Mandate

The mandate of Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic is to conduct research and development in the areas of Underwater Sensing and Countermeasures, Naval Command & Control Information Systems, Naval Platforms, Air Platforms, Signature Management, Emerging Materials, and Modelling & Simulation. These R&D activities support operations, acquisition, maintenance, and requirements planning by Canada’s Navy and Air Force.

Within undersea warfare, DRDC Atlantic leads in sonar technology , mine countermeasures, and torpedo defence. We are expanding our expertise in naval command & control and information systems. We also lead in naval platform R&D, encompassing structural modelling, computational fluid dynamics, and operational effectiveness applied to ships and submarines. We manage air platform technology programs for the benefit of Air Force operations, including aeropropulsion, aerodynamics, flight mechanics, structures and materials. Our R&D in signature management investigates and reduces the vulnerability of military platforms to emissions and reflections of energy. Our emerging materials R&D supports a variety of Canadian Forces materiel requirements, from "functional" and "smart" materials to advanced power sources. We employ modelling & simulation to develop and integrate platform and combat systems models for acquisition, requirements, rehearsal, and training.

DRDC Atlantic is one of eight research centres of Defence R&D Canada , an Agency within the Department of National Defence.