Doctrinal Shift: Air Force adjusts to new capabilities, structure and operations
This past December, the Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre (CFAWC) published the second edition of Canadian Forces Aerospace Doctrine, a...
Concepts sandbox: An innovation centre for joint capability development
The Canadian Forces are building for a new future based on experiences of the past ten years. Continuous combat in...
Inside Industry
Thales to connect maritime awareness systems In the information technology world, the term “middleware” describes components that allow different systems...
SitRep
Better security makes better neighbours The United States and Canada may be facing a time of decreasing defence budgets, but...
Risk assessment through scenarios
Imagine that an earthquake as devastating as the one that shook Japan hit your area. Have you thought about the...
The Arctic: Conflict and cooperation in a new neighbourhood
In international relations, some regions have a more troubled history than others. In the 20th century, at least, most observers’...
A revolution in vehicle affairs
Yesterday, a military vehicle was defined by its function: a tank was a tank, a truck was a truck. Today,...
Smart cars: How electronics are changing military vehicles
The last 20 years have brought great change to military vehicles of all kinds. First and foremost, the contemporary battlefield...
Crisis in Urlia
Excerpt from a new book by the Directorate of Land Concepts and Design to be published in late summer/early fall...
Trends, drivers and future shocks: What’s shaping the army of tomorrow?
This spring the Directorate of Land Concepts and Designs, a unit within the Land Staff, will publish Army 2040: First...