by Chris Thatcher | Oct 31, 2019 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher “Contact!” The shout comes from a soldier in the lead section of a platoon conducting an attack through the scrub, sand and small trees of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa. Behind him, soldiers quickly drop to a knee or lie prone, their weapons...
by Chris Thatcher | Aug 1, 2019 | News, Procurement
by Ken Pole The terms “leading edge” and “outside the box” tend to be overused when discussing evolving technologies, but they’re truly applicable to the Canadian Forces Land Electronic Warfare Modernization (CFLEWM), a project that envisages improved...
by Chris Thatcher | Jul 9, 2019 | C4ISR, News, Procurement
By Chris Thatcher Imagine buying your home wireless network and your cellphone by taking four to eight years to analyze your options and define your requirements and a year or more to purchase and install the system, all with the intent of operating it for the...
by Chris Thatcher | Jun 27, 2019 | News, Procurement
By Ian Coutts There is a classic cartoon by Bing Coughlin from the Canadian Army’s old Maple Leaf newspaper featuring Herbie, his archetypal Canadian soldier of the Second World War. In it, Herbie, cowering with his pals in a crude shelter in the midst of a...
by Chris Thatcher | May 6, 2019 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Richard Bray The first layer of protection between Canadian soldiers and a hostile world is operational clothing, and some of that wardrobe needs updating. “Some pieces of equipment, not all of them, need to be upgraded or modernized,” said...
by Chris Thatcher | Apr 14, 2019 | Equiment, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole Most of us can be trained to use firearms and, given practice, can learn to shoot well. That’s particularly true within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), where weaponry is a fundamental element of training at the CAF’s Leadership and Recruit School...
