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Defence Construction Canada (DCC), a Crown corporation that provides federal defence infrastructure and environment services, awarded a five-year contract to…

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The Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security program made its debut in April 2018 and has since brought new and…

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NORAD Modernization: Next Steps

Troy J. Bouffard and Adam Lajeunesse, January 24, 2022 10 min read

On August 14th, 2021, the North American defence chiefs released a joint statement reaffirming shared commitments to “modernize, improve, and…

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Arctic

Threats Through, To, and In the Arctic

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, December 6, 2021 13 min read

Arctic

Threats Through, To, and In the Arctic

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, December 6, 2021 13 min read

CAF

CAF successfully completes RIMPAC 2020

Marcello Sukhdeo, September 2, 2020 2 min read

Coast Guard

Seaspan Shipyards begins sea trials in record time for the future CCGS John Cabot

Marcello Sukhdeo, August 19, 2020 2 min read

CAF

CAF successfully completes RIMPAC 2020

Marcello Sukhdeo, September 2, 2020 2 min read

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Marcello Sukhdeo, December 6, 2021 10 min read

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For an Enterprise-Wide Digital Transformation of DND/CAF, Cultural and Technological Facets Must Change at Scale

Marcello Sukhdeo, September 3, 2021 14 min read

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Bob Osborn, Chief Technology Officer, Global Governments at ServiceNow

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Barbara Borgonovi, President, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems, Raytheon Intelligence & Space

Vanguard Staff, January 10, 2022 6 min read

Game Changers

Game Changer: Eva Maria Gonzalez Esteban, Director, Spacecraft Infrastructure and Advanced Payloads, Inmarsat

Marcello Sukhdeo, October 26, 2021 8 min read

C4ISR

Artificial Intelligence – The Solution to Information Overload in Tactical Headquarters?

Col Richard Fawcett (Ret’d), September 8, 2021

On-Demand C4ISR and Beyond 2021 Video – Panel 4: Delivering Digital

On-Demand C4ISR and Beyond 2021 Video – Panel 3: Sensors, Big Data, Analytics in Operations

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Shipbuilding

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On-Demand ShipTech 2021 Video – Keynote by Dave Hargreaves, Seaspan

Marcello Sukhdeo, September 14, 2021

On-Demand ShipTech 2021 Video – The Status of NSS So Far

On-Demand ShipTech 2021 Video – Panel 3: In-Service Support to Fleets

The What, How, and Why of Naval In-Service Support

Underwater

The Need for Underwater Surveillance in the Arctic

Col Pierre Leblanc (Ret’d), December 6, 2021

Submarine Sustainment

Underwater and the Arctic

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Digital Transformation Enhances Effective C4ISR

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Editors Pick

Canadian Aerospace Must Be Positioned Now to Take Advantage of Global Aerospace Opportunities

Mike Mueller, December 6, 2021 8 min read

New Government Mandate Brings Opportunity for Renewed Partnership As we approach 2022, almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and……...

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The Canadian Army Modernization

Terri Pavelic, June 24, 2021 3 min read

Adversaries are working insidiously to undermine nations. From threats to breaches in networks, from ground invasions to attacks on infrastructure,……...

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NORAD Renewal: Why Now?

Dr. Michael Dawson , May 26, 2021 11 min read

NORAD ‘renewal’ has recently been making news, especially as US President Biden, in his first ‘virtual meeting’ with Prime Minister……...

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Arctic

The Potential for Arctic Collective Security: Fundamental Challenges

Troy Bouffard , May 25, 2021 6 min read

In recent years, commentators have engaged in a growing dialogue about the need for an Arctic collective security forum that……...

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