Strengthening Canadian C4ISR superiority through innovation
When Canada embarks on major military procurement, the actual vehicle – truck, tank, airplane, helicopter or ship – while physically...
C4ISR development: A system-of-systems challenge
C4ISR represents an area of significant growth for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), but it comes with a raft of...
The value of a JSF deal
The government may have received the options analysis from the National Fighter Procurement Secretariat, but it has yet to indicate...
Connecting the Joint agenda
In a future of network-centric operations, C4ISR (command, control, communications and computers, combined with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) will underpin...
Consumable, sharable, predictable: Developing the protocols for standardized data
The services of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) may have their distinctive colours and historic insignia, but increasingly their data...
The worm’s role in green munitions
In an ongoing effort to address a technological problem, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has been working in...
Selling a SAR solution, not an aircraft
Shortly before he moved to the new post of Justice Minister in this summer’s Cabinet shuffled, former Defence Minister Peter...
A different dynamic: Executive engagement on defence procurement
As the organization in National Defence responsible for procurement and management of all materiel, the 4,500-person Materiel Group oversees a...
Forming the future joint network
LGen André Deschamps, former commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, once described the joint C4ISR initiative as the Holy...
Partnering in operations: The Special Forces global network
During a presentation to the Conference of Defence Associations in February, Admiral William McRaven, Commander of the United States Special...