Next-Generation Autonomous Vessels for Canada’s Naval and Maritime Forces

Legacy vessels, emerging technologies, and rising threats are leaving Canada's coasts vulnerable in a shifting maritime threat landscape.

Uncrewed Solutions

Canada’s maritime domain is vast, difficult to patrol, and increasingly contested. Rising global tensions and climate change are compounding the challenge. Traditional crewed vessels are costly, limited in number, difficult to crew, and often ill-suited for rapid response or long-duration missions.

That’s where we come in.

TrueNorth Systems designs and builds next-generation Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) — autonomous, modular platforms engineered for long-range operations in harsh environments. Designed and built in Canada, our USVs are fast, rugged, and customizable delivering real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) for defence, environmental protection, and emergency response without the cost or risk of crewed alternatives.

Designed and built in Canada, our USVs are fast, rugged, and customizable, delivering real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) for defence, environmental protection, and emergency response without the cost or risk of crewed legacy alternatives. USVs enable smarter decisions, longer deployments, and safer outcomes.

Vessels

Echo

Compact. Agile. Tactical.

Overview

A lightweight 6-foot USV designed for short-range intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), environmental monitoring, and swarm operations. Echo is trailerable, cost-effective, and ideal for distributed maritime sensing or expendable missions.

Key Specs

Range: 100 nm (185 km)

Top Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)

Payload Capacity: 50 lbs

Guardian

Mid-size. Mission-Flexible.

Overview

Guardian is a versatile 12-foot USV designed with significant range, increased payload capacity, and a modular platform system. Its endurance and flexibility make it well-suited for vessel detection, tracking, interdiction, and coastal surveillance operations.

Key Specs

Range: 300 nm (555 km)

Top Speed: 20 knots (37km/h)

Payload Capacity: 200 lb

Modular platform system

Trident Interceptor

Strategic Reach. Tactical Agility.

Overview
The Trident Interceptor is a 24-foot high-performance USV engineered for long-range ISR, border patrol, and rapid-response missions. Its modular architecture supports diverse payloads, while advanced autonomy and extended endurance make it ideal for contested, remote, and resource-constrained maritime environments.
Key Specs

Range: 1,000 nm (1,850 km)

Top Speed: 35 knots (65km/h)

Payload Capacity: 1,200 lbs

Modular mounting platform: Support up-arming or mission-specific configurations

Cost Effective: Delivers next-generation capability at a fraction of traditional system costs

Advantages

Mission-Driven Design
Built to expand maritime capability quickly, intelligently, and affordably across a range of naval and civil operations.
Modular & Scalable
Configurable payload bays support diverse mission profiles, from ISR to interdiction and environmental monitoring.
Next-Generation Ready
Designed to integrate with Canada’s current naval assets while bridging to future technologies.
Highly Attritable
Low-cost to produce, operate, and replace. Scalable for mass deployment and suited to high-risk or contested environments.
Rapidly Deployable
Trailerable, self-contained, and easy to launch or redeploy, even in remote or resource-limited  locations.
Rugged & Durable
Engineered to withstand the harshest maritime conditions. Tested for long endurance and high-tempo operations.
Canadian-Built

Designed, tested, and manufactured in Canada for Arctic, coastal, and sovereign surveillance applications.