by Editor | Jun 3, 2026 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
The Canadian government on June 2 confirmed it has finalized a government-to-government agreement for 26 Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers, a preliminary operational stock of munitions, spare parts, training, and support...
by Editor | May 18, 2026 | Combat Capability, News
by Canadian Army Today Staff If a year ago the Army was in the process of rebuilding its air defence capability, today the Ground-Based Air Defence (GBAD) program—it’s grown beyond a single project—rests on a concrete foundation—literally. As of early spring,...
by Editor | Mar 19, 2026 | Combat Capability, News Releases
March 19 — The Defence Investment Agency has awarded a contract to Colt Canada of Kitchener, Ont, to acquire up to 65,402 assault rifle systems under the Canadian Modular Assault Rifle (CMAR) initiative. By awarding this contract to Colt Canada, the Government of...
by Editor | Jan 19, 2026 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement, Unmanned 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...
by Editor | Oct 1, 2025 | Combat Capability, Equipment, News
by Chris Thatcher “On a modern battlefield, mobility is king.” It’s a lesson hard learned on the battlefields of Ukraine and consequently a requirement driving the Canadian Army’s Indirect Fires Modernization (IFM) project. “As soon as you fire a 155-millimetre round...
by Editor | Sep 6, 2025 | Army Intelligence, Combat Capability, News
by Chris Thatcher For the first few years of its existence, the Canadian Army Intelligence Regiment (CA Int Regt) faced a training paradox: To generate the data to fully test its burgeoning abilities, it needed to participate in a major combat operations...
