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Canada's Only Indigenous Security & Defence Company

Coastal Defence Systems

Sovereign · Indigenous · Next-Generation

Utilizing proprietary drone armament, surveillance, and AI technology to advance Canada's sovereign defence capability — built by Indigenous hands for a safer nation.

1,000km
TH-MX150 Max Range
7
UAV Platforms
$125B
UAV Market by 2032
17%
Global UAV CAGR
$500B+
Canada Defence Decade

Built for
Sovereign
Defence

Coastal Defence Systems Inc. (CDSI) is Canada's only Indigenous security and defence company developing proprietary drone armament, surveillance, and AI technology for Canada's sovereign defence needs.

Operating at the intersection of Indigenous economic reconciliation and national security, CDSI is positioned to serve Canada's rapidly expanding defence procurement mandate — with a target of 70% of federal defence contracts going to Canadian firms within a decade.

"Canada must invest in its own defence industrial base — building sovereign capability that serves our security needs and strengthens our economy. Indigenous-led innovation is central to that future."

— Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
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Indigenous Sovereignty

Canada's only Indigenous-led defence drone company, advancing economic reconciliation through sovereign technology.

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NATO Aligned

Platforms and AI systems directly addressing NATO's identified critical capability needs for detecting and defeating unmanned systems at platform and swarm level.

Agentic
AI First

CDSI's AI architecture follows a graduated autonomy model — analogous to SAE self-driving levels — where AI agents recommend before they command. Currently operating at Level 1, with AI agents providing detection and alerting while humans retain full decision authority. Advancing toward agent-recommended actions through safety-gated progression.

LVL 01

Detection + Alerts

Human makes all decisions. System identifies and notifies.

Current
LVL 02

Agent Recommends

AI recommends actions. Human approves operational response.

LVL 03

Bounded Automation

System executes low-risk actions in specific conditions.

LVL 04

High Automation

Fully autonomous in constrained environments with safe fallback.

LVL 05

Full Autonomy

Robust decisioning across all environments and adversarial conditions.

Drone Swarm Identification

Gossip-style distributed protocols for propagating swarm state and membership signals without centralized control — enabling detection of swarm splits, merges, and suspicious membership claims.

AI Attribution Layer

AI agent fusing telemetry, communications patterns, and behavioral data to attribute swarm membership and detect anomalies — sitting above signed identities, not replacing them.

Defensible Decision Datasets

Every agent recommendation is structured-logged against outcomes, building proprietary decision datasets and SOP intelligence that compounds over operational time.

Generational
Tailwinds

$125B
Global UAV Market
by 2032
17% CAGR
$7B
Counter-Drone Market
by 2029
27% CAGR
$500B+
Canada Defence
Next Decade
70% to Canadian firms
2%
NATO GDP Target
Achieved March 2026
PM Carney

NATO stakeholders have identified coordinated UxS swarms and the technologies needed to detect and defeat unmanned systems at both platform and swarm level as critical capability needs. CDSI's Thunder Class platform and AI swarm-identification work directly addresses this gap.

Canada's new Defence Industrial Strategy mandates domestic procurement with an explicit Buy Canadian directive for drones, sensors, and strike systems. A new Defence Investment Agency (October 2025) centralizes procurement, creating a direct pathway for Indigenous-owned, Canadian-built UAV platforms.

Strategic
Partners

Command & Control
Seafarerai Inc.

Command and control systems integration partner, enabling advanced mission management and real-time operational coordination for CDSI's Thunder Class platforms.

AI Development
Rivur Communications

AI drone development partner focused on advancing CDSI's agentic-first autonomy architecture, swarm identification protocols, and AI attribution layer development.

Aerodrome
Liverpool Aerodrome — Nova Scotia

Dedicated aerodrome partnership in Liverpool, Nova Scotia providing test, demonstration, and operational launch facilities for CDSI's Atlantic coastal defence operations.

Certifications
& Approvals

International Import Certificate — Global Affairs Canada
RCMP Licensing
Transport Approvals — CANUTEC
Storage Approvals — Natural Resources Canada
Ammunition Storage Permits
Explosive License — Natural Resources Canada
Explosive Certification — Province of Nova Scotia
Drone Flying Certifications
Controlled Goods Certification
Top Secret Security Clearances
OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer

Connect
With CDSI

Headquarters

Nova Scotia, Canada
Atlantic Coastal Operations Zone

Aerodrome Operations

Liverpool Aerodrome
Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada