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Mission Area and Use Case
Local processing, visualization, and integration that supports decisions when bandwidth or connectivity is constrained.
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Organizations reviewed for this mission
Mapped technologies
Separately reviewed Public Needs
Released needs connected through this technology
These Public Needs were reviewed separately against technologies on this page. The Mission Area does not create or change the released source.
4 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Inspect the released need3 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
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Our assessment
Organizations are ordered by the strongest published assessment on this page, then alphabetically. This is not a ranking or recommendation.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
Give land forces a clearer operating picture and keep information moving across vehicles, sensors, radios, and dismounted teams. General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada integrates tactical networks, computing, vetronics, cyber, and mission systems in Canada.
2 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Inspect the released need2 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Inspect the released need1 technology is connected to both records through separate human review.
Inspect the released need1 technology is connected to both records through separate human review.
Inspect the released need1 technology is connected to both records through separate human review.
Inspect the released needTechnology reviewed for this mission
Land C4ISR systems that combine vehicle, sensor, radio, and dismounted data into a near-real-time operating picture are directly relevant to processing and distributing information at the tactical edge.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa Infotainment is an Ottawa full-stack vehicle-electronics company developing embedded compute, domain-controller, cockpit and software-defined vehicle platforms for commercial and specialized mobility programs.
Technology reviewed for this mission
A rugged vehicle domain controller that consolidates displays, sensors and applications could support platform-level edge processing; this is a derived fit assessment.
Company
Toronto, Ontario
Qoherent is a Toronto radio-intelligence company developing machine-learning software, datasets, engineering services and deployment tools for software-defined radio, open 5G networks and RF sensing.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Deploying RF inference directly into radio-access equipment could support low-latency spectrum awareness and network adaptation at the edge; this mapping is derived.
Company
Mississauga, Ontario
Radiation Solutions is a Mississauga nuclear-instrumentation company developing stationary, mobile, airborne, portable and handheld systems for detecting, identifying, measuring and mapping ionizing radiation.
Technology reviewed for this mission
On-platform identification and mapping of radiation sources can turn sensor measurements into operationally useful location data; the mission mapping is derived.
Company
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Ambra Solutions is a Trois-Rivières telecommunications engineering and manufacturing company that designs and deploys private LTE and 5G networks, rugged devices and positioning tools for mission-critical industrial operations.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Private broadband and rugged edge connectivity could support local data movement and control for distributed sensors and vehicles; this mapping remains derived.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
ANVIL is an Ottawa-based Canadian defence software company whose sovereign intelligence platform connects intelligence, operations, and planning by structuring mission data, enriching it with AI, and exposing it through interoperable mission applications.
Technology reviewed for this mission
ANVIL may support edge data processing through cited deployable compute, data conditioning, inference, visualization, communications, or training workflows used close to operational users.
Company
Montreal, Quebec
Beslogic is a Montreal artificial-intelligence software company offering private, deployable AI systems and engineering services for operational decision support.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Private deployable AI systems could support controlled edge or enterprise analysis workflows; this is a derived technical fit and not a claim of operational use by government.
Company
Waterloo, Ontario
Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation is a Waterloo-based Canadian space and defence technology company developing dual-use systems for strategic power, remote and Arctic operations, space resources, water purification and advanced sensing.
Technology reviewed for this mission
If successfully demonstrated and deployed, LEUNR could provide persistent power for remote sensors, communications and edge-computing infrastructure where conventional logistics are constrained.
Company
London, Ontario
Deep Breathe is a London, Ontario medical-technology company developing locally run artificial-intelligence tools that use ultrasound to assist point-of-care diagnosis of serious lung and torso conditions.
Technology reviewed for this mission
On-device AI analysis without cloud dependence could support remote or disconnected diagnostic workflows; this is a derived mapping and is not evidence of a CAF deployment or clinical endorsement.
Company
Calgary, Alberta
Denvr is a Calgary-based Canadian AI infrastructure company operating sovereign cloud and private AI platforms with integrated GPU compute, inference, networking, storage, encryption, monitoring, and data-residency controls.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Denvr may support edge data processing through cited deployable compute, data conditioning, inference, visualization, communications, or training workflows used close to operational users.
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.
Technology reviewed for this mission
The public architecture describes onboard sensing, edge models, local processing, and fusion for communications-constrained operations, making Edge Data Processing a credible derived alignment subject to deployment-specific review.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
H2 Analytics is an Ottawa software and professional-services company focused on intelligence training, exercise design, C4ISR integration, geospatial solutions, and the AI-enabled Exercise Architect Suite for complex defence and security scenarios.
Technology reviewed for this mission
H2 Analytics may support edge data processing through cited deployable compute, data conditioning, inference, visualization, communications, or training workflows used close to operational users.
Company
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Put expert guidance in front of a technician without flying the expert to the job. Kognitiv Spark builds secure hands-free remote-support tools in Fredericton for defence, marine, manufacturing, and other demanding environments.
Technology reviewed for this mission
RemoteSpark can deliver expert guidance and technical information to frontline users under constrained connectivity, making it relevant to human-in-the-loop support at the operational edge.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
See aircraft, drones, sensors, and airspace constraints in one operational view. Ottawa-based Kongsberg Geospatial develops mission visualization and situational-awareness software for complex uncrewed operations.
Technology reviewed for this mission
A common local visualization layer can reduce operator burden when telemetry, sensor, and airspace context would otherwise be separated.
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.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Archer could provide long-range, infrastructure-independent backhaul between dispersed edge-processing sites in northern or contested operating environments.
If delivered as described, SAMS could fuse local sensor and cyber observations into a distributed operational picture at the tactical edge; the product is currently marked coming soon.
Orion's high-throughput mesh and backhaul functions could move time-sensitive sensor and command data among contested edge nodes when fixed infrastructure is unavailable.
Company
Vancouver, British Columbia
Metaspectral is a Vancouver spectral-intelligence company that applies artificial intelligence and accelerated computing to hyperspectral and geospatial data for Earth observation, defence, emissions monitoring and industrial material identification.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Metaspectral's spectral-data processing or delivery workflow could reduce complex imagery into shareable outputs for analysts and distributed operational teams.
Company
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
MilAero Electronics Atlantic is a Dartmouth manufacturer and integrator of high-performance electrical assemblies for aerospace, defence, marine and industrial markets.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Manufacturing of cable, fibre and RF assemblies could support integration of rugged distributed sensors and mission-compute equipment; this is a derived manufacturing fit.
Company
Ottawa, Ontario
Move artificial-intelligence models from the lab onto spaceflight computers with a repeatable test and deployment path. Mission Control builds mission software and robotic-flight tools in Ottawa.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Onboard model execution can turn sensor data into timely outputs when communications bandwidth or contact windows make continuous transmission impractical; mission-specific integration remains unverified.
