A National Defence capability project for covert detection, tracking, intelligence collection and notification of subsurface vessels using long-duration uncrewed vehicles and persistent sensors in Canada's north, along both coasts and in expeditionary operations.
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What needs to change
Canada requires persistent and covert detection, tracking, intelligence collection and notification of subsurface vessels across northern, coastal and expeditionary areas where continuous crewed coverage is difficult to sustain.
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What success looks like
Long-duration uncrewed vehicles deploy and employ appropriate sensors to provide persistent coverage of strategically important underwater areas, with supporting command, communications, intelligence-fusion, acoustic and training capabilities.
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Organizations with technology that may be relevant
Arctic Rapid-Deployment ROV Survey Operations may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, Arctic and northern operations, and detection and situational awareness.
Sedna ROV Services · official organization profile
The official product or service material supports the named ROV, underwater-inspection or mission-support capability and its principal features and applications.
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.
Marine Tensor Autonomous Vessel Platform 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.
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.
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.
NORTAC WAVE and NORTAC TACTICAL may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, Arctic and northern operations, and detection and situational awareness.
The cited product or program source supports the architecture, features, applications, and bounded capability summary recorded for NORTAC WAVE and NORTAC TACTICAL.
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.
Envoy Long-Endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 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.
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.
TRAPS Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar 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.
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.
AIMS Maritime Mission Software 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.
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.
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.
Modular Subsea Systems and Launch-and-Recovery 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.
OceanWorks International · official company product
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.
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.
MAD-XR Magnetic Anomaly Detection 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.
CAE's official product page describes MAD-XR as a highly sensitive compact digital magnetic-anomaly-detection sensor for submarine detection, with reduced size, weight, and power for maritime patrol aircraft, helicopters, RPAs, and small fixed-wing platforms.
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.
Explorer AUV may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, Arctic and northern operations, and autonomous and uncrewed systems.
International Submarine Engineering · company website
ISE describes Explorer as a flexible long-range autonomous underwater vehicle and cites a continuous unsupervised under-ice survey exceeding ten days and one thousand kilometres.
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.
Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship construction may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, Arctic and northern operations, and detection and situational awareness.
Public Services and Procurement Canada · government service page
The cited official portfolio material supports the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship construction capability family and its described delivery scope; product and platform availability remains configuration-dependent.
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.
Underwater acoustic defence systems and analytics may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, Arctic and northern operations, and detection and situational awareness.
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.
Telesat Lightspeed secure Arctic connectivity may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, Arctic and northern operations, and detection and situational awareness.
The official announcement supports secure Mil-Ka connectivity from 65 to 90 degrees north plus integration, terminals, ground infrastructure, training, and support, subject to definitive agreement.
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.
Recoverable DRS Buoy and Acoustic Gateway Platform may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, detection and situational awareness, and resilient communications and command.
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.
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.
Network-Attached Sonar and Acoustic Sensor Processing may help teams working on Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance by contributing to maritime and undersea operations, detection and situational awareness, and resilient communications and command.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · government service page
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.
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.
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.
Shift Coastal Technologies · official organization profile
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.
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.
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