Airbus partnerships key to FWSAR proposal
For companies that have invested the past 14 years in Canada’s fixed-wing search and rescue (FWSAR) replacement project, the release...
Technology’s dilemmas: Are we wired to respond?
Over the past two decades, Peter W. Singer, strategist and Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, has tracked the...
ENSCO Avionics Canada wins first land vehicle contract
Montreal-based ENSCO Avionics Canada has won its first land vehicle modernization contract. The deal, with an undisclosed company in southern...
Showcasing Made in Canada technology
As original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) seek innovative Canadian technology to fulfill their future value propositions, trade associations have been crafting...
MDA renews support for RADARSAT-2 ground systems
The Department of National Defence has exercised a contract renewal with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates to provide operational support for...
Smart gun: A test bed for the army’s next-generation rifle
When Defence Research and Development Canada released photos of a prototype for an integrated assault rifle in February, the media...
Libyan military mission met its objective: commander
As refugees continue to flee Libya and the country disintegrates further into anarchy, many have condemned NATO’s 2011 Operation Unified...
The value proposition on defence acquisition
The release of the Defence Procurement Strategy (DPS) in February 2014 has significantly transformed the way equipment is acquired by...
OMX receives investment in platform, export growth
OMX has received a $250,000 repayable contribution from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario). It was...
Raising the cost-capability tradeoff stakes
When you haven’t built warships in decades and must wrestle with flat budgets and fewer human resources, yet face a...