Size matters: New mission capabilities through small systems
Small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) provide immediate situational intelligence to ground forces, and to remote command. The very order of...
MDA awarded support contract for small UAS
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been awarded a five-year contract valued at CA$5 million with National Defence to provide support...
Sensing the next breakthrough
Pizza delivery by UAV? Your Amazon book order by remote control? The opportunities for unmanned systems have never been greater....
JUSTAS for all … contingencies
If the Canadian Armed Forces were to design the ideal long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, it might resemble a flying...
Where do UAVs fit in Canada’s future?
Unmanned (uninhabited if you are gender-sensitive) aerial vehicles (UAVs) clearly have a burgeoning future in Canada and around the world....
MDA to provide DND with Raven UAV
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates of Richmond, British Columbia, has been awarded a CA$11.3 million contract with the Department of National...
Top cool robots
What constitutes a “cool” robot? Earlier this week, IDGA (Institute for Defense and Government Advancement) posted what they consider the...
The civil-military partnership: Integrating disruptive technology
On May 23, HMCS Toronto disrupted her fourth narcotics shipment in two months during counter-terrorism operations in the Arabian Sea....
Alma expands UAS facilities
While regions of the country from Alberta to New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador have been pitching the development of...
Mobile ground control: A single solution for multiple unmanned systems
The war in Iraq has fueled the technological development and necessity of unmanned systems in today’s military forces. As Peter...