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Agile Electromagnetics

DefenceAIKanata, ON

Kanata, Ontario defence company developing software-defined electronic warfare systems: a digital-beamforming counter-drone jammer, a drone-mounted EW payload, a multi-function spectrum sensing and attack system, and command software for spectrum operations.

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About

Company site: agile-em.com

Kanata, Ontario defence company developing software-defined electronic warfare systems: a digital-beamforming counter-drone jammer, a drone-mounted EW payload, a multi-function spectrum sensing and attack system, and command software for spectrum operations.

  • Federal corporation 1316402-1 (Agile Electromagnetics Inc.), incorporated under the CBCA on 2021-07-07, status Active, registered office in Kanata, Ontario. ised-isde.canada.ca

  • Won IDEaS Counter-UAS Concept Development funding for its CUAS Cognitive Electronic Warfare System: $499,040 for nine months, then $1,999,750 for a further 15 months. canada.ca

  • Demonstrated its C2EWS cognitive EW system at DND's 2025 Counter-UAS Sandbox (Urban), one of twenty participating innovators; it was not among the prize winners. canada.ca

  • Awarded a 12-month Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream R&D contract in June 2026 for its Hydra Multi-Function Antenna System. canadabuys.canada.ca

Products & Services

Company site: agile-em.com

Products Agile Electromagnetics publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

Hydra Counter-Drone System

Counter-drone

Pairs a 32-element digital beamforming antenna with a gallium-nitride RF front end and embedded machine learning to detect, classify, track and jam single drones or swarms, with direction-finding and NATO-protocol networking.

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Artemis Drone Electronic Warfare Payload

Drone EW payload

Eight-element digital beamforming payload for Group 1 and 2 drones providing electronic support and electronic attack, with on-board detection, classification and responsive jamming.

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Multi-Function EMSO System

Electromagnetic spectrum operations

Scales from 8 to 32 digital beamforming elements across VHF to mm-wave frequencies, with one common aperture supporting cognitive radio, electronic support and electronic attack.

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EMSO Command and Control System

Spectrum command and control

Fuses sensor and effector data into a spectrum common operating picture, estimates emitter locations and allocates sensing and countermeasure resources across the network for EMSO and C-UAS missions.

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Government & Grants

Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.

  1. IDEaS Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Concept Development, National Defence — challenge funding (initial nine-month stage)

  2. Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program, National Defence — contribution (CUAS Cognitive Electronic Warfare System, 15-month stage)

  3. Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Program – Concept Development, National Defence — contribution (UAV polarimetric ground-penetrating radar for minefield breaching)

  4. Innovative Solutions Canada Testing Stream, National Defence as buyer — testing-stream contract (Hydra Multi-Function Antenna System)

  5. IDEaS Competitive Projects Call for Proposals 5, National Defence — defence contract

  6. National Defence — defence R&D contract (W7714-228010)

  7. National Defence — defence R&D contract (CW2315120)

Technology Focus

Company site: agile-em.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Cognitive EWCounter-droneDigital beamformingElectromagnetic spectrum operationsSoftware-definedMachine learning

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