Land-Air Integration: The art of combined arms on the Advanced Tactical Aviation Course
Story and photos by Chris Thatcher On a clear, cool morning in mid April, a platoon from Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) loaded into three CH-146 Griffons and a CH-147F Chinook and lifted off into the...
Science in support of trials, exercises, live experiments, and tech demonstrations
by Maude Amyot-Bourgeois, Dr. George Nikolakakos, Dr. Katherine M. Banko The Canadian Army, both alone and with allies, regularly conducts live and computer assisted exercises (CAX). Often incorporating military simulation and virtual components, these...
Enhancing weapons effects simulation
What was once labeled a midlife upgrade is now a full modernization program. Over the past three years, Weapons Effects Simulation (WES) has transformed from an enhancement of the equipment the Army currently uses to capture weapons and other effects in training, to a...
A mother, leader and soldier: An NCO’s story
by Lt(N) Andrew McLaughlin Master Corporal Afton David is a mother, a lawyer, and a leader in the Canadian Army Reserve infantry with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa ((Duke of Edinburgh's Own). We’re proud to tell her story on International Women’s Day. A...
Harding Driving: RAMD on the Armoured Combat Support Vehicles
By Ian Coutts We’ve all heard that old line about someone who, perhaps after a night of convivial socializing, resembles “forty miles of bad road.” Try 20,000 kilometres. That's what the Army is subjecting four new Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSV) to....
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...
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