iSLDMB
Search and rescue
Self-locating datum marker buoy supplied for search and rescue operations, including to the US Coast Guard.
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MetOcean Telematics
Ocean & Marine TechnologyDefenceDartmouth, NS
Dartmouth-based satellite telematics company providing Iridium-based data, voice and IoT connectivity for ocean monitoring, defence and search-and-rescue, and asset tracking.
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About
Source: metocean.comMetOcean Telematics describes itself as a leader in the satellite communications industry, providing complete end-to-end telematics services with a focus on niche MetOcean solutions and custom Defence and Security products. Its own about page records that the business was established in 1984 as MetOcean Data Systems and merged with JouBeh Technologies, founded 2008, to form the current entity; its corporate headquarters, R&D facility and production space are at 11 Thornhill Drive, Dartmouth.
Awarded a roughly five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement worth about US$10 million to supply iSLDMB search-and-rescue buoys to the US Coast Guard, April 2026. metocean.com
Announced a strategic partnership with India's Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited following an anti-submarine warfare surveillance contract from India's Ministry of Defence. metocean.com
States its corporate headquarters, R&D facility and production space are at 11 Thornhill Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. metocean.com
National Defence placed five purchase orders with MetOcean on February 5, 2026, each between $107,625 and $212,175, for safety equipment, per federal proactive disclosure. search.open.canada.ca
The company has acquired businesses abroad, including Hiddentec's tracking equipment line (Netherlands, UK, US) in 2022; no foreign parent company was found. metocean.com
Products & Services
Company site: metocean.comProducts MetOcean Telematics publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
STREAM1 and STREAM+
Hardware
Satellite modem products in the MetOcean communications line.
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Vessel monitoring
Vessel monitoring systems for fisheries and maritime operators.
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Connectivity
Iridium Certus broadband satellite connectivity, including MissionLINK 700 and VesseLINK 700 terminals.
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Publicly announced partnerships.
Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL)
Strategic partnership, announced February 2026, to deploy MetOcean's autonomous ASW surveillance system under an anti-submarine warfare contract from India's Ministry of Defence.
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (profiling float platform for oceanography and maritime defence) — contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (pre-commercial profiling float design, testing and trials) — contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (modernized autonomous profiling float investigation) — contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada (Defence Readiness Project, subsea devices) — grant
Innovation Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution
CanExport SMEs, National Research Council Canada / Global Affairs Canada — contribution
CanExport SMEs, National Research Council Canada / Global Affairs Canada — contribution
CanExport SMEs, National Research Council Canada / Global Affairs Canada — contribution
Technology Focus
Company site: metocean.comTerms the company uses about its own work.
Iridium satellite communicationsSearch and rescue drifting buoysOcean monitoring buoysVessel monitoring systemsMaritime domain awarenessDefence and security telematics
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