A Question of Culture
Photo: Wyatt Brooks La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Lisa Gordon In the wake of a turbulent year characterized by multiple sexual misconduct allegations, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is responding by...
A greener footprint
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Ian Coutts Thanks to the Canadian Army, life should be a little easier for the prairie skink. Although this small, striped lizard is mostly found in the United States, in a band that...
Reserve Readiness: A new standard for minimum training requirements
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Ken Pole Military readiness requires the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to be mission-ready at all times. That’s all well understood by the Regular Force, but what about the thousands of...
On Unified Resolve, experimenting with combat capability
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher When the headquarters staff of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2 CMBG) participated in Exercise Unified Resolve 2021, their first actions as a flanking brigade to...
Technology Nexus
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. To digitally transform, the Army will need to adapt new commercial capabilities. Many are already converging on the battlespace. by Chris Thatcher Remember those PowerPoint slides of 20...
Bidding opens on logistics trucks
by Ian Coutts After a timeline beset by fits and starts, the Logistics Vehicle Modernization (LVM) project achieved a key milestone on Dec. 9, with the release of a request for proposals (RFP) to industry. Originally scheduled for “late summer 2021,” the...
The guns of avalanche season
The flooding and mudslides that closed major highways in British Columbia last November were a powerful demonstration of how quickly Mother Nature can sever critical arteries connecting western ports from the rest of Canada. Each year, the Canadian Army plays a small...
Digitally Armed
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher In another era, before the smartphone, there were Communications and Information Systems (CIS). That begat C2 IS, recognition that Command and Control were what...
Artillery, EW added to Latvia battle group
The Canadian-led enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Latvia has expanded its capability in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. Since 2017, Canadian Army members have led the multinational force under a Latvian mechanized brigade. The...
Tribunal ruling causes pistol reboot
by Ken Pole Army personnel who have been waiting for their vintage nine-millimetre Browning Hi-Power semi-automatic pistols to be replaced will have to wait a while longer. This is even though Hi-Power parts are no longer available – production of the 1930s...
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- Saab firings showcase new programmable Carl-Gustaf munition
- Successful live-fire demo of Rheinmetall Mission Master SP and Thales 70 mm guided rockets
- Elbit Systems to supply TORCH-X battle management solution for Airspace Coordination Centre Modernization project
- Marshall Canada finds a home in New Brunswick