--- title: "Defence-adjacent (civil dual-use) sector | Nexus Observatory" description: "Lawful dual-use civil sensing only: northern infrastructure, maritime awareness and critical-infrastructure resilience. No weapons…" url: https://observatory.global/sectors/defence-adjacent/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-10-28 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Sectors](https://observatory.global/#lines) / **Defence-adjacent (civil dual-use)** # Civil sensing only. Nothing else. Lawful dual-use civil sensing only: northern infrastructure, maritime awareness and critical-infrastructure resilience. No weapons, no positioning as a defence contractor. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Scenarios [The protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/specification/) **Scenarios**: 3 **Templates**: 3 4,251 open instruments in the ocean domain **01** Deployment scenarios ## 3 ways the grid is deployed here. From the sector research, each with the observatory template that serves it where one exists. Template · northern-civil ### Civil observatories supporting northern infrastructure Weather and ionospheric observatories, communications and power at remote sites that surveillance programmes may share. [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) · [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) Template · utility-grid-edge ### Critical-infrastructure resilience sensing Utility and pipeline monitoring under grid-security rules. [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) · [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) Scenario ### Research and development route through the defence science programme A science-and-technology programme on all-domain situational awareness. **02** Proof ## What buyers ask to see. The evidence a procurement in this sector asks for, from the sector research. Each item is produced by the grid as a record, not written up afterwards. - Controlled-goods registration - Security screening and ownership status - Where they apply - Are registry-gated claims and are not stated on this site **03** Participation ## Where communities can host the grid. [Community Join the communityOne account for every community, platform and the Nexus Observatory app.](https://observatory.global/register/) [Open data Use the open networksPublic observing networks on their own terms, ready to reuse.](https://observatory.global/open/) [Hosting Host a stationTell us about a site; we bring the survey, the design and the crew.](https://observatory.global/contact/) **04** Lines ## The lines that serve it. 3 of the nine enterprise lines carry the scenarios above, ranked by how many name their work. [2 scenarios Sensors & instrumentsMeasurements that carry their own proof.](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [1 scenario Protocol & GridYour grid, on the open protocol.](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) [1 scenario Hardware & powerBuilt for the site, not the lab.](https://observatory.global/hardware/) **05** Search terms and open work ## How the sector names the problem. The terms buyers and programmes use, and open projects in the space, named as factual references only. Naming a project is not an endorsement or a relationship. Search terms Arctic sensing northern infrastructure domain awareness dual-use Open projects, for reference - SmartICE - SIKU - Open Arctic weather data **06** Other sectors ## Thirteen sectors, one grid. [5 scenarios Government and public safetyWarning starts with a measurement.](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) [4 scenarios CitiesThe street, measured block by block.](https://observatory.global/sectors/cities/) [5 scenarios Communities and ruralConnectivity and sensing, locally owned.](https://observatory.global/sectors/communities/) [5 scenarios IndustrialSites, ground and air, on one record.](https://observatory.global/sectors/industrial/) [5 scenarios AgricultureSoil, water and weather, field by field.](https://observatory.global/sectors/agriculture/) [4 scenarios Sports and eventsA temporary grid for a crowd.](https://observatory.global/sectors/sports-events/) [4 scenarios Development and humanitarianData gaps close before the crisis.](https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/) [6 scenarios ScientificInstruments that outlast the grant.](https://observatory.global/sectors/scientific/) [5 scenarios Environment and climateEcosystems, observed without a gap.](https://observatory.global/sectors/environment/) [4 scenarios EnergyAssets, grids and weather, joined.](https://observatory.global/sectors/energy/) [4 scenarios TransportCorridors that report their own state.](https://observatory.global/sectors/transport/) [3 scenarios EducationLearning to observe, on a real grid.](https://observatory.global/sectors/education/) ## Bring us the site. 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