- KWESST Micro Systems has been awarded a contract by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canada’s second largest police force
- Under the contract, the Ottawa-based defence company will deliver training and certification to the police force’s lead Team Awareness Kit (TAK) users and trainers
- KWESST will train and certify instructors from the OPP’s Field Support Bureau including representation from the Tactics and Rescue Unit, Aviation Services, K9-unit and Emergency Response Team
- KWESST Micro Systems Inc. last traded at C$1.40 per share
KWESST Micro Systems (TSXV:KWE) has been awarded a contract by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canada’s second largest police force.
Under the contract, the Ottawa-based defence company will deliver training and certification to the police force’s lead Team Awareness Kit (TAK) users and trainers.
KWESST will train and certify instructors from the OPP’s Field Support Bureau including representation from the Tactics and Rescue Unit, Aviation Services, K9-unit and Emergency Response Team, teaching users across the force how to operate TAK in frontline operations.
KWESST’s Lightning can leverage the company’s military digitization capabilities to provide a scalable cloud-based TAK-enabled situational awareness app for the public safety market for real-time shared information among front-line responders and commanders during critical, dynamic incidents, for “lightning-fast,” real-time shared situational awareness.
The system allows users to build and select from a menu of different “mission” modules appropriate to the incident. KWESST is already under subcontract with a national public safety agency to develop one such “mission” module for Ground Search and Rescue operations for the community of law enforcement and volunteer organizations that conduct searches for thousands of lost people each year.
“Though the value of this contract is modest, it is a key first step in enabling the OPP to unlock real-time TAK-enabled communications and situational awareness for all response teams and frontline officers,” Sean Homuth, KWESST’s president and CEO, said in a news release.
On Oct. 18, KWESST announced that it expected to launch the first commercially available version for GSAR by mid-2024.
Second in size to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the OPP has a force of 5,800 uniformed officers.
KWESST Micro Systems Inc. develops and commercializes tactical systems that meet the requirements of security forces and personal defence for overmatch capability against adversaries.
KWESST Micro Systems Inc. last traded at C$1.40 per share.
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