Spring 2022
This Issue A question of culture and ethos Reserve readiness standards The (Not so) secret to procurement UR22: New enemy, new challenges What's replacing the C7 Time for a new tank killer Arctic pivot: No snow, no problem Countering the drones
In the battle against IEDs, new detect capabilities
by Ken Pole The bane of modern armies waging asymmetric warfare against non-state enemies, improvised explosive devices (IED) have been around for more than a century. Their first documented use was by the Germans to cover their retreat during the Battle of the...
Can you print that?
by Canadian Army Today staff Last September, two 3D polymer printers were among the equipment airlifted into Latvia for rotation 20-02 of Operation Reassurance. Army units have been experimenting with additive manufacturing (AM) since at least 2014, but the...
Battery operated
by Canadian Army Today Staff When Exercise Soaring Goose launched from the Blissville airstrip in the Gagetown range on July 20, it marked the first training event for 129 Battery as a dedicated small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) unit. Since the CU172...
Combat Support Experiment
by Chris Thatcher Need reconnaissance imagery from a small surveillance drone? Electronic jamming? Air space coordination? Specialized engineering such as combat divers? How you request those, and other effects generated by the Army’s enablers, is about to...
Collaborative app
Upgraded software is planned for the Integrated Soldier System. A Canadian company is positioning to be its centre of excellence. Arriving on the scene of an active shooter is one of the more perilous situations a police officer can face. Critical...
Boosting Signals Strength
by Chris Thatcher Call it a paradox of digital transformation. At a time when the Canadian Army seeks to digitize enterprise and operational practices, network sensors, shooters and command nodes to a unified digital backbone, and stream vast arrays of data to...
Test, break, repeat
by Ian Coutts There is ready. And then there’s ready. Back in May 2021, General Dynamics Land Systems Canada posted a video on YouTube featuring its new Armoured Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV). Anyone watching their presentation, a glitzy affair with lights and...
SkyHawks plan for return to the air
by Ian Coutts They’re a fixture of the Canadian summer, like the cry of a loon or the sizzle of a barbecue. Corkscrewing through the air, almost like slowly falling leaves, trailing colourful smoke or maple leaf flags. Since 1971, more than 75 million people...
Modernizing for future conflict
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Major-General C.J.J. Mialkowski Technological advancement, climate change, and the spread of information are rapidly changing the face of human conflict and competition as we know it....
News Releases
- Saab firings showcase new programmable Carl-Gustaf munition
- Successful live-fire demo of Rheinmetall Mission Master SP and Thales 70 mm guided rockets
- Elbit Systems to supply TORCH-X battle management solution for Airspace Coordination Centre Modernization project
- Marshall Canada finds a home in New Brunswick
- DroneShield and Allen-Vanguard partner on C-UAS and C-IED