by Editor | Sep 10, 2023 | Digital Army, News
by Ian Coutts When Thales Canada’s Neil Marshall, director of strategy, explains the problems that bedevil the Army’s command and control (C2) communications in the field, you get the feeling he’d like to give the boot to that adage about generals forever...
by Editor | Aug 15, 2023 | News, Procurement
by Ken Pole In its June 2017 defence policy, the federal government used the word “vision” a lot but mostly in a generic contemplative way. However, tucked away on page 36 was a commitment to recapitalizing an outstanding requirement for new “soldier night...
by Editor | Aug 9, 2023 | News, Recruitment & Retention
Facing a workforce crisis, the military is starting to see positive effects from a multi-pronged plan to recruit and retain talent. by Lisa Gordon Last fall, Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre acknowledged that the Canadian military is facing...
by Editor | Aug 3, 2023 | Equipment, Exercises, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole Of the 159 Canadians who died during this country’s decade-long combat mission in Afghanistan, the majority were victims of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Hundreds more were wounded or otherwise traumatized. Major Pete DesRoches, a combat...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2023 | News Releases
July 25, 2023 – Ottawa – KWESST Micro Systems has filed a U.S. patent application for the core module of its next-generation Battlefield Laser Detection System, branded “BLaDE”, and will make the BLaDE module available as a plug-and-play offering to third-party...
