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Canadian Defence AI Company — Ottawa, Ontario

Multi-Modal AI for
Advanced Situational Decisions

NovaFuse builds AI-driven multi-modal fusion platforms that transform heterogeneous battlefield data into real-time, explainable, actionable intelligence for defence and security operations.

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5+
Data Modalities
90%+
Fusion Confidence
<3s
<3s Fusion
end-to-end
100%
Canadian
Core Capabilities

Six Pillars of Multi-Modal Fusion

Our platform fuses heterogeneous data streams into a unified, explainable operational picture — in real time, at the tactical edge.

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Multi-Modal Fusion
Hierarchical early, late, and hybrid fusion across five-plus data modalities with adaptive strategy selection based on data quality and availability.
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Spatiotemporal Alignment
Real-time geospatial and temporal correlation with calibrated uncertainty windows across all sensor types and platforms.
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Uncertainty Propagation
Bayesian confidence scoring through the full fusion chain — aleatoric, epistemic, and temporal uncertainty quantified at every step.
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Dynamic Knowledge Graph
Entity resolution and persistent cross-domain tracking with graph neural network reasoning for relational intelligence.
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Policy-Aware Fusion
Classification-level gating, AI provenance tracking, and full audit-ready lineage for secure multi-level integration.
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Explainable Outputs
Natural-language decision narratives with source attribution, alternative hypotheses, and full reasoning chains for operator trust.
How It Works

The NovaFuse Fusion Pipeline

Raw sensor data flows through modality-specific ingestion pipelines, gets normalized into a common event schema, and is fused by our Hermes Agent orchestration engine into actionable intelligence.

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RF / SIGINT
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EO/IR Video
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Sonar
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Text / NLP
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Drone Feeds
NORMALIZED EVENT STREAM
HERMES AGENT — Fusion Engine
Hierarchical Fusion
Knowledge Graph
Uncertainty Prop
Policy Engine
Entity Resolution
FUSED INTELLIGENCE OUTPUT
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Commander Dashboard
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C2 System Feed
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Tactical Edge
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Wargaming API
Live Fusion Scenario

See It in Action

A concrete example: three independent sensors detect the same adversary platform. Our engine correlates, resolves, and fuses them into a single actionable track — in under three seconds.

Tactical Display — Bearing 270
RF Detect T+0.0s
EO Confirm T+0.8s
Sonar Corr T+2.1s
FUSED TRACK — 94%
Fusion Confidence
94%
Fusion Log
T+0.0RF emitter detected bearing 270
T+0.8EO visual contact confirmed
T+2.1Sonar acoustic correlation match
T+2.3Entity resolved — 3 modalities fused
T+2.4Track published — confidence 94%
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Insights & Updates

Thoughts on AI, defence technology, and building a Canadian deep-tech company.

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Services

What We Do

NovaFuse provides AI-powered multi-modal fusion solutions for defence and security clients. Our service areas span research, development, and operational deployment.

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AI Research & Development
Foundational research into multi-modal sensor fusion, policy-aware AI, and explainable classification enforcement. Funded through IDEaS and other Canadian innovation programs.
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Multi-Modal Fusion Systems
Design and integration of fusion platforms that correlate heterogeneous sensor data — RF, EO/IR, SIGINT, acoustic — into a unified operational picture in real time.
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Compliance & Audit Engines
Policy-aware enforcement components that embed classification rules and provenance tracking directly into the fusion pipeline, ensuring audit-ready lineage for every data element.

Contract Vehicles Pursued via Canadian defence innovation funding

Multi-Modal AI for Advanced Situational Decisions
IDEaS Competitive Projects — Component 1a (TRL 3→4) · Submitted May 2026
Submitted — Under Evaluation
Reliable AI Sensor Fusion for Real-World Missions
IDEaS Competitive Projects — Component 1a (TRL 3→4) · Submitted Jun 2026
Submitted — Under Evaluation
Turning Urban Data into Real-Time Insight Through AI
IDEaS Competitive Projects — Component 1a (TRL 1→3) · Submitted Jun 2026
Submitted — Under Evaluation
About NovaFuse

Built in Canada. For Canada.

NovaFuse Inc. is a Canadian artificial intelligence company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario (Industry Type 541710 — R&D in Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences). We build multi-modal AI fusion platforms for defence, security, and intelligence applications.

Our technology directly supports the Canadian Armed Forces Digital Campaign Plan and the Department of National Defence AI Strategy by enabling learned, adaptive fusion across heterogeneous sensor modalities — rather than static aggregation.

We are a 100% Canadian-owned and operated company. Our team includes defence domain experts, AI researchers, and systems engineers with deep experience in Canadian defence programs and allied interoperability.

NovaFuse is designed from the ground up for multi-level security and allied interoperability — aligned with NATO STANAG frameworks to support seamless coalition integration.

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Canadian-Owned & Operated
Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. 100% Canadian ownership and control.
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IDEaS Qualified
Eligible for Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Competitive Projects funding.
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Split Architecture
Unclassified data today; local architecture ready for classified data when needed. Backend training on Canadian soil, edge inference on ruggedized hardware.
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NATO Interoperable
Aligned with NATO STANAG frameworks for seamless coalition integration and allied information sharing.
Contact

Let's Build the Future Together

Whether you're exploring partnership opportunities, evaluating our technology for a defence program, or interested in IDEaS funding pathways — we'd like to hear from you.

📍 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
📧 info@novafuse.ca
📞 (343) 575-4715
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🏢 NovaFuse Inc.

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