Leonardo to equip Army with counter-drone tech
Leonardo has been awarded a contract by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) to provide its Falcon Shield C-UAS system for operation by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The company will provide a number of systems and a 10-year sustainment package that...
The C79: A sight for Army eyes
by Ken Pole The odds are that, regardless of your rank in the Army, you have literally had your fingertips on something that made you a more effective warrior. That’s the C79 optical sight, a key piece of kit designed, developed and manufactured by Raytheon...
Vehicle crew simulation network nears bid stage
By Canadian Army Today Staff When the Land Vehicle Crew Training System (LVCTS) eventually opens doors on five new simulation centres across the country, it will launch the Army into a new world of networked and immersive individual and collective training. An...
Integrated Soldier System finds traction with ATAK and a smartphone
by Chris Thatcher Perhaps it was the communication plan, perhaps the sample size of the user evaluation, but when the Army rolled out the first cycle of a tactical smartphone-like computer system intended to network a platoon-sized formation, only some units...
Arctic vehicle on track for RFP by 2026
by Ian Coutts When Canadian Army Today last checked in on the Domestic Arctic Mobility Enhancement (DAME) project in 2021, we likened it to a muskox. That implacable Arctic beast that, whatever the conditions, keeps plodding forward seemed a good stand-in for a...
On Maple Resolve 23, the enemy was armed with a cloud-based tactical network
by Chris Thatcher It wasn’t quite an unfair advantage, but it was certainly an edge. For the first time on Exercise Maple Resolve, the opposition force (OPFOR) came equipped with a tactical mesh network. And in a peer-on-peer scenario, where the speed of decision...
General Dynamics team named preferred bidder for Army’s next logistics vehicle
General Dynamics Land Systems–Canada has been identified as the preferred bidder to provide the Canadian Army with a new fleet of light and heavy logistics vehicles, equipment and in-service support, according to an announcement by Public Services and Procurement...
Army has two variants in development for the next modular assault rifle
by Ken Pole When the federal government rolled out its June 2017 defence policy paper, it was packaged as “a long-term vision” for how Canada’s military could respond to a rapidly changing world. It was an ambitious vision built around a promise to spend...
Trials of helmets and load carriage vests for dismounted infantry are informing procurement for the rest of the Army
by Canadian Army Today Staff If you have noticed more requests for participation by your unit in equipment trials over the past few years, you are probably not alone. From an integrated soldier information sharing system, to light off-road vehicles, camouflage...
Training for the fight
by Chris Thatcher Wainwright still looked like Wainwright, albeit with the conspicuous haze and smell of smoke from distant wildfires burning elsewhere in the province. But for the participants of Exercise Maple Resolve, the sprawling training area in eastern...
