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Title:

OVERSEE – Optical Vision Enhancement and Refinement of Sensor Exploitation Effectiveness

Agreement Number:

3565632

Agreement Value:

$390,000.00

Agreement Date:

May 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021

Description:

The purpose of OVERSEE is to address the unique challenges of SAR in remote areas (such as indigenous communities in the Arctic and their immediate surrounding area) with UAS platforms. In order to do so, we must create SOP’s to facilitate UAS BVLOS usage for SAR, including SOP’s for Computer Vision (CV) techniques for SAR operations. To create the SOP’s, OVERSEE needs remote/isolated community SAR statistics from organizations who respond to SAR events. We seek the “where”, “when” and “what” details (i.e. lost hunter, capsized boat, spotted from CAF aircraft at 2000ft after 3 hours). This is added to a simulation engine along with new COTS UAS models for processing, outputting the most successful UAS SAR methods.

Organization:

Public Safety Canada

Expected Results:

Expected Outcomes: Short term: In the short term, SOP’s will be disseminated to CASARA member organizations for review and adoption. With the wide availability of COTS UAS’s and the desire to always improve SAR results, we believe the SOP’s will be an excellent stimulant for agencies which are still deciding how to capitalize on the UAS phenomenon. We expect that the IRIS UAS and Total::Vision products provided to CASARA will be utilized in exercises/operations to continue validation of the SOP’s. The products of OVERSEE can be applied to SAR training to help operators learn about UAS SAR capabilities. Medium term: In the medium term, the results of OVERSEE should assist with the overall acceptance and Adoption of UAS. We hope that isolated and remote indigenous communities will be on the forefront of this adoption as they stand to gain the most benefit from use of UAS’s due to their current lack of aeronautical assets.

Location:

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K2K 3C9

Reference Number:

214-2020-2021-Q1-0028

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

434096-5

Recipient Type:

Government

Additional Information:

File Number: SN202006

Recipient's Legal Name:

Ontario

Research Organization:

Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd

Federal Riding Name:

Kanata--Carleton

Federal Riding Number:

35041

Program:

(SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund

Program Purpose:

SAR NIF provides annual funding for projects that will improve the National Search and Rescue Program. SAR NIF projects must address at least one of the National SAR Program Annual Priorities.
Potential applicants must contact one of the federal, provincial or territorial SAR partners to express interest in the program and develop proposals that address program and partner priorities.