by Editor | Apr 2, 2020 | News, S&T
by Chris Thatcher Across most industrial sectors, companies are bracing for the bow wave of transformative technologies, from artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to cloud computing, additive manufacturing and human-machine interaction, that will disrupt,...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2020 | Army Reserves, Exercises, News
by Allan Joyner and Chris Thatcher For two weeks in the August 2019 heat, Primary Reservists from across 4th Canadian Division gathered in the training areas of Meaford and Petawawa, Ont., for an annual confirmation exercise meant to test their individual and...
by Editor | Mar 18, 2020 | News, Procurement
by Richard Bray Throughout history, armies have tried to simulate combat in training programs as realistically as possible, to bring soldiers to peak readiness for battle. Today, the Canadian Army is working on a project that will introduce a transformational...
by Editor | Mar 17, 2020 | News
The Canadian Army has cancelled Exercise Maple Resolve. The decision was announced by Army commander Lieutenant-General Wayne Eyre in a tweet on March 17. “I have decided to cancel EX MAPLE RESOLVE. While this may impact our higher-level warfighting ability...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2020 | Equipment, News
by Chris Thatcher When the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment (1 RCR) assumed command of the enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Latvia in July 2018, they deployed with their own aerial reconnaissance platform. Weighing little more than 50...
by Editor | Mar 5, 2020 | Equipment, News
by Ken Pole When the muddy trenches of the First World War led to a stalemate on the Western Front, Britain introduced tanks at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Germany was slow to respond, managing to deploy only about 20 in the latter stages of the war....
