In June 2007, MDA received a contract for $2.8 million (CAD) to conduct the Definition Phase for project Polar Epsilon, and the award of this $25 million contract initiates the Implementation Phase of this maritime and Arctic surveillance project. Polar Epsilon is a project targeted to deliver space-based, day and night, all-weather maritime surveillance information of Canada’s Arctic and its ocean approaches, and includes global high-resolution surveillance capabilities to support deployed Canadian Forces. Polar Epsilon will monitor vessels within Canadian and international waters using MDA’s RADARSAT-2. MDA’s solution will significantly enhance MDA’s existing ship detection capabilities through an on-orbit upgrade of RADARSAT-2’s imaging capabilities. The solution will also include east and west coast real-time ground systems and an advanced ship information extraction system to exploit the new data.
Satnews Daily
June 29th, 2009
Scrutiny Of The Seas Scheme For Canadian Shores By MDA
In June 2007, MDA received a contract for $2.8 million (CAD) to conduct the Definition Phase for project Polar Epsilon, and the award of this $25 million contract initiates the Implementation Phase of this maritime and Arctic surveillance project. Polar Epsilon is a project targeted to deliver space-based, day and night, all-weather maritime surveillance information of Canada’s Arctic and its ocean approaches, and includes global high-resolution surveillance capabilities to support deployed Canadian Forces. Polar Epsilon will monitor vessels within Canadian and international waters using MDA’s RADARSAT-2. MDA’s solution will significantly enhance MDA’s existing ship detection capabilities through an on-orbit upgrade of RADARSAT-2’s imaging capabilities. The solution will also include east and west coast real-time ground systems and an advanced ship information extraction system to exploit the new data.