Irving, government reach agreement on AOPS build contract
The federal government has reached an agreement with Irving Shipbuilding to build six Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS), otherwise known...
Exercising a greater land-sea effect
Through almost a century of maritime aviation, there is a well understood relationship between the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and...
The Great Game: “Coopetition” in the High North
As a consultant specializing in the infrastructure needs of Canada’s Northern Strategy, one of the first questions I am frequently...
Boeing delivers Chinook maintenance training devices
450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron recently took delivery of new maintenance training devices. In a press release this week, Boeing said...
The e-enabled future flight deck
With all the advances in smart phones, what are the possibilities for smart planes? What is happening in one is...
NGRAIN partnership with Epson delivers app for smart glasses
The coolest place on earth this week is probably CES15, once known as the Consumer Electronics Show. Among the more...
Transforming the naval training system
When Vice-Admiral Mark Norman released his Executive Plan for the Royal Canadian Navy in late 2013, it laid out specific...
Army combat radio upgrade will mean better positional awareness
“Everything old is new again,” is how the song puts it. It’s not an approach typically associated with military procurement....
Frigate’s new combat systems find international interest
When the Canadian Patrol Frigate program was conceived in the 1970s and tendered in 1983, some had high hopes for...
Rheinmetall to supply MASS ship protection system for NZ
When Lockheed Martin Canada and Seapan’s Victoria Shipyards install and integrate a new combat system into New Zealand’s two MEKO-class...