by Editor | Dec 1, 2023 | Equipment, News, Procurement
Since February 2022, the Canadian government has provided over $2.4 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. Some equipment was specifically acquired for the Ukrainian military, but much has come from the stocks of the Canadian Army, including Leopard 2A4 main...
by Editor | Aug 15, 2023 | News, Procurement
by Ken Pole In its June 2017 defence policy, the federal government used the word “vision” a lot but mostly in a generic contemplative way. However, tucked away on page 36 was a commitment to recapitalizing an outstanding requirement for new “soldier night...
by Editor | Aug 3, 2023 | Equipment, Exercises, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole Of the 159 Canadians who died during this country’s decade-long combat mission in Afghanistan, the majority were victims of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Hundreds more were wounded or otherwise traumatized. Major Pete DesRoches, a combat...
by Editor | Jul 11, 2023 | News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher Inflation is having a deflating effect on defence procurement and the Light Forces Enhancement (LFE) project is no exception. But beyond the growing costs of manufacturing a four-wheeled, lightweight, off-road vehicle, the Army now knows it...
by Editor | May 30, 2023 | News, Procurement
by Ken Pole Some years ago, during his 32-year Army career, when he was a Colonel, John Errington, who retired last summer as a Brigadier-General and Commandant of the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, observed about Army divers: “Dive operations are a vital...
by Editor | May 23, 2023 | News, Procurement
by Ian Coutts It never feels like news when the defence procurement process takes longer than expected. So, take the latest on the Light Utility Vehicle (LUV) project as a “no news, good news” situation. The “no news” is that the initial stage of the project...
