Maritime Asset Protection

The Maritime Asset Protection Section conducts scientific research and development related to

• Underwater force protection for naval vessels
• Naval mine hunting and countermeasures
• Naval signature predictions
• Underwater acoustic, electric and magnetic signatures
• Above water infrared signatures
• Airborne Magnetic Detection (Located at the National Research Council Canada, Institute for Aerospace Research, Flight Research Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario)

Fact Sheets

1. Automatic Target Recognition (ATR)



2. Target Echo Strength



3. Safeguarding naval platforms from the infrared threat



4. Diver Signature Integrated Measurement System (DSIMS)



5. Minehunting Software Package for Mission Planning, Control and Sonar Analysis



6. Remote Minehunting for the Canadian Forces



7. Hydroacoustics and Warship Signatures



8. Autonomous Under-Ice Surveys for Canadian Arctic Sovereignty: Project Cornerstone