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The F-35 Lightning II, a Strategic Asset

Contributed Article, November 12, 2019 9 min read

In The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World, author Walter Kiechel III traces the…...

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Realistic peacekeeping options for Canada

Contributed Article, March 7, 2017 14 min read

UN peace operations permits Canada entry to the decision-making table regarding international governance and collective security

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Innovation

Ignoring the weight of the badge

Valarie Findlay, November 24, 2016 9 min read

Safety, policing, and public sentiment

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Defence Policy Review Considerations: Canada’s Army

Stewart Downing, August 29, 2016 17 min read

The Canadian Army should continue to play a key role to connect, in real and meaningful ways, with fellow citizens.

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Fixing procurement

David Perry, August 26, 2016 7 min read

Canada’s largest postwar procurement project, the Canadian Surface Combatant, is losing a million dollars’ worth of buying power for each day the project is delayed.

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Canada’s cyber security deficit

Valarie Findlay, May 16, 2016 6 min read

Although cyber attacks have been rising, the stature of cyber security appears to have been downgraded-well below that of the arts.

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Air

Droning on

Chris Black, March 28, 2016 8 min read

How unmanned combat aerial vehicles can augment the Canadian air force capability without breaking the bank

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Cyber

Where are the wearable?

Stewart Downing, March 18, 2016 5 min read

How can government defence departments capitalize on the IoT to improve both Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) to improve defence and security capabilities?

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Global defence perspectives – mapping prioritization and posture in a challenging world

Stewart Downing, February 3, 2016 8 min read

The security challenges confronting national defence organizations are both complex and dynamic. Nations around the globe now face a myriad…...

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Want a Good Defence White Paper? Look to the UK

Stewart Downing, February 2, 2016 7 min read

To say the Canada First Defence Strategy is outdated is an understatement. Published in 2008, the document still lists the…...

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Realistic peacekeeping options for Canada

Ignoring the weight of the badge

Defence Policy Review Considerations: Canada’s Army

Fixing procurement

Canada’s cyber security deficit

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Where are the wearable?

Global defence perspectives – mapping prioritization and posture in a challenging world

Want a Good Defence White Paper? Look to the UK

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Gastops Celebrates 3,500th Engine Sensor Delivery for F-35 Lightning II

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Expanding capabilities in training and operational support, a focus for a true Canadian leader

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Canada’s Submarine Sustainment Program

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