by Editor | Mar 25, 2024 | Leadership, News, Training System
Story and photos by Chris Thatcher On a clear, cool morning in mid April, a platoon from Charlie Company of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) loaded into three CH-146 Griffons and a CH-147F Chinook and lifted off...
by Editor | Mar 17, 2024 | News, S&T
by Maude Amyot-Bourgeois, Dr. George Nikolakakos, Dr. Katherine M. Banko The Canadian Army, both alone and with allies, regularly conducts live and computer assisted exercises (CAX). Often incorporating military simulation and virtual components, these...
by Editor | Mar 14, 2024 | Equipment, News, Procurement, Training System
What was once labeled a midlife upgrade is now a full modernization program. Over the past three years, Weapons Effects Simulation (WES) has transformed from an enhancement of the equipment the Army currently uses to capture weapons and other effects in training, to a...
by Editor | Mar 7, 2024 | News
by Lt(N) Andrew McLaughlin Master Corporal Afton David is a mother, a lawyer, and a leader in the Canadian Army Reserve infantry with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa ((Duke of Edinburgh’s Own). We’re proud to tell her story on International Women’s Day....
by Editor | Mar 6, 2024 | Combat Vehicles, News
By Ian Coutts We’ve all heard that old line about someone who, perhaps after a night of convivial socializing, resembles “forty miles of bad road.” Try 20,000 kilometres. That’s what the Army is subjecting four new Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSV)...
by Editor | Mar 1, 2024 | News, Procurement
Leonardo has been awarded a contract by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) to provide its Falcon Shield C-UAS system for operation by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The company will provide a number of systems and a 10-year sustainment package that...
