by Editor | Jul 19, 2021 | Combat Capability, Equipment, News, Unmanned Systems
La version française de cet article est disponible après le texte anglais. by Chris Thatcher Sometime in the next 24 months, light infantry soldiers could be asked to help test the utility of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV). The Directorate of Land Requirements...
by Editor | Mar 1, 2021 | News, Procurement
by Ian Coutts “It’s déjà vu all over again.” That famed phrase attributed to Yogi Berra probably sums up the thoughts of anyone who has been following the Army’s continuing efforts to find replacements for its fleet of light and heavy logistics vehicles....
by Editor | Oct 5, 2020 | Equipment, News, Procurement, Training System
by Ken Pole Some 1,600 years ago, when much of Europe was embroiled in conflict, a Roman scholar, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, wrote a treatise on military matters. In it, he counselled: “igitur qui desiderat pacem, preparet bellum,” which translates as...
by Editor | Sep 23, 2020 | Equipment, News
by Ian Coutts “We need a system that’s agile.” Captain Justin Walker is describing what he and his colleagues working on the Indirect Fire Modernization (IFM) project at the Directorate of Land Requirements think the Army is going to need in the future in terms...
by Editor | Feb 4, 2020 | Equipment, News, Procurement
by Ken Pole Two new weapons systems for the Canadian Army, the C6-A1 Flex 7.62-mm general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) and the C-20 sniper rifle, both coming from Colt Canada Corp. in Kitchener, Ont., are expected to significantly upgrade the already proven...
