The Replacements – Canada’s Future Fighters, Part One
As the CF-18 replacement program languishes on, people are starting to lose sight of the established requirements for our next...
UAVs – Attack of the Swarm Bots! Gremlins vs Locusts
Right now, it’s fiction. A swarm of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) swoop down on an unsuspecting fighter, crippling its electronic...
Airships over American skies, permanently?
It’s getting easier to make, or purchase, cruise missiles, and that’s got U.S. intelligence agencies fearing the possibility of ship-based...
Spry Romanian jet celebrates 20 years
Twenty years ago, on August 23, 1995, the first prototype MiG-21 Lancer took to the air from Aerostar’s Bacau facility...
The Politics of Canadian Defence Spending
Eric de Roos explains why no one is talking about defence spending in the 2015 federal election.
The RCN’s Joint Support Ship disaster
In late May, the Royal Canadian Navy paid off HMCS Protecteur, last of two remaining support ships. Built in the...
Election 2015: The RCN needs attention
Earlier this week, Scott Gilmore wrote a thorough analysis in MacLean’s examining the impact of the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN)...
Looking for Vision: Little info on strategy, spending for Canadian Forces
We know where Harper stands on taxes, that Trudeau is focused on the middle class, how Mulcair will handle Quebec...
Canada is leaving the Arctic to Russia and the U.S.
The government’s been warning us since 2005: “Use it or lose it.” Back then, it seemed like a fantasy; Russia...
Free Provision of TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X Data for Government Studies and Professional Training in Canada
Airbus Defence and Space — a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and...