Driving defence with innovation
At the time of writing this piece, I’ve just returned from DEFSEC Atlantic 2018. DEFSEC is Canada’s second largest defence...
Vanguard Oct/Nov 2018 Edition
Innovation is a key target area across all sectors. In defence, it is no different. In this issue, you will...
Belgium selects F-35 for its future fighter
Belgium is the latest country to select the F-35 to fulfill the need of replacing its aging fleet. The announcement...
About 2,000 Canadian troops are in Europe for NATO’s largest exercise in three years
About 2,000 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel are in Northen Europe participating in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018. This exercise, running...
Is the Canadian Arctic more secure now?
Although there is no perceived military threat to the Canadian Arctic at the moment, a number of sovereignty issues have...
BAE Systems’ Type 26 selected as preferred design for Canada’s future warships
Canada’s Combat Ship Team, led by Lockheed Martin Canada, was selected last Friday as the preferred bidder to provide the...
Game Changer: Jean-Claude Siew, Vice President Technology & Simulation, Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc.
After graduating as a Mechanical Engineer at Polytechnique Montréal over 30 years ago, Jean-Claude Siew began his career in the...
Game Changer: Thomas D. Irvine, Dominion President, The Royal Canadian Legion
Over three decades ago, while he was still serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, Thomas Irvine became a member of...
Game Changer: Steve Hétu, General Manager, La Corporation du Fort St-Jean
Following the example of his father who was a soldier, Steve Hétu joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1986...
Canadian innovations for the Arctic
Whenever I travel abroad and tell people I am from Canada, most of the time I get a physical response...