KWESST Micro Systems

KWESST Micro Systems is a Canadian defense technology company that designs and commercializes ultra-miniaturized systems to enhance safety and operational effectiveness for military, security, and law enforcement personnel. Its portfolio focuses on compact, real-time situational awareness and targeting, including tactical systems that integrate data from multiple sources, and counter-threat capabilities such as the autonomous GreyGhost micro drone missile system, ground laser defense, and electronic battlefield decoys. The company also develops non-lethal and lethality-enabled solutions, including the Phantom electronic decoy and Smart Ordnance System, with applications ranging from personal defense to modernized digitization of tactical forces for shared situational awareness. Headquartered in Ottawa, KWESST emphasizes innovative technology to counter drones, lasers, and other emerging threats while masking or neutralizing hostile signatures and improving protective measures in diverse defense and security contexts.