Every Resolute vessel runs the same software, so capabilities proven on the Eureka class carry over to the classes that follow. Sensor fusion, the compliance engine, command arbitration, mission autonomy and the fleet console are our own work, Canadian-owned and Canadian-controlled. They run above a standard open-source autopilot, which we do not modify: our software decides what reaches it.
Radar, AIS, cameras, charts, and operator reports flow into one normalized measurement stream and are fused into a single live picture: tracked vessels with history and behaviour, and a map of what the sensors have confirmed.
Autonomous systems handle data without a person in the loop, and Canadian law still applies: privacy, security categorization, and the handling of protected and classified information. Our fusion pipeline carries security metadata on every measurement and enforces machine-readable policy automatically, with a complete audit trail.
A reviewer can reproduce any decision the system made, later, on a separate machine.
Traffic-separation holds, charted-hazard mission gates, and collision-avoidance behaviours run automatically. Operators can override, and every override is role-gated, requires a stated reason, and is audited.
Our fleet console gives one operator the operating picture for many hulls, with a full bridge view for any single vessel when close control is needed. Command runs over multiple links at once: satellite, LTE, and encrypted radio, with an optional mesh network between vessels for swarm operations. If one link drops, the others carry on, and a vessel that loses every link behaves predictably.
A multi-vessel simulator generates unlimited test scenarios, from routine transits to deliberately hostile edge cases, and automated tests run on every code change. Failure cases are tested in simulation before any vessel meets them on the water.
The operating picture
Screenshots from our fleet console during a simulated two-vessel exercise in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, with live AIS traffic overlaid.
Built for the North
We build for the North, and that carries obligations. Our systems exist to serve the communities they operate near, to help save lives when called on, and never to hinder or harm the people and livelihoods around them. Community knowledge, harvesting areas, and daily patterns of life are treated as protected information in our systems.
If your work touches maritime surveillance, northern operations, or autonomous systems, we would like to hear from you.
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