The Agile Eight: Leveraging the LAV 6.0 for armoured combat support
by Allan Joyner and Chris Thatcher Collaboration between the Army and an equipment manufacturer is standard practice once a contract is signed and the two parties begin fine-tuning the capability that will be delivered. It is rare, though, that a project the...
Feeding JAWS: A data-gathering exercise that will fuel AI applications for Joint Fires
by Chris Thatcher How do you train an artificial intelligence algorithm? Feed it data; lots and lots of data. “For the AI to work well, it needs variety,” explained Dr. Mélanie Breton, a defence scientist with the Tactical Surveillance and Reconnaissance...
Door Gunners
by Ian Coutts When Sergeant Matthew Pagliaro returns to the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) sometime next year, he’ll be sporting a mix of badges on his DEUs that will make him stand out among members of his battalion. ...
Fighting fit: Employing technology to gain an edge in readiness
by Lt (N) Andrew McLaughlin With advances in battlefield technology outpacing many tactical and operational capabilities, today’s infantry soldiers must adapt to this new reality. But waiting for new multi-domain, autonomous and artificial intelligence systems...
MSVS logistic trucks steer through first deployment in Latvia
by Chris Thatcher The Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) Standard Military Pattern (SMP) truck has marked a key milestone on its road into service with the first overseas deployment. Three variants of the Mack Defense logistics trucks – cargo, load handling,...
Mentor and advise: The professional development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
by Tim Dunne Canada launched Operation Unifier in September 2015 by deploying about 200 Canadian Armed Forces members in response to Ukrainian government requests for help to remain a sovereign, secure and stable government. Canada is part of an...
Confronting Ariana: Inside the Army’s largest computer-assisted exercise
by Ian Coutts There’s a classic line sometimes attributed to Samuel Mayer, the legendary Hollywood mogul. When asked what made for a great movie, he said. “Get your hero up a tree, then throw rocks at him.” Exercise Unified Resolve boasts none of the...
NOREX 20: Validating a sub-Arctic response
by Allan Joyner The images are indelible and, in some ways, misleading. Nightly news footage of troops filling sandbags and armoured vehicles wading flooded city streets are well known across Canada. The reality is that smaller communities, and more...
Manoeuvre in the information domain
The Canadian Armed Forces is at war everyday in the information domain. Whether in Latvia, Ukraine, Iraq, Africa or even at home, deployed forces face a barrage of false information that can quickly undermine or fail an operation. In recent presentations,...
Making a mortar platoon from scratch
by Allan Joyner When the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and the Calgary Highlanders were tasked with standing up a mortar platoon in the summer of 2018, the mission task also included their first operational deployment with the new capability – a five to six-month...
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