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Uncrewed systems and operator tools that extend persistent monitoring with reduced personnel exposure.
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Company
Lévis, Quebec
Québec shipbuilder providing vessel design, construction, conversion, repair and lifecycle support from Lévis. Its Canadian Coast Guard portfolio spans delivered converted icebreakers, the Arpatuuq heavy polar icebreaker under construction and six contracted Program Icebreakers. A separate Ontario initiative is developing Canadian production and integration of uncrewed surface vessels with UK-based Kraken Technology Group.
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25 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by Acoustic counter-UAS detection and identification, AI airspace command and uncrewed traffic management, Airborne C4ISR and special-mission solutions.
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A guide to the different companies, interfaces, and evidence needed to turn a standard container into a useful naval mission system.
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Read Brief: Modular containerized systems for naval operationsA timely look at what the first River-class Destroyer production milestone may mean across Canada's naval industrial base.
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The intended uncrewed surveillance and coastal-security functions align with autonomous patrol and monitoring. This is an assessment of the announced offering; persistence, autonomy level and accepted Canadian deployment have not been demonstrated by the inspected evidence.
Company
Kitchener, Ontario
Canadian robotics business within Rockwell Automation, supplying configurable outdoor and indoor mobile robots, learning platforms, navigation software and custom integration. The Clearpath research brand serves laboratory and field development; its historically associated OTTO industrial division supplies factory material-handling robots and fleet software. Clearpath Robotics Inc. amalgamated into Rockwell Automation Canada Ltd. in January 2025.
Configured UGVs can extend environmental or facility monitoring with reduced personnel exposure. The independent A200 example used custom AutoInspect autonomy and sensing; it does not qualify stock AMP, Arctic operations or a military mission.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
ClearSky Connect is an Ottawa company developing and offering SafePath Aviation Network (SPAN), a connectivity service for autonomous aviation. It combines predictive assessment of command-and-control and payload links with monitoring, radio redundancy and fleet-data management, using cellular and complementary satellite connectivity. Its public record includes a DND IDEaS research contract and a supplemental C2 role in Canadian drone traffic-management trials.
SPAN provides predictive connectivity assessment, monitoring and redundancy for drone command/control and payload data. The described communications function may support a configured monitoring system; mission approval and operational performance require separate evidence.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
D-TA Systems is an Ottawa defence-electronics company developing networked sensor-processing, recording, playback, SIGINT, electronic-warfare and radar systems for air, land and maritime platforms.
D-TA Systems's public portfolio could support modular uncrewed or remotely operated maritime workflows when integrated with appropriate acoustic sensors, command systems and operational authorities.
Company
Rimouski, Quebec
Devocean is a Quebec marine-technology company developing on-demand recoverable buoy systems, embedded ocean electronics and acoustic release mechanisms for field-deployed underwater sensing and data recovery.
Devocean's public portfolio could support modular uncrewed or remotely operated maritime workflows when integrated with appropriate acoustic sensors, command systems and operational authorities.
Company
Vaughan, Ontario
Dishon Limited is a Vaughan precision-engineering and manufacturing company supplying complex machined components and assemblies for aerospace, space, nuclear and subsea industries.
Precision aerospace component manufacturing could supply airframe, actuation or payload assemblies for autonomous aircraft systems; the mapping is derived and does not assert programme participation.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa-based Canadian defence-technology company developing integrated autonomy, sensing, communications, command-and-control, edge data-fusion, autonomous aerospace, sovereign AI simulation, and defence procurement-intelligence systems for Arctic and other extreme operations.
An uncrewed collaborative aircraft intended for persistent surveillance in remote and contested areas plausibly supports Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring, while public maturity and mission configuration remain under review.
Company
Vancouver, British Columbia
EarthDaily Analytics is a Vancouver Earth-observation company developing and commissioning an integrated satellite constellation, ground processing, analysis-ready imagery and geospatial analytics for broad-area change detection.
Cloud-native imagery and event-oriented change detection could provide observations to persistent monitoring workflows, subject to collection availability and operational integration.
Company
Cambridge, Ontario
Eclipse Automation is a Cambridge-headquartered factory-automation company that designs and builds integrated automation systems, tooling, production integration and digital-factory services.
Integrated automation and digital-manufacturing capabilities could support domestic production workflows for autonomous systems; this is a derived supply-chain alignment only.
