Shift integrates OceanSled platforms, sensor payloads, communications and CiMS. Its civilian Explorer catalogue, the Coast Guard’s earlier Haida Gwaii vessel and the 2026 Ranger testing contract are distinct configurations and evidence stages.
Technical detail
Core features
Design, build, integrate, deploy and sustain maritime systems
Explorer: 454 kg payload, six-knot maximum speed, 0–40 °C published operating range
Explorer: 3.6 m length, 2.2 m beam and up to three 48 VDC 96 Ah batteries
Stand-alone OceanSled or CiMS system and variant-specific field-control options
Coast Guard co-design and testing followed by Haida Gwaii operational use of an earlier vessel
Maritime autonomy
Uncrewed surface vessels
Oceansled
Payload integration
Sensor fusion
Acoustic monitoring
Onboard compute
Systems integration
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Near-shore sensing and environmental response
Surface and subsea payload integration
Ship-to-shore logistics and remote situational awareness
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Coast Guard documents earlier vessel use; Ranger remains a separately contracted testing engagement and Explorer figures are manufacturer specifications.
Commercial availability
Stand-alone products or integrated CiMS configurations are advertised; pricing, delivery and mission qualification are project-specific.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
A modular surface carrier with subsea payload options could support collection within DND sensor-integration priorities; no standalone ASW performance or selected procurement role is established.
The Coast Guard operational example and modular OceanSled offer support comparison for remote monitoring under DND uncrewed priorities. Explorer’s 0–40 °C specification does not prove Arctic winter operation.
Mission-Ready Autonomous Maritime Systems Integration may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, detection and situational awareness, and autonomous and uncrewed systems.
This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.
Original sources 9 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.
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · summary
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · name
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · core features
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · update child
Shift states that it designs, builds, integrates, deploys and sustains autonomous maritime systems, combining platforms, sensing or effecting payloads, compute, communications and command interfaces with field deployment, training and lifecycle support.
Supports: Capability · summary
The cited durable product or government material supports the named capability, its principal features and its existing applications; the containerized ASW fit remains a derived analyst assessment.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Underwater ISR
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Underwater ISR
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Underwater ISR
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Underwater ISR
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Shift Coastal describes design, construction, integration, deployment and sustainment of autonomous maritime systems, combining surface platforms, sensors, communications, edge compute and command-and-control. It lists 40 Esplanade, Nanaimo, British Columbia, info@shiftcoastal.com and 250-716-3169. Partner logos alone do not establish contracts.
Supports: Defence need · Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance
The cited durable product or government material supports the named capability, its principal features and its existing applications; the containerized ASW fit remains a derived analyst assessment.
Ocean Innovations offers OceanSled as stand-alone products or with a Coastal Intelligence Management System. It differentiates Transporter upgrades from Ranger stock functions and describes a PC field control centre with Microhard 2.4 GHz radio and selectable 128/256 AES encryption. This is a distributor’s configuration description; lead time, pricing and security certification are not supplied.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Ocean Innovations offers OceanSled as stand-alone products or with a Coastal Intelligence Management System. It differentiates Transporter upgrades from Ranger stock functions and describes a PC field control centre with Microhard 2.4 GHz radio and selectable 128/256 AES encryption. This is a distributor’s configuration description; lead time, pricing and security certification are not supplied.
Shift’s OceanSled Explorer sheet describes a civilian-specification modular USV that can use CiMS and carry sensors or nested ROV/UAV payloads. Published specifications include 3.6 m overall length, 2.2 m beam, 454 kg payload, six-knot maximum speed, 0–40 °C operating temperature, up to three 48 VDC 96 Ah LiFePO4 batteries and beach or boat/ship launch. Those Explorer specifications are not Ranger test results or proof of Arctic winter qualification.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Shift’s OceanSled Explorer sheet describes a civilian-specification modular USV that can use CiMS and carry sensors or nested ROV/UAV payloads. Published specifications include 3.6 m overall length, 2.2 m beam, 454 kg payload, six-knot maximum speed, 0–40 °C operating temperature, up to three 48 VDC 96 Ah LiFePO4 batteries and beach or boat/ship launch. Those Explorer specifications are not Ranger test results or proof of Arctic winter qualification.
