Enter the Armoured Combat Support Vehicle
by Ken Pole Deployed troops, like civilians, likely have a common perception of ambulances. They appreciate that the vehicles and their highly trained crews are always ready and available. But they obviously hope never to need one themselves. However, they can...
The Modernization Agenda
Over the past 18 months, the primary focus of the Canadian Army commander has been the mission in Latvia: The transition from an enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group to a Multinational Brigade and all the resource challenges that created, from generating personnel...
On Ardent Defender, a test for operators facing UXO threats
by Ken Pole At the last tally by the United Nations, dozens of member states continued to struggle with various types of unexploded ordnance (UXO), some of it dating back more than a century. Not all are the legacy of combat; many continue to be found in...
Tech staff course adjusts to the pace of technology
by Ian Coutts “We don't want someone buying a new rucksack who hasn't marched with a rucksack in the last 20 years.” Colonel Walter Taylor is trying to explain the kind of graduate that the Army’s Applied Military Science Department School, at the Royal...
Separate projects, same goals: Urgent C2IS for Latvia and the Land C4ISR program
by Chris Thatcher The Army’s command-and-control (C2) footprint in Afghanistan was big and cumbersome, housed in large tents amid a sea of masts and emitting an electromagnetic signature for all to see. In a future conflict, it will need to be light and nimble,...
A battle lab, optimized data, and an Army app
In DDACSI, the Army is creating the nexus for a digital force and a continuous and interoperable capability development cycle. By Chris Thatcher Over the past 18 months on domestic operations and exercises, the Army has experimented with an interconnected but...
News Releases
- Rheinmetall awarded Canada’s Enhanced Recovery Capability project
- New player in tank production: Leonardo and Rheinmetall joint venture
- Ultra I&C wins $7 million contract for tactical data link support
- Allen-Vanguard receives follow-on order of SCORPION ECM systems for NATO ally
- Galvion receives follow-on Batlskin Caiman helmet order for Canadian DICE program