Back to Bold Quest
by Chris Thatcher On the calendar of joint fires and sensor-to-shooter capability demonstrations, Bold Quest is a key event. But when around 600 participants gathered last October, most of the 200 international attendees were virtual observers, watching online...
Former Army commander confirmed as CDS
By Ken Pole Army General Wayne Eyre has been confirmed as Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) after nine months of doing the military’s top job in an acting capacity. His appointment, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is seen as a key step in how the Canadian...
Royal Rumble: An exercise on the build to contingency operations for 1 RCR
by Canadian Army Today staff As exercises go, Royal Rumble is just another stepping-stone on the path to validation for the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR). But when the battalion and other units of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2...
Fall 2021
This Issue Army Sergeant Major: CWO James Smith Modernizing for the future fight A call for a digital insurgency Experimenting with combat support Joint Fires, incrementally Behind friendly lines RAMD: Test, break, repeat Can you 3D print that?
Diversity through experience
by Second Lieutenant Ahmed Elkar and Captain Michael Gray In the fall of 2020, the commanding officer of the Princess Louise Fusiliers (PLF), Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Pitcher, launched a new initiative to help soldiers understand societal diversity in the...
Canadian gunners serve as Queen’s guard
By Ian Coutts Surreal. That’s the word that Major Michael Crosier reaches for to describe the feeling of marching into the grounds of Buckingham Palace for the very first time on Oct. 4 at the head of a contingent from The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery...
Arctic mobility makes tracks
by Ian Coutts Call it the musk-ox of Canadian defence procurements. As other needed projects see costs balloon or timelines stretch out before them, the Army’s Domestic Arctic Mobility Enhancement (DAME) project, the search for a new vehicle suitable for use in...
FORCE Combat: An evolution in combat fitness
by Dr. Tara Reilly, Dr. Hans Christain-Tinglestad, Jacqueline Laframboise, Maj Nadia Worthington and LCol Matthew Sprague The development and evolution of a fitness objective or occupational fitness standard is likely a more complex and thorough process than...
Spine Untapped: The Army’s digital backbone
by Chris Thatcher Of all the projects queuing up in the procurement pipeline, none could have a greater impact on the Army’s operational digital transformation efforts than Land C4ISR. Sometimes called the digital spine, the program of six individual projects...
Big Wrecker
by Ken Pole Whether helping with civil disaster management at home or overseas on a combat mission, the Canadian Army has a daunting challenge when it comes to recovering damaged vehicles, despite having about 130 platforms designed specifically for the role....
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