Funding, News and Announcements

Further to the below, this message is to advise you that the All Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) S&T Program has published a Request for Information. This is an opportunity for universities to indicate their interest in bidding for research contract funding in areas that may support the ADSA S&T Program. For further information, please visit the website here.

Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) will be inviting research proposals to support the All Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) Science and Technology (S&T) Program. Through an investment of up to $133M over five years, DRDC, an agency of the Department of National Defence (DND), will conduct research and analysis to support the development of options for enhanced domain awareness of air, maritime surface and sub-surface approaches to Canada, and in particular those in the Arctic. This research and analysis will be delivered through collaboration with Other Government Departments (OGDs), academia, industry and allies. Surveillance solutions explored will support the Government of Canada’s ability to exercise sovereignty in the North, and will provide a greater whole-of-government awareness of safety and security issues, transportation and commercial activity in Canada’s Arctic.

The aim is to provide DND with broad evidence-based advice to inform high-level decisions on future investments in surveillance solutions. DRDC seeks to apply S&T to identify, assess and validate technologies in support of situational awareness across air, maritime surface and sub-surface domains, particularly in the North, with a focus on the following areas:

1.         Strategic surveillance of airborne traffic and aerospace warning;
2.         Awareness of maritime traffic in Canadian approaches and Arctic littoral regions;
3.         Awareness of sub-surface activity approaching or in Canada’s North; and
4.         Analysis of sensor mixes and information integration and sharing for all domain awareness to enable detection of modern threats beyond the threshold of the current systems.

ADSA Call for Proposals

An ADSA pre-solicitation was recently posted here.

This advance notice will be followed by an actual Request for Information (RFI) in the spring of 2016, and a Call for Proposals (CFP) for ADSA is anticipated in the fall of 2016.

Further Information about the ADSA Program

ADSA website