spatial resolution and whether reflectance or analysis products are needed. It states that it avoids projects directly competing with sensor customers and may refer such requests to sensor partners.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
The official product or service material supports the named hyperspectral capability, its principal features and the applications summarized for reviewer consideration.
ITRES specifies SAVI-1000 continuous 0.4–2.5 micrometre coverage on a single cryo-cooled detector, 256 spectral channels, 1,000 across-track pixels, 40-degree field of view and up to 100 full frames per second. Its 2026 datasheet lists a 49.2 kg sensor head, 26–32 VDC at 10 A, suggested ambient operation from -20 to +50 C and maximum 4,500 m unpressurized altitude. These are manufacturer specifications, not mission qualification. Processing supports Linux and Windows and ENVI-compatible products, GNSS-inertial georeferencing, LiDAR/IfSAR/DEM inputs and sub-millisecond synchronization.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
ITRES specifies SAVI-1000 continuous 0.4–2.5 micrometre coverage on a single cryo-cooled detector, 256 spectral channels, 1,000 across-track pixels, 40-degree field of view and up to 100 full frames per second. Its 2026 datasheet lists a 49.2 kg sensor head, 26–32 VDC at 10 A, suggested ambient operation from -20 to +50 C and maximum 4,500 m unpressurized altitude. These are manufacturer specifications, not mission qualification. Processing supports Linux and Windows and ENVI-compatible products, GNSS-inertial georeferencing, LiDAR/IfSAR/DEM inputs and sub-millisecond synchronization.
ITRES labels its space-sensor line as products in development and describes a Canadian Space Agency contract for an airborne WaterSat Imaging Spectrometer Experiment breadboard supporting a pre-Phase A concept study. The page does not establish an operational satellite payload or a numerical attained TRL.
Supports: Capability · summary
ITRES labels its space-sensor line as products in development and describes a Canadian Space Agency contract for an airborne WaterSat Imaging Spectrometer Experiment breadboard supporting a pre-Phase A concept study. The page does not establish an operational satellite payload or a numerical attained TRL.
ITRES specifies microSAVI-2C as combined VNIR/SWIR imaging over 0.4–2.5 micrometres with fused output of 530 bands and about 620 across-track pixels. The sensor-head specification lists 7.4 kg and approximately 110 W at 24–32 VDC. Suggested ambient operation is -10 to +40 C. The source distinguishes native sensor arrays from fused output; these figures are not interchangeable with SAVI-1000.
National Defence’s April 2024 Our North, Strong and Free backgrounder identifies northern sovereignty, improved surveillance of Arctic and northern approaches, and faster sharing of threat information as policy objectives. This establishes broad northern sensing context, not a requirement for hyperspectral equipment, a supplier selection or a current procurement opportunity.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
ITRES specifies SAVI-1000 continuous 0.4–2.5 micrometre coverage on a single cryo-cooled detector, 256 spectral channels, 1,000 across-track pixels, 40-degree field of view and up to 100 full frames per second. Its 2026 datasheet lists a 49.2 kg sensor head, 26–32 VDC at 10 A, suggested ambient operation from -20 to +50 C and maximum 4,500 m unpressurized altitude. These are manufacturer specifications, not mission qualification. Processing supports Linux and Windows and ENVI-compatible products, GNSS-inertial georeferencing, LiDAR/IfSAR/DEM inputs and sub-millisecond synchronization.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
ITRES specifies SAVI-1000 continuous 0.4–2.5 micrometre coverage on a single cryo-cooled detector, 256 spectral channels, 1,000 across-track pixels, 40-degree field of view and up to 100 full frames per second. Its 2026 datasheet lists a 49.2 kg sensor head, 26–32 VDC at 10 A, suggested ambient operation from -20 to +50 C and maximum 4,500 m unpressurized altitude. These are manufacturer specifications, not mission qualification. Processing supports Linux and Windows and ENVI-compatible products, GNSS-inertial georeferencing, LiDAR/IfSAR/DEM inputs and sub-millisecond synchronization.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
ITRES specifies SAVI-1000 continuous 0.4–2.5 micrometre coverage on a single cryo-cooled detector, 256 spectral channels, 1,000 across-track pixels, 40-degree field of view and up to 100 full frames per second. Its 2026 datasheet lists a 49.2 kg sensor head, 26–32 VDC at 10 A, suggested ambient operation from -20 to +50 C and maximum 4,500 m unpressurized altitude. These are manufacturer specifications, not mission qualification. Processing supports Linux and Windows and ENVI-compatible products, GNSS-inertial georeferencing, LiDAR/IfSAR/DEM inputs and sub-millisecond synchronization.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
ITRES specifies SAVI-1000 continuous 0.4–2.5 micrometre coverage on a single cryo-cooled detector, 256 spectral channels, 1,000 across-track pixels, 40-degree field of view and up to 100 full frames per second. Its 2026 datasheet lists a 49.2 kg sensor head, 26–32 VDC at 10 A, suggested ambient operation from -20 to +50 C and maximum 4,500 m unpressurized altitude. These are manufacturer specifications, not mission qualification. Processing supports Linux and Windows and ENVI-compatible products, GNSS-inertial georeferencing, LiDAR/IfSAR/DEM inputs and sub-millisecond synchronization.
Supports: Mission area · Arctic Domain Awareness
ITRES specifies SAVI-1000 continuous 0.4–2.5 micrometre coverage on a single cryo-cooled detector, 256 spectral channels, 1,000 across-track pixels, 40-degree field of view and up to 100 full frames per second. Its 2026 datasheet lists a 49.2 kg sensor head, 26–32 VDC at 10 A, suggested ambient operation from -20 to +50 C and maximum 4,500 m unpressurized altitude. These are manufacturer specifications, not mission qualification. Processing supports Linux and Windows and ENVI-compatible products, GNSS-inertial georeferencing, LiDAR/IfSAR/DEM inputs and sub-millisecond synchronization.
Supports: Capability · core features
ITRES labels its space-sensor line as products in development and describes a Canadian Space Agency contract for an airborne WaterSat Imaging Spectrometer Experiment breadboard supporting a pre-Phase A concept study. The page does not establish an operational satellite payload or a numerical attained 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.
