HII’s Mission Technologies division’s REMUS AUVs are armed with Kraken Robotics’ synthetic aperture sonar. (Kraken Robotics Systems)

Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) awarded two separate contracts that, combined, are worth about USD57.9 million to Kraken Robotics Systems of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, to supply the modular mine-countermeasures (MCM) system for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the DND confirmed to Janes .

The formal contract is scheduled to be signed in January 2023, and the acquisition will be completed in the next two years, Kraken Robotics said in a 7 December statement.

The RCN is set to acquire two Remote Minehunting and Disposal Systems (RMDSs) to use on Kingston-class maritime coastal defence vessels (MCDVs) and other suitable vessels, including the newly built Harry DeWolf-class Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPSs), to deploy on Pacific and Atlantic coasts.