CanadaBuys records Shift Coastal Technologies Ltd. as the supplier for AS-188 OceanSled Ranger contract CW2445771, awarded April 20, 2026 through February 26, 2027. The page displays CAD 1,839,770.68 as amendment value and identifies an Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream research-and-development contract. It does not publish trial outcomes, delivered quantities or fleet-wide procurement.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
Shift’s OceanSled Explorer sheet describes a civilian-specification modular USV that can use CiMS and carry sensors or nested ROV/UAV payloads. Published specifications include 3.6 m overall length, 2.2 m beam, 454 kg payload, six-knot maximum speed, 0–40 °C operating temperature, up to three 48 VDC 96 Ah LiFePO4 batteries and beach or boat/ship launch. Those Explorer specifications are not Ranger test results or proof of Arctic winter qualification.
Supports: Capability · core features
Shift’s OceanSled Explorer sheet describes a civilian-specification modular USV that can use CiMS and carry sensors or nested ROV/UAV payloads. Published specifications include 3.6 m overall length, 2.2 m beam, 454 kg payload, six-knot maximum speed, 0–40 °C operating temperature, up to three 48 VDC 96 Ah LiFePO4 batteries and beach or boat/ship launch. Those Explorer specifications are not Ranger test results or proof of Arctic winter qualification.
CanadaBuys records Shift Coastal Technologies Ltd. as the supplier for AS-188 OceanSled Ranger contract CW2445771, awarded April 20, 2026 through February 26, 2027. The page displays CAD 1,839,770.68 as amendment value and identifies an Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream research-and-development contract. It does not publish trial outcomes, delivered quantities or fleet-wide procurement.
The Coast Guard’s 2025–2026 business-plan update states that it received its first autonomous surface vessel in September 2024 through collaboration with Shift Coastal. Coast Guard staff contributed design and on-water testing feedback. The shallow-water multi-mission vessel is used by the Haida Gwaii Marine Environmental and Hazards Response unit, combining sensors and imagery for remote situational awareness and environmental or emergency response. The report does not identify that configuration as Explorer or the 2026 Ranger test article.
Supports: Capability · core features
The Coast Guard’s 2025–2026 business-plan update states that it received its first autonomous surface vessel in September 2024 through collaboration with Shift Coastal. Coast Guard staff contributed design and on-water testing feedback. The shallow-water multi-mission vessel is used by the Haida Gwaii Marine Environmental and Hazards Response unit, combining sensors and imagery for remote situational awareness and environmental or emergency response. The report does not identify that configuration as Explorer or the 2026 Ranger test article.
Supports: Capability · summary
The Coast Guard’s 2025–2026 business-plan update states that it received its first autonomous surface vessel in September 2024 through collaboration with Shift Coastal. Coast Guard staff contributed design and on-water testing feedback. The shallow-water multi-mission vessel is used by the Haida Gwaii Marine Environmental and Hazards Response unit, combining sensors and imagery for remote situational awareness and environmental or emergency response. The report does not identify that configuration as Explorer or the 2026 Ranger test article.
The Canadian Coast Guard says its first autonomous surface vessel resulted from collaboration with Shift, whose personnel worked with Coast Guard staff on design and on-water testing; the vessel supports Haida Gwaii marine emergency response, environmental protection and search-and-rescue activity.
National Defence identifies surveillance, force protection, logistics, command and control, sensor integration, interoperability, trusted autonomy and persistence in contested and Arctic environments as objectives for the UxS DISH. These are public capability-development priorities, not evidence that the researched supplier is selected, qualified or operationally accepted.
Supports: Mission area · Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
National Defence identifies surveillance, force protection, logistics, command and control, sensor integration, interoperability, trusted autonomy and persistence in contested and Arctic environments as objectives for the UxS DISH. These are public capability-development priorities, not evidence that the researched supplier is selected, qualified or operationally accepted.
Supports: Defence need · Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance
The project requires persistent sensor coverage in strategic northern, coastal and expeditionary areas and identifies sonar and acoustic systems among the relevant investment capabilities.
Supports: Defence need · Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance
The official requirement calls for long-duration uncrewed vehicles that deploy and employ sensors to provide persistent coverage, with initial delivery anticipated in 2035/2036.
