Company Overview

Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) is the national authority for providing Science and Technology (S&T) leadership to advance, transform and maintain Canadas defence and security capabilities. Driven by a rapidly changing national and global security environment, DRDC synchronizes its activities with the Canadian Forces (CF) and the Department of National Defence (DND), to deliver excellence in leading-edge research, technology and analysis so that our military and security agencies can respond to the new realities of defence and security operations and plan for the future.

To realize the benefits of Canadas investment in research and to enhance the flow of discoveries, inventions and new concepts from laboratories into commercial products, processes and services - helping to bridge the gap between business and research communities - the six DRDC regional research centres are establishing themselves as innovation hubs through their business development activities. These hubs that have traditionally fostered partnerships, are starting to pool resources, share facilities and network more closely with the private sector, government units and universities in the region. The hubs are designed to provide integrated capabilities and services from R&D, testing, evaluation and engineering, to technology exploitation by private sector partners.

For DRDC, the rapid transition of S&T into defence and security capability involves engaging industry early in technology insertion and spiral development, moving away from the traditional linear process for procurement to an evolutionary approach taking into account end-to-end procurement. Through timely commercialization, a synergy is being achieved between Canadas defence and security objectives and Canadas economic goals.

DRDC is also well linked internationally to key players such as the NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO), and through bilateral and multilateral collaborations with the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, the Netherlands and Sweden in particular.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Defence Research & Development Canada

Number of Employees: 1400

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Services

• Aerospace Life Support

  to enhance the operational effectiveness and safety of aircrew during exposure to the stresses of the aerospace environment

• Biomedical Sciences

  to conduct R&D in support of Canadian Forces' requirements to assess and prevent health hazards, prepare for and sustain the delivery of health care and diagnose, treat and manage illness and trauma arising from conventional military operations

• Chemical & Biological Defence

  hazard assessment, detection and identification, physical protection, medical countermeasures and verification technology

• Combat Systems

  methods for protecting personnel and equipment in phenomena associated with weapon systems, aerodynamics and energetic materials

• Defence Communications
• Environmental & Applied Ergonomics

  to maximize the operational capability of Canadian Forces personnel under adverse environmental conditions through the development of personal protective clothing/equipment, physical training methods, ergogenic aids and human engineering methods/tools

• Experimental Diving

  to ensure the operational capability of Canadian Forces diving and underwater intervention through research and development, training and support of accident investigations

• Human Factors Of Command Systems

  design, development, testing, operation and training of command systems

• Information Operations
• Naval Platform Technology

  maximize operational effectiveness as well as environmental and personal safety while minimizing construction, operating and maintenance costs by applying new platform and materials technology

• Navigation
• Space Technology
• Tactical Vehicle Systems

  obstacle clearance and minefield breaching, vehicle mobility in off-road environments, remotely piloted and robotic vehicles, applications of explosives and structural response to shock and blast, ordnance detection and weapon system evaluation

Products

• Air Vehicles

  develop or apply tevhnologies which reduce the costs of operation of aircraft and equipment while maintaining safety standards

• Electronic Warfare
• Information Systems

  develop and supply computer techniques and architecture, information systems, research results and tools to improve the efficiency of the decision-making cycle, equipment systems and simulation procedures

• Optronics Systems
• Radiological Technology And Biology
• Simulation And Modeling For Acquisition And Training

  to apply and advance human factors knowledge and techniques in the exploitation of modelling and simulation for equipment and acquisition, training and mission rehearsal

• Surface And Aerospace Radar
• Undersea Warfare

  investigate and develop techniques, concepts, system components and systems for detecting submarine, surface, mine and torpedo targets

NAICS Categories

• 334512 Measuring, Medical and Controlling Devices Manufacturing
• 541710 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences
• 911110 Defence Services

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