by Chris Thatcher | May 21, 2020 | Exercises, News
by Ian Coutts There’s a classic line sometimes attributed to Samuel Mayer, the legendary Hollywood mogul. When asked what made for a great movie, he said. “Get your hero up a tree, then throw rocks at him.” Exercise Unified Resolve boasts none of the...
by Chris Thatcher | May 15, 2020 | News Releases
[Editor’s Note: The Black Hornet was trialed by the Canadian Army as a possible platoon asset. More on the trials here: https://canadianarmytoday.com/micro-reconnaissance-army-trials-black-hornet-for-isss/] May 7, 2020 ― FLIR Systems, Inc. announced it...
by Chris Thatcher | May 13, 2020 | Army Reserves, News, Training System, Uncategorized
by Allan Joyner The images are indelible and, in some ways, misleading. Nightly news footage of troops filling sandbags and armoured vehicles wading flooded city streets are well known across Canada. The reality is that smaller communities, and more...
by Chris Thatcher | May 4, 2020 | Leadership, News, Operations
The Canadian Armed Forces is at war everyday in the information domain. Whether in Latvia, Ukraine, Iraq, Africa or even at home, deployed forces face a barrage of false information that can quickly undermine or fail an operation. In recent presentations,...
by Chris Thatcher | Apr 21, 2020 | News Releases
Her Majesty’s Armed Forces have ordered four Rheinmetall Mission Master robotic vehicles. Configured for transporting cargo, these unmanned ground vehicles will form part of the United Kingdom’s Robotic Platoon Vehicle programme. This programme is designed...
