Dual-Use and Emergency Technologies (DUET)
In a volatile and unstable world, the Government of Canada has embarked upon a significant series of policy initiatives aimed at building industrial capacity, buttressing our defence capabilities and protecting our sovereignty. The semiconductor sector’s connections to defence and industrial renewal go back to its emergence in the post-war period.
A formidable contribution to Canada
As Canada transforms its industrial policies, invests in defence, considers emergency preparedness and makes strategic investments to increase domestic resilience, there is a formidable contribution that can be made by the semiconductor sector.
CMC Microsystems’ DUET initiative — Dual-Use and Emergency Technologies — leverages the versatility of these powerful technologies to build a stronger, more self-sufficient Canada, resilient to global shocks.
The Vision
DUET is a pan-Canadian industrial research and development network that develops innovative, cost-effective solutions addressing both military and civilian threats. DUET will harness the combined expertise of academic specialists, small and medium enterprises (SME), and large multinationals. Technologies that may be available internationally will be leveraged through CMC Microsystems’ extensive network of global partners.
In collaboration with key defence institutions: Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and the Ministry of Defence, DUET will challenge the semiconductor community: academics, research institutes, and industry to tackle high-impact, advanced Technology Readiness Level innovations through targeted calls.
DUET Partners
Prototype manufacture of MEMS, photonics, nanomaterials, and superconductors based in Sherbrooke, Quebec
4D LABS
Prototype manufacture of MEMS, photonics, and nanomaterials based in Surrey, BC
Ambature
Provides technology for high temperature superconductors to be used for magnetic sensing for communications and detection
Axonal Networks
Development and manufacturing of distributed networking technology designed to meet the performance, security, and scalability demands of modern digital infrastructure.
C2MI
Prototype manufacturing of MEMS devices and superconductors, semiconductor packaging
Cantronic Systems
Design and manufacture cooled and uncooled infrared cameras, EO/IR cameras and sensors, gimbals, thermal imagers, night vision security and surveillance systems, etc.
CMC Microsystems
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Project Prime, provides support for building components in advanced technologies including microelectronics, photonics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and superconductors, also quantum computation and high-performance computation as a service.
Emtar Tech
Vancouver-based fabless IC design company focused on LEO satellite communication terminal chipsets
Halpie Technologies
Halpie is developing a continuous vital sign monitoring platform designed for hospital-to-home transitions, first responders, and extreme environments, anywhere critical clinical decisions must be made without hospital infrastructure.
IBM
IBM Canada’s plant in Bromont, Quebec, is one of North America’s largest chip assembly and testing facilities, transforming advanced semiconductor components into state-of-the-art microelectronic solutions.
KT Photonics
Volume manufacturer of cooled infrared FPA chips, detectors, and modules; as well as III-V based compound semiconductor photonic devices including infrared photo detectors and VCSEL chips.
National Research Council Canada
Multiple laboratories and research centres across Canada. This includes the Canada Photonic Fabrication Centre for custom semiconductor lasers in Ottawa.
OSCP
Develops integrated optical gyroscopes for use in low-power, low-size, and lightweight applications such as drones
Palitronica
Provides cyber and quality assurance solutions. Electronics testing platform rooted in physics and AI
Phantom Photonics
Provides quantum LIDAR and RADAR technology. Advancing quantum coherence technology for unmatched remote sensing capabilities in space, underwater, and ultra-long distance applications.
Quantum Valley Ideas Lab
Quantum Valley laboratories in Waterloo, Ontario, for development and manufacture of quantum sensors
Teledyne MEMS
High-volume manufacturer of MEMS devices for a broad range of applications
Wesley Clover
Wesley Clover International is a global, private investment management firm, with active interests in innovative new technology companies as well as real estate, hospitality, and entertainment.