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ASL Environmental Sciences

ASL Environmental Sciences is an employee-owned British Columbia science and technology company providing oceanographic instrumentation, Arctic and ice services, and optical and radar Earth-observation analytics.

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ASL Environmental Sciences’s Tech

DeCAF Rapid Response Toolkit

Automated satellite change-detection and rapid-response toolkit

Strong evidence

ASL's DeCAF work applies satellite time-series, radar and optical imagery, machine learning and automated change detection to identify landscape disturbances and support wide-area monitoring.

Core features

Automated satellite time-series analysis
Radar and optical image fusion
Machine-learning change detection
Wide-area alert-oriented monitoring

Defence applications

Canadian Arctic landscape monitoring
New human-activity detection
Salmon-habitat monitoring
Sea-ice and environmental assessment

Earth observationSAROptical imageryChange detectionArctic monitoring

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Where this technology may help

Our assessmentStrong public evidence

Arctic Domain Awareness

The CSA explicitly frames DeCAF rapid-response work as wide-area situational awareness for monitoring Canadian Arctic landscapes and alerting to new human activity.

Supporting sourcesCanadian Space Agency smartEarth awards

Our assessmentStrong public evidence

Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring

Automated time-series change detection and alerts could augment persistent monitoring workflows; this is a derived capability mapping and not evidence of operational CAF adoption.

This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.

3 public sources

Evidence & sources

ASL Environmental Sciences team
ASL Environmental Sciences · official organization profile
ASL Environmental Sciences is an employee-owned British Columbia science and technology company providing oceanographic instrumentation, Arctic and ice services, and optical and radar Earth-observation analytics.
ASL DeCAF-RRT contribution
Government of Canada · award or contract
A 2025-2027 Canadian Space Agency agreement provides $250,000 for DeCAF-RRT, a wide-area satellite Earth-observation monitoring tool, and the CSA smartEarth portfolio separately describes the toolkit's intended Canadian Arctic and CAF situational-awareness use.
Canadian Space Agency smartEarth awards
Canadian Space Agency · innovation program
The CSA explicitly frames DeCAF rapid-response work as wide-area situational awareness for monitoring Canadian Arctic landscapes and alerting to new human activity.

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Company profile

ASL Environmental Sciences

Request an introduction Add to Working List Download profile Visit company website

How to read the record

Know what is sourced, assessed, current or still unknown.

Public-source factA released source supports the statement.
Our assessmentA person reviewed where the evidence may point.
Evidence strengthThe label reflects the quality and depth of public support.
Last reviewedThe date shows when the record was checked most recently.
Not yet verifiedMissing information stays visible instead of being invented.

1 reviewed technology or offering

ASL Environmental Sciences’s Tech

DeCAF Rapid Response Toolkit

Automated satellite change-detection and rapid-response toolkit

Strong evidence

ASL's DeCAF work applies satellite time-series, radar and optical imagery, machine learning and automated change detection to identify landscape disturbances and support wide-area monitoring.

Core features

Automated satellite time-series analysis
Radar and optical image fusion
Machine-learning change detection
Wide-area alert-oriented monitoring

Defence applications

Canadian Arctic landscape monitoring
New human-activity detection
Salmon-habitat monitoring
Sea-ice and environmental assessment

Earth observationSAROptical imageryChange detectionArctic monitoring

Explore this technology

See the missions and released public needs worth exploring

Where this technology may help

Our assessmentStrong public evidence

Arctic Domain Awareness

The CSA explicitly frames DeCAF rapid-response work as wide-area situational awareness for monitoring Canadian Arctic landscapes and alerting to new human activity.

Supporting sourcesCanadian Space Agency smartEarth awards

Our assessmentStrong public evidence

Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring

Automated time-series change detection and alerts could augment persistent monitoring workflows; this is a derived capability mapping and not evidence of operational CAF adoption.

This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.

3 public sources

Evidence & sources

ASL Environmental Sciences team
ASL Environmental Sciences · official organization profile
ASL Environmental Sciences is an employee-owned British Columbia science and technology company providing oceanographic instrumentation, Arctic and ice services, and optical and radar Earth-observation analytics.
ASL DeCAF-RRT contribution
Government of Canada · award or contract
A 2025-2027 Canadian Space Agency agreement provides $250,000 for DeCAF-RRT, a wide-area satellite Earth-observation monitoring tool, and the CSA smartEarth portfolio separately describes the toolkit's intended Canadian Arctic and CAF situational-awareness use.
Canadian Space Agency smartEarth awards
Canadian Space Agency · innovation program
The CSA explicitly frames DeCAF rapid-response work as wide-area situational awareness for monitoring Canadian Arctic landscapes and alerting to new human activity.

North Signal · Weekly briefing

See what Canada is building next.

One concise weekly briefing on newly mapped Canadian capabilities, released public needs, and defence developments worth following.

Weekly. Evidence-led. Unsubscribe anytime. Read a sample.