Do we need cyber NORAD?
In 2009, Vanguard posed a question to Tom Ridge, the first secretary of Homeland Security and at the time a...
DND increase pending, but Budget 2015 delivers industry support
The federal government’s April budget may have come with few surprises – many of the details were leaked in the...
Collaboration to counter threat explosion
In Budget 2015, the federal government earmarked $58 million over five years to further protect its essential cyber systems and...
Vance named next CDS
Lieutenant-General Jonathan Vance will serve as the next Chief of the Defence Staff. The commander of Canadian Joint Operations Command...
Time to execute on value propositions
“Read a book a month” was my modest resolution in January 2014. And as 2014 wrapped up, as I was...
Government seeks supplementary funding for Op Impact
Shortly after Defence Minister Jason Kenney delivered his first address in his new role, to a full room at the...
Declining trust in intelligence agencies suggests need for oversight
The introduction of Bill C-51, the federal government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation, has renewed calls for greater oversight of Canada’s intelligence...
The implications of a new intelligence environment
The focus of the 2014-15 CASIS conference was a comparison of the geopolitical ambitions, and intelligence systems, of Russia and...
L-3 WESCAM EO/IR turret finds UAE customer
L-3 WESCAM has received an order from IOMAX USA for 28 MX-15D electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imaging and designating turrets. The Burlington,...
Davie tops North American shipyards
For proof that Chantier Davie has climbed back from the pit of banruptcy, look no further than this week’s Lloyd’s...