The Department of National Defence (DND) has launched a new Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) challenge, seeking artificial intelligence solutions capable of fusing multi-domain data streams, including satellite imagery and telemetry, to improve real-time situational awareness for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).
Tag: RADARSAT Constellation Mission
The RADARSAT Constellation mission is a Canadian government owned Earth Observation system with an initial three satellites whose primary instrument is a Synthetic Aperture Radar. The satellites are used for civil and defence purposes including:
– Maritime surveillance (ice, surface wind, oil pollution and ship monitoring);
– Disaster management (mitigation, warning, response and recovery); and
– Ecosystem monitoring (agriculture, wetlands, forestry and coastal change monitoring).
