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Russia poses a serious threat to Britain because the military is failing to protect the Arctic flank, a new report says. Britain’s ability to defend against threats from the Arctic and the High North is at risk due to cost savings, skill fade and a lack of intellectual investment.

Between 1995 and 2016, encounters with the Canada goose have cost the United States Air Force about $94,000 in damages to aircraft. The American military is looking for new technology to prevent collisions with wildlife.

Italian authorities are looking into what caused a major highway bridge to collapse Tuesday in Genoa, killing at least 26 people. A large section of the Morandi Bridge fell during a violent storm, apparently without warning, sending some cars plunging 45 meters.

On Friday, a federal politician said Davie Shipyard would qualify for work under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. In a statement, Irving Shipbuilding calls on the government to confirm that the National Shipbuilding Strategy remains intact and ships for Canada’s Navy and Coast Guard will be done exclusively by Irving Shipbuilding and Vancouver Shipyards.

The government may be taking a closer look at private financial transactions than Canadians know. The law covering money laundering and terrorist financing is now under review, while US news reports suggest Canada has a low conviction rate for such crimes..

PGW Defence Technologies of Winnipeg will be delivering its LRT-3 .50 calibre sniper rifle to Ukraine’s military. The sale, worth about $1 million, was approved by Global Affairs Canada last week.

Two people were injured when a car drove into security barriers outside the British parliament on Tuesday and the driver was arrested, emergency services said, with counter-terrorism police leading the investigation into the incident.

Defense News has ranked global defence companies by defence revenue – that is, sales that support efforts in military, intelligence and aspects of homeland security. It’s a tactic that isolates the one statistic that best reflects market presence. Here, then, are the top 100.

The Canadian Armed Forces' Bold Eagle program invites Indigenous youth from Western Canada and northwestern Ontario to a six-week program that fuses basic military training with a unique cultural learning experience at CFB Wainwright in Alberta.

The United States will devote $700 billion to its budget for 2018, dwarfing Russia’s $66 billion effort, a trend that has been consistent for more than 25 years. Yet Russia’s military has been relatively successful in recent conflicts, while the US armed forces have not.

The diplomatic deterioration between Canada and Saudi Arabia has thrust a controversial arms deal between the two countries back into the spotlight. The deal, valued at $14.8 billion, is the largest military export agreement in Canadian history. So far, Saudi Arabia has not indicated that it will scrap it.

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Jonathan Vance wants to replace existing Canadian Forces uniforms that use CADPAT camouflage and expressed a preference for the US MultiCam pattern. Guy Cramer, president of HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp., a top designer of military camouflage says replacing the current Canadian design would be a waste of money.