Powering Ukraine’s resistance with innovative Canadian tech
by Treena Hein At this moment, made-in-Canada rechargeable ‘Batt Packs’ are being used by soldiers in Ukraine — and the company that makes them is hoping these innovative units will become a standard piece of field equipment for humanitarian efforts and armed...
Capabilities needed — urgently!
by Staff We’re not quite into “For the want of a nail ... the kingdom was lost” territory, to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin. But for want of anti-tank weapons, air defence and counter-uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), defending troops, vehicles and headquarters in...
Spring 2023
This Issue Digital Experiments Integrating Combat Enablers Dispersed and Connected Command Better Industry Engagement IEDs: Detect and Defeat Defining LUV Planning Civil Assistance Reconstituting the Force
Is there a Canadian Army approach to JADC2?
by Dave Jones and Bruno Perron The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is either currently engaged with or intends to go to market with an impressive group of large-scale Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)...
Wargaming the information environment
by Sean W. Havel In July of 1870, in the spa town of Bad Ems, a polite conversation between a Prussian King and a French diplomat took place over the candidacy of a Hohenzollern prince to the Spanish throne. The two departed on good terms, despite the King’s...
The Right Stuff
by Chris Thatcher If you’ve ever wondered what S.W.A.T, CSI, NCIS, and Code Black might look like all rolled into one, meet the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU). Part special forces operators, part forensic scientists, part police detectives, and...
Taking on the tanks
by Kevin Wang and HengLiang Wu Recent combat experiences in Ukraine have shown that portable anti-tank weaponry gives infantry a chance to fight against armoured targets, which are immune to rifles and grenades. The large variety of such weapons can be divided...
Protection Detail
by Chris Thatcher As two Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopters alternated high and low sweeps overhead, a CH-147F Chinook cleared the treeline and rapidly descended into a clearing. Its wheels touched the gravel just long enough for a medical team and four force...
Delivering electronic warfare effects: For 21 EW Regiment, the first task is explaining what they do
by Ian Coutts In the world of electromagnetic warfare, what you can’t see can definitely hurt you. Wherever we are in the world today – this includes our own homes as well as in the modern battlespace – we are immersed in a bath of electromagnetic radiation....
Integrating the big guns
by Chris Thatcher In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, NATO allies responded with the formation of enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Groups in eastern Europe as one of several deterrence measures. The Canadian-led battle group in Latvia...
News Releases
- Collaboration with Tulmar serves increased demand for Saab advanced camouflage systems
- KWESST receives software systems development contract for Canadian DND
- TACTIQL’s Michael Nelson named to OBJ’s top 40 under 40
- MGen (Ret’d) David Fraser joins Tulmar advisory board
- Pietro Mazzei appointed president and CEO of Rheinmetall Canada