ABOUT ING
ING Robotic Institutional History
For over 20 years, the Government of Canada has turned to ING Robotic Aviation to solve some of their most complex problems. Starting in 2001 with protecting soldiers in combat and their families, ING Robotic Aviation provided Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services for the Canadian Armed Forces, over forward operating bases in Afghanistan by securing the contract and leveraging a strategic partnership with Insitu that was acquired by Boeing thereafter.
Past Missions
Building on mission success, the company then expanded ISR services for the Canadian Navy, as part of a U.S.-led coalition force that helped in the seizure of over 2 Billion Dollars in counter-narcotics operations, and the fight against human trafficking. Leveraging from experience and strategic partnerships the company further expanded from its relationship with Boeing, and invested heavily on the design and fielding of a series of platforms that would greatly improve long-range and persistent ISR with enhanced payload capacity and energy, for adverse climate operations.
Present and Future
In 2021, with nothing on the market available that addresses rapidly changing threats, the Canadian Armed Forces contracted ING Robotic to design, build, and flight test a strategic un-crewed aircraft with technology to detect threats and have the technological capability if necessary, deter these threats in both domestic and international operations as part of the policy on Our North Strong and Free.
Based on these Canadian Armed Forces/ NATO interoperability specifications and investment from the Canadian Armed Forces and Industry Canada, ING Robotic, during the COVID-19 supply chain lockdowns, fielded this leap-ahead aerospace innovation as an industrial partner.
In NATO policy definitions, the aircraft is referred to as a NATO class II, long-range, VTOL forward flight, uncrewed aircraft, with the ability to carry technology mission systems commonly found on crewed aircraft.
This immediately gives Canada the competitive edge on carbon emissions, increases safety and can meet the affordable masses needed in force projection.
The project was delivered from drawing to flight in just 18 months.
This was due to additive manufacturing, a vertically integrated supply chain and proven expertise in project management under crisis.
These special mission uncrewed aircraft are 100% Canadian-designed and produced.
These aircraft are designated: OMEN UCAV.
Exceeding flight performance, an additional scope has been included for technology integrations from the Canadian Armed Forces. This was done to meet international task plans with strategic coalition partners, delivering an interoperable Force Multiplier and positioning Canada as a leap-ahead coalition partner due to this technology investment.
These integrations cover Artificial Intelligence for autonomous flight, Command, Control, Computing, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting, which have all been added with additional investments from the Government of Canada.
The OMEN are a highly proprietary technology; specifications are kept secret for Canadian and NATO national security purposes. Information on OMEN can be released on proper application and approval of security credentials.
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