Sherbrooke, Que., company building counter-drone and perimeter intrusion detection systems that fuse radar, RF, EO/IR, acoustic and LiDAR data, with its own command-and-control software and a passive acoustic drone sensor.
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Sherbrooke, Que., company building counter-drone and perimeter intrusion detection systems that fuse radar, RF, EO/IR, acoustic and LiDAR data, with its own command-and-control software and a passive acoustic drone sensor.
Won first place and a $1,000,000 prize at DND's IDEaS Counter-UAS Sandbox 2025, an urban drone-detection trial held in Ottawa in November 2025. canada.ca
Tied for second place ($375,000) at the IDEaS Counter-UAS Sandbox 2024 at CFB Suffield with its Air Intrusion Monitoring System (AIMS). canada.ca
The website is operated by 9374-0587 Québec inc., known as "DARIT technologies", under the laws of Quebec (Terms of Use). darit.tech
A May 2026 federal contract to 9374-0587 Québec inc. covers perimeter intrusion detection system integration and IDS installation at Matsqui Institution. search.open.canada.ca
Products DARIT Technologies publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Counter-UxS and perimeter protection
Network of sensor stations that fuses radar, LiDAR, RF, EO/IR and acoustic data to detect, track and classify aerial and ground threats, with optional integration of jamming, interceptor or directed-energy effectors.
Learn moreCommand and control
Command-and-control interface that turns multi-sensor data into one operational picture for counter-drone operations, with neural-network tracking and classification and fully local data processing.
Learn moreAcoustic drone detection sensor
Passive sensor using microphone arrays and embedded AI to detect and track drones in 3D, including RF-silent drones, without emitting signals.
Learn morePublicly announced partnerships.
One of nine SME partners in the DND-backed hub initiated by Espace Aéro at Mirabel, contributing to its Counter-UxS and RAS use case.
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
IDEaS Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox 2025, National Defence — grant (sandbox prize)
IDEaS Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox 2024, National Defence — grant (sandbox prize)
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution
Research contract, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada — procurement contract
Equipment contract, Correctional Service of Canada — procurement contract
DARIT says it is one of nine SMEs contributing to the Uncrewed Systems Defence Innovation Secure Hub (NEXuS project) at Mirabel's YMX Innovation Centre, working on the hub's Counter-UxS and RAS use case. The $29.6 million in funding is for the whole hub, not DARIT.
National Defence announced the 2025 IDEaS Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems Sandbox prize winners after trials in Ottawa on November 24 to 28, 2025. DARIT Technologies of Sherbrooke placed first and received $1,000,000.
Terms the company uses about its own work.
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