Senior DND appointments
General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, announce seven new appointments and assignments in the Canadian Armed Forces just......
Defence Renewal: Building an agile backbone
Agility plays a critical role among defence organizations. It’s defined as perpetual awareness and the ability to be decisive and......
Government cancels CCV project
The Close Combat Vehicle project has been cancelled. At a briefing in Ottawa today, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the......
Selling billions to #Canada, 140 characters at a time?
The last issue of Vanguard called for defence companies seeking to win major Canadian contracts to engage beyond their primary......
Canada’s BGen Denis Thompson to lead Multinational Force
Brigadier-General Denis Thompson, the current commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, has been named Force Commander for the Multinational......
Cyclone still circling
If Sikorsky is worried about the fate of the S-92 Cyclone, it wasn’t letting on during a conference call with......
General Dynamics delivers deployable acoustic replay system for CP-140 Auroras
The Canadian Armed Forces have accepted the first of three deployable fast-time analysis systems from General Dynamics Canada for the......
The worm’s role in green munitions
In an ongoing effort to address a technological problem, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has been working in...
General Dynamics and Colt Canada team on smartphone technology for rifles
On the eve of Soldier Systems showcase in Ottawa, General Dynamics Canada and Colt Canada announced a partnership to network......
RCAF exercises close air support at Serpentex
The Royal Canadian Air Force got up close and personal with ground troops during close air support exercises with other......