Nova Scotia marine innovation gets $4.5-M boost from Irving
COVE is expected to train, attract and retain ocean talent; share resources; and enhance the global reputation of Canada’s marine...
5 factors that can prevent faulty cost estimates
"A valuable cost analysis is not one that gives the customer the answer they want but gives the customer answer...
WiDS Scholarship honours WWI nurse Katherine Maud Macdonald
Over 250 women and men from the defence and security industry in Canada participated in a breakfast event to honour...
045 | Canada Extends CAF’s Mission to Ukraine, Top Cop to Turn in Badge, and Importance of Cost Estimation
In this episode of the Vanguard Radio, we discuss Ottawa’s decision to extend the Canadian Armed Forces’ Operation Unifier beyond...
Lockheed Martin delivers combat trainer system to New Zealand Navy
The CMS 330 has been described as “the brain” of a naval ship because it integrates signals from radar and...
HMCS Athabaskan takes final salute
The HMCS Athabaskan was the last of the four Iroquois-class destroyers which were fondly called the Sisters of the Space...
2017 Shipbuilding event in pics and tweets
On March 2, approximately 150 personnel from the military, government, defence and marine sectors gathered for Vanguard’s Shipbuilding Technology Forum...
Parachute malfunction cited in SAR tech’s death
Master Cpl. Alfred Barr. of the 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron, was on training near Yorkton, Sask, when he was killed.
Shipbuilding Event: Technologies that will drive shipbuilding in the Future
At the recently held Shipbuilding Technology Forum, about 150 personnel from the military, government, defence and marine sectors participated in...
Accurate cost estimation critical to government, military procurement
Factors such as economic climate, politics, technological advances, even demographic challenges will always threaten to derail program budgets.