by Editor | Jul 15, 2024 | News, S&T
by Michael Rostek, Nancy Teeple, Yazan Qasrawi State militaries routinely engage in forward planning for a variety of reasons ranging from defence procurement to the assessment of emerging forms of warfare. Uncertainty, however, is a predominant...
by Editor | Mar 17, 2024 | News, S&T
by Maude Amyot-Bourgeois, Dr. George Nikolakakos, Dr. Katherine M. Banko The Canadian Army, both alone and with allies, regularly conducts live and computer assisted exercises (CAX). Often incorporating military simulation and virtual components, these...
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 | Nov 28, 2022 | News, S&T
by Ian Coutts Sometimes you have an idea that is so good even you are surprised. When Jack Collier showed up at this year’s Exercise Maple Resolve in Wainwright in May, with a batch of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS), he anticipated that members of 1st Battalion,...
by Editor | Oct 3, 2022 | Digital Army, News, S&T
by Andrew J. MacDonald and R. Gordon Wight For modern mechanized militaries, mobility is critical. In Field Manual 3-90.2 The Tank and Mechanized Infantry Battalion Task Force, nearly a fifth of the pages of the main body of this document mention the word...