by Editor | Dec 7, 2023 | Combat Capability, News
by Ian Coutts Latvia if necessary but not necessarily Latvia. That, to borrow from William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s famously waffling prime minister, is the situation that 129 Battery, home of the Army’s CU -172 uncrewed aerial system (UAS), finds itself...
by Editor | Dec 6, 2023 | News Releases
December 6, 2023 – General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier has joined the Board of Directors of KWESST Micro Systems and will chair the company’s Strategic Planning Committee, following the retirement of Jeff McLeod. General Hillier previously served as international...
by Editor | Dec 1, 2023 | Equipment, News, Procurement
Since February 2022, the Canadian government has provided over $2.4 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. Some equipment was specifically acquired for the Ukrainian military, but much has come from the stocks of the Canadian Army, including Leopard 2A4 main...
by Editor | Nov 18, 2023 | Equipment, News, Training System
by Ken Pole Considering firearms controls and setting aside the law enforcement community, the first time most Canadians encounter pistols is likely when they join the military. The Army is the most common vector since its approximately 44,000 Regular and...
by Editor | Nov 6, 2023 | Army Reserves, Combat Capability, Digital Army, Leadership, News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher “The operational art is about being unpredictable,” Lieutenant-General Joe Paul noted as he closed a lengthy discussion about Operation Reassurance and the Canadian-led multinational enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group in Latvia....