Disrupted environments
Mission-critical users require sensing that can operate when conditions become difficult.
Optii Corporation
Passive Photonic RF Sensing for Contested Environments
Optii develops resilient fibre-optic RF sensing systems designed to preserve mission-critical RF awareness where conventional electronic sensing may be disrupted, degraded, or unable to perform.
Optii at-a-glance
Modern operations depend on RF awareness, but conventional electronic sensing systems can be vulnerable in disrupted, interference-heavy, or high-consequence environments.
Sensing edge vulnerability
Electronic sensing nodes can create operational risk when they require power and electronics at the sensing point.
Distributed awareness
Defence and infrastructure users increasingly need sensing concepts that scale across platforms and perimeters.
The Optii Difference
A simple contrast between conventional electronic sensing nodes and Optii's passive photonic sensing approach.
| Conventional RF Sensing | Optii Photonic Sensing |
|---|---|
| Electronic sensing at the node | Passive optical sensing point |
| Requires local electronics and power | No power or battery required at sensing end |
| More exposed to disruption | Designed for resilient sensing environments |
| Centralized architecture | Distributed and fibre-enabled deployment potential |
Application Areas
Explore where Optii passive photonic RF sensing can support resilient awareness across defence, maritime, aerospace, infrastructure, and wide-area security environments.
Defence and National Security
Survivable RF awareness for contested operating environments.
Maritime
Resilient sensing concepts for naval, port, coastal, and maritime infrastructure contexts.
Aerospace and Space
Photonic sensing concepts for extreme, remote, and mission-critical environments.
Critical Infrastructure
Distributed sensing for facilities, energy, communications, and secure industrial environments.
Border and Perimeter Security
Fibre-enabled awareness across wide-area, remote, and mission-critical environments.
Counter-UAS
A passive RF sensing layer for evaluation within integrated Counter-UAS architectures.
Electronic Warfare Sensing
Passive photonic sensing concepts for spectrum awareness in contested environments.
Validation Snapshot
The Optii team is consistently pushing bleeding edge innovation boundaries in photonics radio frequency sensing.
Current validation
TRL 6 completed; TRL 7 development underway.
Development roadmap
Planned expansion toward broad multi-band RF sensing coverage.
Linewidth
Narrow linewidth response supporting frequency isolation.
Demonstrated sensitivity
RF detection demonstrated at signal levels down to approximately -40 dBm under tested laboratory conditions.
Completed, 2025
TRL 6 system demonstrated
System demonstration completed in controlled or simulated relevant conditions.
Underway, 2026
TRL 7 operational demonstrations
System development and demonstrations in appropriate operationally relevant environments.
Planned
Formal field validation
Build evaluator confidence through structured field testing.
Market Access Snapshot
Optii is building market visibility across Canada, the United States, and Europe for defence, maritime, aerospace, critical infrastructure, and NATO-aligned sensing opportunities.
Canada
Ottawa headquarters, Canadian defence ecosystem engagement, ITB-aligned prime contractor partnerships, and Value Proposition relevance.
United States
Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads presence supporting U.S. defence innovation, maritime security, and partner conversations.
Europe
Allied-market visibility through defence and security events, NATO-aligned sensing discussions, and aerospace and border-security opportunities.
Latest Optii News
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Optii Returns to GCXpo 2026
Following a year of progress toward commercialization, Optii returns to Area X.O on September 29 to showcase its passive photonic RF sensing technology.
Optii Recaps Eurosatory 2026 Lab Exhibition and European Partner Engagement
Optii exhibited as part of Eurosatory Lab 2026 in Paris, generating strong interest in passive photonic RF sensing and its counter-UAS potential while meeting partners across Europe.
Optii Announces Participation at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris
Optii will join the international defence and security community at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris to advance conversations around passive photonic RF sensing and resilient RF awareness.
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