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...
Defence Renewal: Building an agile backbone
Agility plays a critical role among defence organizations. It’s defined as perpetual awareness and the ability to be decisive and...
Selling billions to #Canada, 140 characters at a time?
The last issue of Vanguard called for defence companies seeking to win major Canadian contracts to engage beyond their primary...
Renewal team delivers plan to rebalance CAF priorities
The search for “efficiencies” within National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces has become a little clearer with the release...
Uncharted territory: New expectations for corporate communications
The Canadian public is more engaged in defence procurement than ever before. Gone are the days when the government of...
Revisiting missile defence
Canada’s position on ballistic missile defence has always been somewhat perplexing given how little it would have cost a Canadian...
New knowledge: Expanding the discovery of defence science
Over the past two years, Defence Research and Development Canada has seen considerable change to its budget, personnel and programs....
The future of influence activities: Preserving a hard earned capability
Psychological operations (PSYOPS) tactics were used extensively during Operation Medusa in 2006 – loudspeaker operations to distract the enemy and...
Understanding influence activities
The Canadian Forces lag behind many (if not all) our closest allies in the development of a capability which, in...
Preserving capacity in an era of austerity
On October 29, General Tom Lawson accepted the responsibility of Chief of the Defence Staff from General Walt Natynczyk during...