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....
A call for a digital insurgency
by Caleb Walker You should start an insurgency in the Canadian Army! I know, it sounds controversial, but remember, there are many reasons to build an insurgency. The goal of insurgencies commonly falls into one of five categories. Four of them are:...
Combat Ready
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. The Canadian-led battle group in Latvia has adapted NATO, Canadian and allied doctrine to evolve its standard operating procedures. Exercise Silver Arrow confirmed that and more. by...
A Star Wars experience: Royal Highland Fusiliers test future vision systems in live-fire trials
Photo: Pte Robert Kingerski by Lt (N) Andrew McLaughlin It isn’t often an infantry soldier gets to help test kit so vital to their craft way before it’s available for training or use on the battlefield. A program spearheaded by Defence Research...
Army recruiting resuming normalcy
by Ian Coutts After two tough years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) recruiting appears to be bouncing back. “We’re pretty much back at capacity now,” said Captain (N) Pascal Belhumeur, commander of the Canadian Forces Recruiting Group,...
Morale, health, resiliency and family support
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Ken Pole The “been there, done that” concept can be a key to promotion in any military force, but there’s obviously much more to the climb up the rank ladder, particularly when the...
News Releases
- New player in tank production: Leonardo and Rheinmetall joint venture
- Ultra I&C wins $7 million contract for tactical data link support
- Allen-Vanguard receives follow-on order of SCORPION ECM systems for NATO ally
- Galvion receives follow-on Batlskin Caiman helmet order for Canadian DICE program
- Hanwha signs MOUs with Canadian partners