26-58007 Mobile Ground Control Station (MGCS) and Cargo Trailer for Drone Field Operations

Organization

National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Closes

December 8, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Category

goods

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Delivery

Canada

Estimated value

Not stated

Reference

26-58007

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26-58007 Mobile Ground Control Station (MGCS) and Cargo Trailer for Drone Field Operations The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Centre for Drone Innovation (CDI), part of the Drone and Flight Autonomy Laboratory (DFAL), requires the design, integration, and delivery of a Mobile Ground Control Station (MGCS) and complementary enclosed cargo trailer (collectively referred to as the “MGCS System”). The MGCS System will support experimental flight data acquisition and processing in remote environments, and in-situ demonstrations of novel applications of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), counter-UAS technologies, and mobile sensor networks. It will support research activities in: • Concurrent multi-UAV operations, including ground robots; • Exploration and Mapping, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications; • Electronic Warfare (EW), Security, Counter-measures deployment, and drone threat mitigation; • BVLOS experimentation; and • AI/autonomy research. Background Researchers at the NRC-CDI regularly conduct outdoor experiments and advanced technology demonstrations at remote test locations for government and industrial clients. These activities require transporting multiple drones, instrumentation, computing systems, field equipment, and crew. Current deployments require multiple transport vehicles and significant setup time. The MGCS System is intended to consolidate these capabilities with efficient reliable operations into a mobile platform. 1.0 Requirement: The MGCS System must operate as an extension of NRC’s laboratory computing, and communications infrastructure and enable rapid deployment to remote field locations, with flight testing and data collection activities commencing within approximately 30 minutes of arrival. Given the fast development pace of UAS and C-UAS technologies, the MGCS System must be modular in its design approach and implementation to support future expansion, subsystems replacements, and integration of future sensors, communications equipment, computing infrastructure upgrades, and mission systems. The requirements identified in the following subsections represent NRC's fundamental requirements for the MGCS System and are intended to describe the minimum functionality, features, and performance objectives sought under this SOR. The requirements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all components, features, or accessories that may be required to provide a complete and operational solution.…

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CanadaBuys (Government of Canada) · Open Government Licence – Canada

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