by Editor | Dec 21, 2023 | Equipment, News
by Canadian Army Today Staff If you have noticed more requests for participation by your unit in equipment trials over the past few years, you are probably not alone. From an integrated soldier information sharing system, to light off-road vehicles, camouflage...
by Editor | Nov 6, 2023 | Army Reserves, Combat Capability, Digital Army, Leadership, News, Operations
by Chris Thatcher “The operational art is about being unpredictable,” Lieutenant-General Joe Paul noted as he closed a lengthy discussion about Operation Reassurance and the Canadian-led multinational enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group in Latvia....
by Editor | Sep 10, 2023 | Digital Army, News
by Ian Coutts When Thales Canada’s Neil Marshall, director of strategy, explains the problems that bedevil the Army’s command and control (C2) communications in the field, you get the feeling he’d like to give the boot to that adage about generals forever...
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 9, 2023 | News, Recruitment & Retention
Facing a workforce crisis, the military is starting to see positive effects from a multi-pronged plan to recruit and retain talent. by Lisa Gordon Last fall, Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre acknowledged that the Canadian military is facing...