Canada Selects TKMS as Preferred Supplier for Submarine Fleet
German shipbuilder’s 212CD design chosen for largest defence procurement in Canadian history Announcement Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at CFB...
Ottawa fixed the buyer’s problem. The SME’s four problems are still ours.
Canada’s defence procurement reforms share one design principle: they make it safer for the buyer to choose an unproven company....
The Royal Flush in Complex Military Platform Acquisitions
We determine our destination by our priorities – Keith K. Hilbig Anyone who has ever played poker knows that a...
Canada Signs $2.5B Arctic Radar Procurement Arrangement with Australia
Canada and Australia formalize a government-to-government arrangement for long-range Arctic surveillance radar, with BAE Systems Australia set to begin work...
The DIA Has a Strategy. Industry Has Questions.
Ian Mack on the questions industry needs answered before the Strategy can deliver. Some people see things as they are...
The Importance of Guardrails As the DIA Evolves
Guardrails can do many things for businesses, from enforcing best practices to preventing harm. They are broadly control and compliance...
Canada names Saab’s GlobalEye as preferred AEWC solution
Prime Minister Mark Carney made a personal appearance at CANSEC in Ottawa on May 27 to announce that the federal...
DIA and the SCOND Committee 2024 Report
The longer the gap between pledges and action is allowed to remain, the greater the risk of a disastrous failure...
Rearming the Soldier: Canada Moves to Replace Its Service Rifles with a Modern, Made-in-Canada Solution
Canada’s defence transformation is increasingly defined not just by major platforms and long-term industrial strategies, but by the modernization of...
DIA or Not – Complex Military Project Outcomes Will Remain Uncertain
To be uncertain is uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous – Chinese Proverb I have written before...