Airspace deconfliction
By Ian Coutts “There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield.” The words are Alfred M. Gray’s. The former commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Gray was speaking metaphorically (the next words in the quote are, “Battlefields are lonely places”). In fact,...
MSTAR migration: Reduced silhouette means better fit, more function for OPV radar
By Chris Thatcher The Canadian Army will migrate its Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (MSTAR) from Version 3 to Version 4, swapping out some hardware and software in an effort to make the system lighter and smaller. While an improvement in...
On the Road: Armoured MSVS will enable faster battlefield logistic support
By Richard Bray Another fleet of new trucks is on the road to serve with the Canadian Army. The new Standard Military Pattern (SMP) truck is a four axle, 9.5 tonne capacity vehicle, intended mostly for use with the Regular Force. “Expectations are very high within...
Battle lab: Supporting Ukrainian compatibility provides lessons on hybrid warfare
By Chris Thatcher The deployment of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to Ukraine in 2014 was intended to bolster NATO’s assurance measures against Russia’s invasion of Crimea and its ongoing support for the conflict in the Donbas region. However, the training mission is...
Urban operations training drives improvements to WES
by Allan Joyner During Exercise Certain Challenge, the 1988 iteration of NATO’s series of immense Reforger exercises, I watched a master corporal from the Royal Canadian Dragoons glumly climb down off 24 Bravo. He listened incredulously as the umpire explained that...
Medium range radar: A portable, powerful addition
by Steven Fouchard, Army Public Affairs Recent military operations in places like Iraq and Afghanistan have shown that smaller – even improvised – weapons are both difficult to detect and deadly. The Canadian Army (CA) is adopting a high-tech solution to those...
