by Editor | Jul 7, 2021 | News Releases, Procurement
July 5, 2021 — Hawkesbury, Ontario-based Tulmar Safety Systems has been award a contract from the Department of National Defence (DND) to supply the Royal Canadian Navy with Hazardous Duty and Maritime Pouch Life Preservers. Under this contract, Tulmar will...
by Editor | May 2, 2021 | News, Procurement
The quest to replace the Browning Hi-Power, the Army’s almost 60-year-old 9mm semi-automatic pistol, is through the draft request for proposals (RFP) stage. Public Services and Procurement Canada released a draft RFP on Feb. 26, 2021, and should have the final...
by Editor | Apr 29, 2021 | News, Procurement
In advance of the release of a request for proposals this summer, General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada has announced a partnership with Mercedes-Benz and Marshall Canada to bid for the Army’s Logistics Vehicle Modernization (LVM) project. The trio of well-established...
by Editor | Mar 21, 2021 | News, Procurement
by Major Noel MacKey The old Napoleonic adage that “an army travels on its stomach” is perhaps the most basic military principle that militaries have succeed and failed to satisfy throughout the history of armed conflict. The importance of field fresh rations...
by Editor | Mar 1, 2021 | News, Procurement
by Ian Coutts “It’s déjà vu all over again.” That famed phrase attributed to Yogi Berra probably sums up the thoughts of anyone who has been following the Army’s continuing efforts to find replacements for its fleet of light and heavy logistics vehicles....
by Editor | Jan 28, 2021 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Major Don Parker Potable water is essential to maintain life and conduct Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operations anywhere in the world, but local sources cannot always be trusted. The CAF consumes potable water from two primary sources: a large Reverse...
