 August 2010 - JKC has completed a project development consultation
with the Polar Epsilon 2 project, a Canadian Forces initiative to further improve the Canadian military’s space-based surveillance
capability. Polar Epsilon 2 will build the ground based infrastructure to receive, process and use imagery from the Radarsat
Constellation Mission satellites. Radarsat Constellation Mission, referred to as RCM, will include three synthetic aperture
radar satellites that will be placed in near-earth orbit so as to view the entire globe. The RCM project is in its design
phase and is expected to be operational in the latter half of this decade. This is a Canadian, world leading, space-based
surveillance capability that is being developed by the Canadian
Space Agency and the Canadian company, MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA).
RCM and the Polar Epsilon 2 capability will support a wide variety of missions including sovereignty surveillance of the Arctic.
JKC
Partners with Borstad Associates
on Hyperspectral Projects
JKC working in support of Borstad
Associates recently completed two hyperspectral imagery projects
that were aimed at helping the Canadian
Space Agency (CSA) and Defence
Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to define military requirements
for future space based hyperspectral imaging systems. The first
project, for CSA, looked specifically at detecting and classifying
CBRN
or Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear events while the
second project, for DRDC, examined how maritime forces would use
hyperspectral imaging satellites to support future surveillance
operations.
JKC
Develops Concept of Operations for the Canadian Military’s
Polar Epsilon Satellite Program
JKC is helping the Canadian Forces (CF)
break new ground in the use of commercial satellite imagery. Working
with the CF, JKC has developed operational specifications and concepts
for Polar Epsilon that will help surveillance commanders to support
Canadian sovereignty surveillance and deployed operations using
commercially available satellite imagery. The Polar Epsilon Project
is focusing on support to maritime surveillance missions in the
Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic approaches to Canada. The project also
includes an Arctic land surveillance mission. Both the Arctic land
and maritime missions are gaining importance as climate change makes
this resource rich region more accessible to foreign incursions.
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