by Chris Thatcher | Dec 4, 2018 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole The nine-millimetre Browning semi-automatic pistol used by the Canadian Armed Forces is a technically impressive weapon. It was conceived by American John Browning for Belgium’s Fabrique National in 1911, and has been used by more than 50 militaries over...
by Chris Thatcher | Nov 19, 2018 | Combat Vehicles, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole The last major element of the Canadian Army’s modernization of its medium logistics support capability, the new Standard Military Pattern (SMP) trucks, evidently has a budding fan club. Two of the 9.5-tonne capacity four-axle SMPs, from...
by Chris Thatcher | Nov 9, 2018 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Ian Couts “Boot-boots-boots-boots movin’ up an’ down again” The British poet Rudyard Kipling certainly nailed one of the central aspects of military life in that particular ballad. Even today, when troops are carried into action on helicopters and in LAVs,...
by Chris Thatcher | Oct 4, 2018 | News, Procurement
By Chris Thatcher In a digital battlespace reliant on the Global Positioning System for positioning, navigation and timing, trust in the veracity and security of the GPS signal is critical. The Canadian Army is aware of the vulnerability of GPS to jamming,...
by Chris Thatcher | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Procurement, Training System
by Ian Coutts “You know the movie The Matrix? It’s essentially like that.” Major Giuseppe Ramacieri is trying to explain the thinking behind the Army’s proposed Land Vehicle Combat Training System (LVCTS). If the Keanu Reeves movie of life inside a...
by Chris Thatcher | Jul 11, 2018 | Leadership, News, Procurement
By Chris Thatcher On a corner of Brigadier-General Steve Kelsey’s desk sits a marked-up copy of Strong, Secure, Engaged. Coloured tabs stick out from the well-thumbed pages of the new defence policy, placeholders for current and future capability investments that will...
