Fall 2024
This issue Cloud TAK ready to deploy Connected battlespace Loitering over Latvia Air defence reclaimed Restocking ammo ACSV rollout Adjusting the AOC Remembering the Bobcat
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...
Ultra I&C wins $7 million contract for tactical data link support
Oct. 7, 2024 -- Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C) has been awarded a $7 million contract with the Canadian Armed Forces to support the Tactical Integrated Command, Control and Communication (TIC3) project, focused on enhancing Canada's tactical...
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...
Loitering or rocket artillery: Assessing the solutions for long-range precision fires
by Ian Coutts “Reach out” is a phrase that says a lot about what it is that salespeople do and, it must be said, gunners. In a few years, Canadian gunners may be able to reach out that little bit farther. “Long-range precision fire systems” will allow the Royal...
Army to acquire 90 tactical vehicles for Latvia
by Canadian Army Today Staff The federal government has finalized a $35.8 million contract with GM Defense Canada for 90 lightweight, off-road tactical vehicles for Army units deployed to the Canadian-led NATO multinational brigade in Latvia. The vehicles are...
Strategic foresight in support of decision-making
by Michael Rostek, Nancy Teeple, Yazan Qasrawi State militaries routinely engage in forward planning for a variety of reasons ranging from defence procurement to the assessment of emerging forms of warfare. Uncertainty, however, is a predominant...
Training Transformation: A new approach to collective and individual training to manage resource constraints
by Chris Thatcher With the standup of a Canadian-led multinational brigade in Latvia as of 2026, the Army is transforming how it validates brigade leadership and subunits for operations. The large collective training exercises of Unified Resolve, a...
News Releases
- Galvion unveils two additions to their innovative Batlskin head systems portfolio
- CANSOFCOM awards suppressor contract to Millbrook Strategic Sciences
- 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