Over the past half-decade, a growing chorus of former government officials and retired generals have argued that Canada should reverse its long-held position of non-participation and formally join the United States’ continental Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program. How does that look as we close out 2018?
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Delivers situational awareness by providing remotely piloted aircraft systems, radar, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide.
MDA is active in two principal markets: space-based communications and end-to-end surveillance and intelligence solutions to monitor and manage changes and activities worldwide.
A market leader in environmentally-friendly mobility and threat-appropriate security technologies, Rheinmetall Canada employs 300 people in Canada.
Connecting platforms, people, sensors and command posts for better decision-making results.
An international leader in the development of equipment and systems for maritime forces worldwide, specializing in under sea surveillance.
Develops innovative, high quality underwater products and services that are dependable and cost effective, such as its diver-held imaging sonar and navigation system.
Skilled engineers support the design, development and evolution of the Army's Land Command Support System and, as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, is a key systems integrator for the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard vessels.
Industry and government representatives from around the world gathered to learn about new naval technologies and concepts.
Establishment of its Space Forces and expansion of its constellation of military satellites will significantly increase Russia’s military potential in outer and near space.
Determined to avoid the ad hoc way in which pieces of a larger system of systems are too often selected, the RCN has completed work that will guide a holistic acquisition approach to MUxS.
Leaders think in terms of logistics, but the operational enablers often fall victim to pointy-end procurement programs.
Airbus D&S is the second largest space business worldwide and a top-10 global defence enterprise.
Special image capture technologies designed for situations with extremely low ambient light levels.
Multi-agency Incident Management & Situational Awareness. Hexagon’s Security Framework will integrate data from a variety of systems and sensors, to create a common operating picture in an operational environment.
CMS represents a broad spectrum of capabilities and products with optimized synergies for cost-effective high-performance functionality.
With now more than 900 highly skilled and experienced Canadian employees, Lockheed has been providing innovative solutions to the Canadian Armed Forces for decades.
Distributor of optics, electro-optics, surveillance systems, thermal and night vision equipment. Training and systems integration solutions.
Is propping up old platforms for a two-year gap, rather than speeding up procurement of newer alternatives, the best use of scarce resources?
High-performance radar intelligence networks engineered to identify and track uncooperative targets such as small vessels, low-flying aircraft, and birds, enhance safety and security.
The MASS15 conference will bring together and showcase organizations that play a key role in the execution of Maritime & Arctic Security & Safety.
NovAtel offers the broadest range of high precision, OEM GNSS positioning products in the industry. They are recognized for their performance, quality and innovation.
Gyroscopically-stabilized equipment produces surveillance imagery for diverse requirements – from environmental to military surveillance.
Does Canada need to incorporate submarine capability to its surveillance and sovereignty requirements?
A robust Marine Domain Awareness (MDA) capability must be developed as an element of Canada’s northern strategy.
The Project Manager (2000-2005) recalls the original SOR process.
The CP-140 Aurora is arguably the most effective strategic C4ISR platform available.
The Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) program is already running into heavy weather.
Defence of the Global Commons has become an emerging policy issue for NATO, DoD and DND strategists.
Gaining situational awareness in Canada’s northern territories and arctic archipelago.
FrontLine articles provide a wide-ranging selection of topics related to space, satellites and research.
Will Canada Command play a key role?
Canada’s Minister of National Defence, Peter MacKay, briefs readers on the Canada First Defence Strategy.
The modern naval reservist has been training to become expert at important domestic security tasks.
Recruit, train, and equip – these three words sum up the responsibilities of the Chief of the Air Staff – and always with an eye to the future. Long term plans focus on investing in capability, something that has been gradually diminished in recent decades.
Maximize operational effectiveness while minimizing total ownerships costs. A radically different approach to procurement is taking hold among many of the world’s military and security agencies.
The maritime environment is well known for its inherent dangers, quite apart from those always present in naval operations. Small wonder, then, that “those in peril on the sea” are right out there in the use and development of unmanned vehicles to help accomplish the mission.
There is a growing emphasis to extract the maximum performance from existing shipboard sensors and weapons, as the threat evolves, technology advances and the cost to replace them become prohibitive.
''The little ship that could'' is enjoying a renaissance in the global naval community. Will corvettes brave the North Atlantic once again?
Today’s concept of Command and Control, C2, and its corollaries in the other C2 (Communications and Computers) and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) and all of their associated complexities, reminds one of the definition of a consultant: someone who is adept at making the simple… complex.
Last Fall, the Canadian Chief of the Air Staff, in an outline of the future vision for Air Force transformation, announced that the need for high-quality real-time intelligence will lead the Air Force into an unprecedented focus on multi-sensor-equipped, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
FrontLine had the opportunity to chat with the Commandant about the Atlantic Littoral ISR Experiment (ALIX), the largest major undertaking in the ongoing CFEC program.
Reduced post Cold War threat, budget reductions, and regional conflicts are driving factors behind the restructuring of the Bundeswehr (Military) from a large Mechanized force, structured to repel armoured attacks by Warsaw Pact forces, to lighter, rapidly deployable units suited for UN missions and Peace Support Ops.
A roundtable discussion on how NATO is addressing terrorism and WMD concerns.
Intelligence-gathering and operating agencies do not like to share.
The Government of Canada announces a National Security Policy (NSP) for Canada entitled Securing an Open Society: Canada’s National Security Policy.
It has been the fullest two years of Canadian naval activity since the end of the Korean War, and the lessons are legion.
The Canadian Forces responds to the changing security environment.
The current state of Canada's air mobility fleet is an area of concern. The renewal of our air-to-air refuelling role will greatly enhance the contribution that our air mobility and fighter forces can make in the implementation of the Government’s foreign and domestic policy goals.
For a cost of C$80M, Arcturus SAR would provide both an improved east coast SAR capability and a footprint Canadian Military presence, demonstrating Arctic Sovereignty through increased NORPATs.
The C-295 as a cost-effective means of securing borders and protecting resources. The basic design has been improved to make it a multi-role aircraft, such as for transport of freight, medevac and paratroops.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., was awarded a Canadian Forces contract to deploy its ALTAIR unmanned aircraft, a Predator B variant, in support of the Atlantic Littoral Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Experiment (ALIX).
There is widespread consensus that NATO must change, that it must modernize and transform into a rapidly deployable force able to operate anywhere at a moment’s notice.
Thanks to the timely work of a new association called UVS Canada and their first major conference, "Momentum 2003," held recently in Ottawa, there is now a focus and a platform for the kind of collaboration necessary to start exploring this potential.
A ceremony by the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment on Lodge Lees Farm in Kent, England marked the repatriation of several WWII artifacts.