by Editor | Oct 19, 2024 | News, Procurement, Training System
by Ian Coutts “We don’t want someone buying a new rucksack who hasn’t marched with a rucksack in the last 20 years.” Colonel Walter Taylor is trying to explain the kind of graduate that the Army’s Applied Military Science Department School, at the...
by Editor | Sep 18, 2024 | C4ISR, Digital Army, News
by Chris Thatcher The Army’s command-and-control (C2) footprint in Afghanistan was big and cumbersome, housed in large tents amid a sea of masts and emitting an electromagnetic signature for all to see. In a future conflict, it will need to be light and nimble,...
by Editor | Aug 21, 2024 | C4ISR, Digital Army, News
In DDACSI, the Army is creating the nexus for a digital force and a continuous and interoperable capability development cycle. By Chris Thatcher Over the past 18 months on domestic operations and exercises, the Army has experimented with an interconnected but...
by Editor | Jul 31, 2024 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
by Ian Coutts “Reach out” is a phrase that says a lot about what it is that salespeople do and, it must be said, gunners. In a few years, Canadian gunners may be able to reach out that little bit farther. “Long-range precision fire systems” will allow the Royal...
by Editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Combat Capability, Combat Vehicles, News, Procurement
by Canadian Army Today Staff The federal government has finalized a $35.8 million contract with GM Defense Canada for 90 lightweight, off-road tactical vehicles for Army units deployed to the Canadian-led NATO multinational brigade in Latvia. The vehicles are...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2024 | News, S&T
by Michael Rostek, Nancy Teeple, Yazan Qasrawi State militaries routinely engage in forward planning for a variety of reasons ranging from defence procurement to the assessment of emerging forms of warfare. Uncertainty, however, is a predominant...
