Focus Area: Advanced/Additive Manufacturing
Contact
Darryl Clare
Darryl.Clare@msm-ind.com
209-479-2753

At Canopy Aerospace & Defense, we engineer and deliver advanced materials and components that enable maritime and naval platforms to operate quieter, cooler, and with reduced signature across contested environments. Through our vertically integrated platform, we support the full lifecycle of surface and undersea systems, from design and qualification through scalable production, sustainment, and reusability.
We operate as a seamless extension of our customers’ engineering and sustainment teams, integrating materials science, manufacturing, and maritime domain expertise to solve the most demanding naval challenges. Our mission is to own the full value chain from concept to fleet sustainment, delivering durable, mission-critical solutions for operations in harsh maritime, littoral, and undersea environments.
Advanced Maritime Signature, Acoustic, and Thermal Management Materials
Problem Statement:
Modern naval platforms face increasing operational pressure to reduce acoustic, thermal, electromagnetic, and structural signatures while operating in harsher environments and at higher tempos. Legacy materials and fragmented supply chains struggle to meet evolving requirements for sonar transparency, vibration isolation, thermal control, corrosion resistance, and long-term sustainment — spanning deep-water undersea systems, surface combatants, and distributed maritime sensor architectures.
Technology Solution Statement:
Canopy Aerospace & Defense delivers high-performance maritime materials and components engineered to manage thermal loads, attenuate signatures, and enhance survivability across naval platforms while improving structural and hydrodynamic performance.
Benefits Statement:
Canopy Aerospace & Defense focuses on maritime signature and performance optimization, addressing critical system-level challenges including:
- Acoustic transparency and sonar performance for undersea and surface platforms
- Vibration damping and structural noise reduction to minimize detectability
- Thermal management for sensitive maritime electronics and sensors
- Electromagnetic and radar signature control for naval survivability and antenna isolation
- Long-life materials engineered for corrosion resistance and sustainment
By integrating design, materials, manufacturing, and sustainment under one platform, Canopy enables naval customers to deploy more survivable, mission-ready vessels and systems — optimized not just for initial performance, but for decades of operational use.




