by Editor | Jun 11, 2025 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
U.S. Army M142 HIMARS from A Battery, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Multi Domain Task Force in Nov 2022. Photo: Pfc. Mariah Aguilar By Ken Pole Under the gun to meet a U.S.-driven push within NATO to accelerate Canadian defence spending to at...
by Editor | Jun 6, 2025 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher What was once a singular project to acquire a ground-based air defence system has in recent years become a multi-phased approach to resurrect a capability deficient in the Army since the last air defence anti-tank system (ADATS), an...
by Editor | May 21, 2025 | Combat Capability, News
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. The Army has gone through periods of modernization before, but “this time it’s different,” Brigadier-General Stephane Masson explains as he begins a lengthy interview. As Chief of...
by Editor | May 14, 2025 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
The Army’s mini uncrewed aerial systems (MUAS) units in Latvia will soon be receiving new AeroVironment Switchblade 300 and 600 loitering munitions systems to add to their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. The Canadian government...
by Editor | Mar 16, 2025 | Combat Capability, News
by Chris Thatcher In late October, 129 Battery, 4th Artillery Regiment (General Support), launched a CU-172 Blackjack in Latvia, marking the first operational flight of the small uncrewed aerial system (SUAS). The Army acquired the Boeing Insitu RQ-21A system...
by Editor | Feb 22, 2025 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher It’s no secret the Army is struggling with munitions. Stocks are insufficient and ammunition such as the M107 round for the 155-millimetre howitzer, the M777, lacks the range and lethality necessary for major combat operations. In news...
