by Editor | May 9, 2022 | News, Procurement
by Ian Coutts After a timeline beset by fits and starts, the Logistics Vehicle Modernization (LVM) project achieved a key milestone on Dec. 9, with the release of a request for proposals (RFP) to industry. Originally scheduled for “late summer 2021,” the...
by Editor | Apr 7, 2022 | News, Procurement
by Ken Pole Army personnel who have been waiting for their vintage nine-millimetre Browning Hi-Power semi-automatic pistols to be replaced will have to wait a while longer. This is even though Hi-Power parts are no longer available – production of the 1930s...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2022 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole The bane of modern armies waging asymmetric warfare against non-state enemies, improvised explosive devices (IED) have been around for more than a century. Their first documented use was by the Germans to cover their retreat during the Battle of the...
by Editor | Dec 1, 2021 | Combat Capability, News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher On the calendar of joint fires and sensor-to-shooter capability demonstrations, Bold Quest is a key event. But when around 600 participants gathered last October, most of the 200 international attendees were virtual observers, watching online...
by Editor | Oct 28, 2021 | News, Procurement
by Ian Coutts Call it the musk-ox of Canadian defence procurements. As other needed projects see costs balloon or timelines stretch out before them, the Army’s Domestic Arctic Mobility Enhancement (DAME) project, the search for a new vehicle suitable for use in...
by Editor | Sep 28, 2021 | C4ISR, News, Procurement
by Chris Thatcher Of all the projects queuing up in the procurement pipeline, none could have a greater impact on the Army’s operational digital transformation efforts than Land C4ISR. Sometimes called the digital spine, the program of six individual projects...
