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Mission Area and Use Case
Detection, survey, characterization, and persistent awareness for undersea environments and infrastructure.
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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.
11 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
Inspect the released need7 technologies are connected to both records through separate human review.
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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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Our assessment
Organizations are ordered by the strongest published assessment on this page, then alphabetically. This is not a ranking or recommendation.
Company
Truro, Nova Scotia
Listen underwater, process sound at the sensor, and move the data into monitoring workflows. Ocean Sonics builds smart digital hydrophones and acoustic systems in Nova Scotia.
3 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 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
Networked smart hydrophones can contribute passive acoustic data and local processing to an underwater awareness architecture.
Company
Burnaby, British Columbia
OceanWorks International is a British Columbia subsea-engineering company that designs and manufactures manned and unmanned underwater work systems, submarine rescue equipment, launch-and-recovery systems and seafloor network infrastructure.
Technology reviewed for this mission
OceanWorks International's documented capability could supply a distinct sensing, processing, integration, deployment or sustainment layer for a containerized anti-submarine-warfare system; this is an analyst-derived fit, not evidence of a specific procurement role.
Company
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Put eyes and tools underwater with a durable, modular vehicle built in Canada. SEAMOR Marine manufactures inspection-class ROVs, cameras, and accessories in Nanaimo.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Inspection-class ROVs can provide close-range visual awareness and payload access for underwater inspection in locations where diver exposure is undesirable.
Company
Collingwood, Ontario
Build underwater acoustic sensing around the mission instead of a fixed catalogue part. Sensor Technology manufactures custom piezoelectric transducers, hydrophones, and sensing systems in Ontario.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Custom acoustic sensors and hydrophones can provide collection components for underwater detection, monitoring, and uncrewed-platform payloads.
Company
St. Catharines, Ontario
Shark Marine Technologies is a St. Catharines underwater-technology manufacturer producing ROVs, diver navigation and delivery systems, sonar, mission software and supporting hardware for military, law-enforcement, scientific and commercial users.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Shark Marine Technologies's ROV, underwater-sensing, inspection or mission-support capability could improve rapid collection and interpretation of public-source subsea observations.
Company
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Shift Coastal Technologies is a Nanaimo autonomous-maritime systems integrator that combines platforms, sensing or effecting payloads, onboard compute, communications and command infrastructure into field-deployable systems.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Shift Coastal Technologies's documented capability could supply a distinct sensing, processing, integration, deployment or sustainment layer for a containerized anti-submarine-warfare system; this is an analyst-derived fit, not evidence of a specific procurement role.
Company
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
See the Canadian systems behind submarine detection at sea. From its Dartmouth operation, Ultra Maritime develops and builds towed arrays in Canada and manufactures or integrates sonobuoys, hull-mounted sonar, containerized Sea Tracker systems, and lifecycle support for Royal Canadian Navy and allied undersea-warfare programs.
Technology reviewed for this mission
The lifecycle scope helps bring the River-class underwater-warfare sensors and defensive systems through integration, trials and acceptance into sustained fleet readiness.
Hull-mounted sonar provides persistent shipboard detection, classification and tracking at the centre of an integrated underwater-warfare picture.
Sea Lancer's detection, localization and classification functions give operators the acoustic coverage needed to find and understand submarine and torpedo activity across wider areas.
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Company
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Ven-Tech Subsea is a North Vancouver commercial-diving and marine-robotics company providing rapidly deployable ROV inspection, survey, mapping, intervention and recovery services across Western Canada, Nunavut and offshore environments.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Ven-Tech Subsea's ROV, underwater-sensing, inspection or mission-support capability could improve rapid collection and interpretation of public-source subsea observations.
Company
Vancouver, British Columbia
VodaSafe Inc., operating as AquaEye, is a Vancouver technology company developing intelligent sonar and coordination tools for water-search, rescue and recovery operations.
Technology reviewed for this mission
ROV-mounted sonar and AI-supported subsurface search could support underwater sensing and recovery tasks; the mapping is derived and not a statement of CAF or RCN adoption.
Company
Victoria, British Columbia
Measure the water column without rebuilding the instrument package. AML Oceanographic makes swappable sensors, profilers, and moving-vessel systems in Canada for hydrographic and ocean operations.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Water-column and sound-velocity measurements can improve environmental characterization for sonar and underwater survey operations, subject to mission-specific integration.
Company
Vernon, British Columbia
Aquavision Services LTD is a Vernon, British Columbia company that uses ROVs to inspect, clean and maintain potable-water reservoirs without taking systems offline.
Technology reviewed for this mission
ROV condition assessment of water infrastructure could support inspection of critical submerged assets; the mission mapping is derived and does not assert defence use.
Company
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Atlantic Hardchrome is a Dartmouth industrial manufacturer providing machining, grinding, CNC work, repair, plating and inspection services for aerospace, defence and other complex industrial components.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Specialized component manufacturing and repair for submarine-control systems could support maritime sustainment; this is a derived alignment, not an identified naval contract.
Company
Herring Cove, Nova Scotia
Aurora ROV Systems Ltd. is a Herring Cove, Nova Scotia distributor of advanced underwater robotic systems and remotely operated vehicle technologies for the marine industry.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Distribution and support of advanced ROV systems could enable underwater inspection and sensing missions, but this is a derived fit and does not establish a current defence deployment.
Company
Sidney, British Columbia
Camcor Diving Services is a Sidney, British Columbia underwater-construction, aquaculture-maintenance and marine-survey company that uses a light inspection-class ROV for underwater inspections.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Inspection-class ROV video could support condition assessment of underwater structures, but defence applicability, customers and deployments remain unverified.
Company
Foxboro, Ontario
Canadian Underwater Inspection Services is a Foxboro, Ontario company providing configurable ROV, sonar, commercial-diving, salvage, recovery, confined-space and vessel-support services for underwater engineering and inspection work.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Canadian Underwater Inspection Services's ROV, underwater-sensing, inspection or mission-support capability could improve rapid collection and interpretation of public-source subsea observations.
Company
Burnaby, British Columbia
Keep subsea missions running longer without routine recovery. Cellula Robotics develops fuel-cell autonomous underwater vehicles and related autonomy systems for persistent operations from British Columbia.
Technology reviewed for this mission
A long-endurance autonomous underwater vehicle can extend survey and patrol reach, subject to validation of payloads, recovery concepts, and operating conditions.
Company
Meaford, Ontario
CompleteWaters is a Meaford marine-robotics operator providing portable ROV, USV, water-quality, sediment-sampling and boat services across Canada, including deployments in Arctic conditions.
Technology reviewed for this mission
CompleteWaters's ROV, underwater-sensing, inspection or mission-support capability could improve rapid collection and interpretation of public-source subsea observations.
Company
Creston, British Columbia
Darkwater Exploration is the ROV and underwater-video-inspection division of EnviroMarine Ltd., serving Western Canada from Creston, British Columbia.
Technology reviewed for this mission
Portable ROV, imaging-sonar and video-inspection services could support localized underwater assessment and recovery tasks; mission fit is derived and no defence customer is asserted.
