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Dated Apr 20, 2026
CanadaBuys records a Department of National Defence Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream contract for AS-188 OceanSled Ranger, awarded on April 20, 2026 and scheduled through February 2027. Canadian Coast Guard documentation separately records earlier collaborative design, testing and operational deployment of an autonomous surface vessel in Haida Gwaii.
Source: AS-188 OceanSled Ranger contract history (opens in a new tab)Reviewed assessment
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Mission areas
Contributing capability
Mission-Ready Autonomous Maritime Systems Integration
Autonomous Patrol and Monitoring
Shift Coastal Technologies's public portfolio could support modular uncrewed or remotely operated maritime workflows when integrated with appropriate acoustic sensors, command systems and operational authorities.
Evidence strength: ModerateCapability last reviewed Jul 27, 2026
Open Mission areaContributing capability
Mission-Ready Autonomous Maritime Systems Integration
Underwater ISR
Released Defence needs
Contributing capability
Mission-Ready Autonomous Maritime Systems Integration
Persistent uncrewed underwater surveillance
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.
Evidence strength: ModerateCapability last reviewed Jul 27, 2026
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Autonomous maritime platform and payload systems integration
Mission-Ready Autonomous Maritime Systems Integration
What it enables
Design, build, integrate, deploy and sustain OceanSled-family autonomous maritime systems that combine surface platforms, payloads, onboard compute, communications and command infrastructure into deployable, mission-specific coastal capabilities.
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Public programs and contracts
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Programs and deployments
Canadian Coast Guard Autonomous Surface Vessel Collaboration
collaborating system developer and deployment partner
Sponsor or operator: Canadian Coast Guard
Organization role. Collaboration in which Canadian Coast Guard personnel participated with Shift Coastal Technologies in design and on-water testing of the Coast Guard's first autonomous surface vessel, now used by the Haida Gwaii Marine Environmental and Hazards Response unit for marine emergencies, environmental protection and search-and-rescue support.
Program. Collaboration in which Canadian Coast Guard personnel participated with Shift Coastal Technologies in design and on-water testing of the Coast Guard's first autonomous surface vessel, now used by the Haida Gwaii Marine Environmental and Hazards Response unit for marine emergencies, environmental protection and search-and-rescue support.
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Which OceanSled Ranger test objectives, measured results and platform-payload configurations will be available to prospective government operators?
The current contract establishes a live evaluation path, but public material does not yet show endurance, communications, sensor-integration or acceptance results by configuration.
Geography
Nanaimo, British Columbia
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Last reviewed
Aug 10, 2026
Identity and profile
- Open source: Shift Coastal Technologies autonomous maritime systems (opens in a new tab)
Shift Coastal Technologies autonomous maritime systems
Shift Coastal Technologies
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