Risk and resilience: Mitigating threats to the Canadian Armed Forces
Of all the organizations in government, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is one of the most resilient. Through a century...
Canada First Defence Strategy: Beyond its “best before” date
The Conservative government’s current defence policy, the Canada First Defence Strategy, was issued in May 2008. The document was hastily...
The Super Hornet economic return
As the U.S. Department of Defence prepares its final budget recommendations for 2014, there is considerable speculation about the long-term...
The value of a JSF deal
The government may have received the options analysis from the National Fighter Procurement Secretariat, but it has yet to indicate...
Track24 Defence launches new BF tracking and C2 device
Track24 Defence, a situational command and control specialist with a North American headquarters in Ottawa, has manufactured and launched a...
RCAF, industry look to emerging skies
Lieutenant-General Yvan Blondin, commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), spoke yesterday with aerospace industry leaders and academics about...
Coast Guard to acquire medium-lift helicopters
The Canadian Coast Guard is seeking four to eight medium-lift helicopters. In a RFP issued late last week by Public...
Connecting the Joint agenda
In a future of network-centric operations, C4ISR (command, control, communications and computers, combined with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) will underpin...
The new defence procurement mess
Defence procurement in Canada is a mess. We watched Prime Minister Jean Chretien kill a Navy helicopter purchase at his...
AgustaWestland improves parts availability in Canada
AgustaWestland has signed an agreement for its first Canadian supply centre, according to Aerospace and Defence News. The centre will...