Getting the best possible “whole of government” outcomes from defence procurement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2012 issue 5
BY TIM DUNNE
The world’s oceans are anything but peaceful, in fact, the seas are more like “the wild west'' these days.
BY RICHARD BRAY, BY CHRIS MACLEAN
How have women fared in infantry roles over the past decade? Don't even ask, it's a politically incorrect question.
BY BLAIR WATSON
The NATO training missions in Afghanistan have seen a new enemy tactic – NATO trainers are being shot by insurgents who have infiltrated the ranks of ANA and ANP recruits.
BY PETER PIGOTT
Incoming Chief of the Defence Staff, General Tom Lawson, fielded questions after the Change of Command ceremony.
BY K. JOSEPH SPEARS
Can unmanned systems help Canada exercise sovereignty effectively and cost-efficiently?
BY HUDSON ON THE HILL
Canada has no defence policy and members of parliament seem disinterested in that fact. The CFDS is out of date, unaffordable and impotent.
BY IAN PARKER
Canada needs to take a top down approach to developing an affordable defence policy and defence structure, matching resources with government policy.
BY BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS
The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), which makes it an offence for Canadian companies or individuals to engage in bribery of foreign officials, has only recently been enforced. (by Jennifer Radford)
BY RICHARD BRAY
Has Public Works made the enhanced security strategy screening more invasive than necessary?
BY RICHARD BRAY
Momentum is building for the creation of a Canadian Defence Industrial Strategy – government support in a global market is essential.
BY OLIVIA ST-JEAN
Visitors were treated to the latest in technological innovations, naval equipment and services, and of course, shipbuilding.
BY ROBERT DAY
Are political pundits and financial analysts trying to write off the USA prematurely?
BY ANDREW NELLESTYN
A new book commemorating Canadians who served in the Afghan mission is looking for personal stories.
BY PETER OYKHMAN
Despite Afghan corruption, U.S. troops track and account for aid supplies in Afghanistan.
Airbus Military, Boeing, CAE, DCNS, DRS Technologies, Lockheed Martin, MDA, Northrop Grumman, Pelican Products, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Rheinmetall, Textron, Viking Air.
BY CHRISTOPHER BOBYN
The civil war in Syria is becoming all the more dire and the complexity of this conflict is becoming all too apparent.
BY CHRIS MACLEAN
Clear policies and strong strategies are the critical links that are repeatedly called for by so many in the defence communities.
