May 17, 2021 | Local, Security
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New COVID-19 Funding Opportunity The Public Health Agency of Canada and the National Research Council of Canada are seeking to facilitate the development of a field portable SARS-CoV-2 wastewater detection device that incorporates sampling, analysis, data storage and date transmission. Think you can solve our new COVID-19 wastewater detection challenge? Compete for funding to prove your feasibility and develop a solution! This challenge closes on June 10, 2021. |
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Nouvelle opportunité de financement COVID-19 L'Agence de la santé publique du Canada et le Conseil national de recherches du Canada souhaitent faciliter la création d'un dispositif portatif de détection du SRAS-CoV-2 dans les eaux usées, qui permet de réaliser des échantillonnages et d'analyser, de stocker et de transmettre des données. Pensez-vous pouvoir résoudre notre nouveau défi de détection de COVID-19 dans les eaux usées ? Compétitionnez afin de prouver la faisabilité de votre solution et de la développer ! Ce défi se termine le 10 juin, 2021. |
May 2, 2023 | Local, Aerospace
The installation of several critical systems on the CF Snowbirds fleet of CT-114 Tutor aircraft will keep the aircraft performing until 2030.
January 12, 2023 | Local, Aerospace
D’importantes questions demeurent sans réponse même si l’achat de 88 avions de combat F-35 par Ottawa est officiel. On ignore par exemple où sera situé l’atelier de réparation et qui formera les pilotes qui s’installeront aux commandes des chasseurs. L’enjeu des retombées du contrat conclu avec Lockheed Martin est de taille pour l’industrie aérospatiale québécoise.
May 13, 2019 | Local, Aerospace, C4ISR, Security
SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE, QC, May 10, 2019 /CNW/ - Through Canada's defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, the Government of Canada is ensuring that our women and men in uniform have the equipment they need to do their jobs and to protect Canadians. Today, the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport and Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, on behalf of the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, announced that the Government of Canada has awarded a $39-million contract to Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation (MDA) of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, to design, build and deliver 10 search and rescue repeaters for National Defence's Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) system. This contract will help create or maintain 44 jobs over the length of the contract, which will stimulate economic growth in Quebec. Deployed on a satellite, a repeater detects signals from distress beacons across the country and along Canada's coastlines and relays them to a ground station. As part of an agreement between National Defence and the United States Air Force (USAF), the Canadian repeaters will be hosted on USAF's next-generation GPS satellites. The MEOSAR system is expected to deliver improved response times for search and rescue activities and increase accuracy to locate people, ships or planes in distress. It will replace Canada's current search and rescue system, which has been in place for several decades. Quotes "Our Government is committed to providing the Canadian Armed Forces with cutting-edge technology for search and rescue operations to save those in distress in Canada. These repeaters will be designed and built with homegrown Canadian aerospace expertise, supporting our aerospace sector and stimulating economic growth in Quebec." The Honourable Marc Garneau Minister of Transport "Through this investment, our government is supporting the Canadian Armed Forces in their important work to help save people's lives both on land and sea. The contract with MDA will also help sustain economic growth in our community with 44 good middle-class jobs. ." Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis "This project builds on the successful partnership between National Defence and MDA to develop innovative solutions that are vital to Canada's sovereignty and security. Once qualified as operational, this system will dramatically improve both the speed and location accuracy for detecting beacons, and as a result, greatly enhance the coordination and dispatch of search and rescue teams to help people in distress." Mike Greenley Group President of Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation Quick facts The Government of Canada's defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged, reaffirms Canada's commitment to invest in our military, and sustain our search and rescue capabilities. Alongside the Canadian Coast Guard, the Canadian Armed Forces responds to more than 9,000 search and rescue calls annually, approximately 1,000 of which result in the launching of search and rescue air assets. The contract will run until February 1, 2029. The government may extend the contract to August 1, 2034, if it elects to acquire an additional 12 repeaters. The contract was awarded following an open, fair and transparent competitive procurement process, which included a fairness monitor who observed the procurement process. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-awards-contract-for-new-space-based-search-and-rescue-technology-832448437.html
