Esterline CMC Electronics selected for C-27J flight management system
Alenia Aermacchi announced on Monday that it has selected Montreal-based Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) to provide the flight management system...
The Joint Strike Fighter: Driven by data
Talking in detail about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter requires verbal dexterity. Many of the aircraft’s features are classified, so...
Public Works, Sikorsky reach Cyclone deal
The Canadian Press is reporting that the federal government has reached an agreement with Sikorsky Aircraft to begin accepting the...
MDA to provide additional Aurora radar systems
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates announced Monday that it has signed a CA$64 million contract with the Department of National Defence...
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...
RIFL2E: Targeting access to ISR data
When the CP-140 Aurora long-range maritime patrol aircraft entered service in 1980, it was the most advanced anti-submarine warfare platform...
The Super Hornet approach to technology insertion
While Lockheed Martin has made much of the generational leap in technology that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter represents, Boeing...
JUSTAS for all … contingencies
If the Canadian Armed Forces were to design the ideal long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, it might resemble a flying...
Where do UAVs fit in Canada’s future?
Unmanned (uninhabited if you are gender-sensitive) aerial vehicles (UAVs) clearly have a burgeoning future in Canada and around the world....
Capability-based SOR for challenging SAR
Canada’s search and rescue (SAR) region of responsibility is arguably the most challenging in the world. Readers with an interest...