DEFENCEX: Beyond System Replacement
by Allan Joyner In the sprawling logistics network of Canada's military, a quiet revolution is taking shape. What began as a modernization of the Canadian Armed Forces' (CAF) current enterprise resource planning system, Defence Resource Management Information System...
NATO DIANA experience accelerates Canadian innovation
by Canadian Army Today Staff In September, NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) announced the selection of 15 companies to advance to the second phase of its DIANA Accelerator Program, a crucial step in a novel approach to turn...
Army assault rifle ripe for acceleration
by Ken Pole As the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) plans for a world the 2025 federal budget calls “more volatile and dangerous . . . than ever,” the military is in the throes of what the government terms “generational investment” in an array of new technologies. One part...
Drone army: New initiative to accelerate small uncrewed systems
by Chris Thatcher With Inflection Point 2025, the Army has provided direction for the first pieces of what it calls “the most comprehensive equipment modernization effort in the past 20 years.” In addition to a digital transformation across the land force, the...
Acquisition for modernization
With the federal government committed to spending two percent of GDP on defence this fiscal year — an extra $9.3 billion — and pledging to increase that to as much as five percent by 2035, the Canadian Army is poised to reconstitute and introduce capability critical...
Printing aides at the point of need
by Canadian Army Today Staff As modern militaries confront increasingly dynamic logistical challenges, the ability to adapt quickly — often at the tactical edge — has become a decisive advantage. For the Canadian Army, additive manufacturing, more commonly...
Restructured: The Army modernization plan
In September, Lieutenant-General Michael Wright released Inflection Point 2025, signifying a major change to how the Canadian Army will be structured, equipped, trained, sustained, and integrated as it embarks on a modernization agenda to ensure a force postured and...
Fall 2025
This issue DLR Q&A: Acquisition for modernization Wargaming the future Land C5ISRT: Expanding scope An army of drones Accelerating the assault rifle? Lessons from Op Cadence DefenceX
Fighting through the cyber threat
by Canadian Army Today Staff From the moment soldiers arrive in Latvia on Operation Reassurance, they are subject to an onslaught of cyber threats. Cellphones, laptops, smart watches and other personal electronic devices are the obvious targets, but so too are...
Light Utility Vehicle rolling closer to reality
by Ken Pole The Canadian Army's current fleets of Afghanistan-era Mercedes G Wagon tactical transports and other civilian-based sport utility vehicles and light trucks are in dire need of replacement. That was acknowledged when the Light Utility Vehicle (LUV) project...
News Releases
- Galvion introduces SoloPack Arctic, extending soldier power capability to extreme cold environments
- AtkinsRéalis and DRAKKAR sign MoU to advance made-in-Canada defence solutions
- Universities and industry join forces in Marshall Land Research Alliance
- Sentinel Advanced Military Solutions launches integrated defence ecosystem
- General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada signs MOU with GreenTech Harvest to support co-production of UAVs for Ukraine