Company
Squamish, British Columbia
FireSwarm Solutions is a Squamish, British Columbia company developing drone-agnostic coordination software, machine perception and mission integration for aerial wildfire response and critical logistics. Its Fire Mission Kit adapts partner aircraft, including ACC Innovation's ThunderWasp, for suppression missions, while its software coordinates aircraft and ground-sensor inputs. The Canadian contribution centres on system integration and orchestration; the heavy-lift aircraft are supplied by the Swedish manufacturer.
Coordinated heavy-lift aircraft and low-visibility autonomy could support remote logistics and monitoring missions; the mapping is derived and does not establish a military deployment.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
GBatteries Energy Canada is an Ottawa battery-technology company developing adaptive charging controls and lithium-metal cells for high-energy, fast-charging applications including cold-weather uncrewed systems.
Faster, adaptive charging could improve sortie availability for electric uncrewed platforms; actual endurance, environmental qualification and platform compatibility require verification.
Company
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador
GRi Simulations is a Mount Pearl engineering and software company developing high-fidelity marine simulation, virtual ROV pilot training, mission-planning, rehearsal and digital-twin tools for subsea, defence and industrial operations.
GRi Simulations's vehicle, navigation or operator-support technology could contribute to repeatable uncrewed monitoring workflows when integrated into an approved mission system.
Company
Chester, Nova Scotia
Hawboldt Industries is a Nova Scotia designer and manufacturer of marine launch-and-recovery systems, winches, cranes and deck equipment for defence, ocean-science, offshore and polar operations.
Hawboldt Industries's public portfolio could support modular uncrewed or remotely operated maritime workflows when integrated with appropriate acoustic sensors, command systems and operational authorities.
Company
Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec
Incendia Canada is a Quebec safety-technology company developing autonomous, rapidly deployable environmental-threat detection and alerting systems for military, emergency, municipal and critical-infrastructure settings.
Autonomous sensor nodes and local alerts could support persistent monitoring of temporary or remote sites; this is a derived mission mapping rather than a documented CAF deployment.
Company
Halifax, Nova Scotia
KorrAI is a Halifax geospatial-risk company combining satellite interferometric radar, ground sensors and AI-assisted analysis for wide-area infrastructure, terrain and ground-motion assessment.
Automated time-series processing and risk alerts could support persistent monitoring of remote sites, subject to sensor availability and operational validation.
Company
Hamilton, Ontario
Large Canadian defence and security business spanning WESCAM electro-optical and infrared sensors, military-aircraft missionization, systems integration, fleet in-service support, naval support, communications, and operational sustainment.
MX sensors are publicly selected for remotely piloted aircraft, supporting a plausible autonomous patrol sensing role while vehicle autonomy remains outside the sensor itself.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
Larus Technologies is an Ottawa-based Canadian artificial-intelligence company that develops multi-sensor data fusion, predictive analytics, systems simulation, video analytics, and decision-support software for defence, public safety, government, and commercial mission-critical environments.
Larus' public multi-sensor fusion and real-time anomaly-recognition products are a plausible analyst-derived fit for persistent patrol and monitoring decision-support workflows.
Company
Montréal, Quebec
Marconi Technologies is a Canadian-majority-owned, veteran-run defence technology company headquartered in Montréal that develops and manufactures tactical communications and networked mission systems for Canadian and allied users.
Orion's official UXV-ready and human-machine-teaming posture could provide resilient command, control and data transport for distributed autonomous patrol systems.
10 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by AIMS mission management and common operating picture software, Marine Tensor Autonomous Vessel Platform, Marine weather intelligence and sensing.
Inspect the released need8 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by AI airspace command and uncrewed traffic management, Airborne C4ISR and special-mission solutions, Cyber threat detection and response.
Inspect the released need5 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by FULCRUM, Larus Foresight multi-sensor decision support, Mission intelligence and edge decision-support systems.
Inspect the released need3 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by Cyber threat detection and response, External cyber-threat intelligence, Larus Foresight multi-sensor decision support.
Inspect the released need2 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by NORTAC WAVE and NORTAC TACTICAL, WESCAM MX electro-optical and infrared sensors.
Inspect the released need2 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by Cyber threat detection and response, External cyber-threat intelligence.
Inspect the released need1 technology is connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by Rugged satellite terminals and RF components.
Inspect the released need1 technology is connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by WESCAM MX electro-optical and infrared sensors.
Inspect the released need1 technology is connected to both records through separate human review.
Established by MIL-V optionally manned ground vehicle.
Inspect the released needHow satellite connectivity, northern hubs, field communications, and operating resilience fit together across Canada's Arctic.
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Read Brief: Resilient communications are the backbone of Arctic defenceFollow reviewed needs, mission areas, technologies, programs, domains, regions, or focused map views.
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