Queen's University at Kingston

$515,663.00 CAD

≈ 7 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Public Safety Canada
Program
(SAR NIF) Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2024-2025
Agreement period
November 19, 2024 – August 31, 2027
Reference
ps-sp:088-2024-2025-Q3-00068

Published purpose

This project will develop and test a multi-drone search system designed for Canadian maritime search and rescue agencies’ operating in small craft in inshore waters. These drones will be fully autonomous, with the capability to search for missing persons based on data from the Canadian Search and Rescue Program. The scope of this project is to improve its validity, and to provide documentation and training for future integration of these drone into search and rescue response.

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