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The program was created in 2022 to support cooperation among allied nations on emerging technology challenges.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said he expected members to agree on a new investment pledge to spend 2% of their gross domestic product on defence at the alliance's summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July.

The government's signals intelligence agency is to receive a 25% boost in funding.

NATO member Denmark said on Tuesday that it aims to strengthen defence ties with other Nordic countries to protect critical infrastructure and counter the Russian threat both in the Arctic and the Baltic Sea region.

May 16, 2023 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces On April 26 2023, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) held a ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon, where $6.5 million in non-lethal equipment was donated to the LAF. Equipment donated included snowshoes, trekking poles, snowmobiles, first aid kits, utility task vehicles, explosive ordnance disposal equipment and solar panels. This equipment will support the LAF and is in addition to the training that the CAF has provided throughout the year, including training in combat first aid, civil-military co-operation, and winter warfare techniques. Since 2016, the Canadian Training and Assistance Team – Lebanon (CTAT-L) has provided specialized equipment donations to the LAF and trained over 2,000 LAF personnel as part of its enduring mission to contribute to security and stability in the region, under the mandate of Operation (Op) IMPACT. Canadian Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic, Stefanie McCollum; Deputy Commander of Op IMPACT, Colonel Jay Lachine; LAF Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations, Brigadier-General Hassan Jounieh; as well as several other senior CAF and LAF officers and non-commissioned officers, attended the donation ceremony. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/05/canadian-armed-forces-donate-65-million-in-equipment-to-the-lebanese-armed-forces.html

We are thrilled to announce that the IDEaS Marketplace event is back! IDEaS Marketplace 2023 will be held at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, on June 2, 2023, from 9h00 to 16h00. Innovators will have the chance to showcase their IDEaS-funded innovations, create partnerships and network with Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) personnel, as well as leaders in industry and government to further advance their technologies. Dynamic and interactive presentations will cover a number of challenges faced by DND/CAF. Some of the themes include:  Identifying and countering cyber threats; Detection of concealed explosives; Maritime surveillance and quantum sensing technologies; Communications and ground solutions for combat in the arctic; Tracking and de-orbiting space debris and protection of satellites from natural and artificial threats; Portable power solutions for soldiers on the move; Real-time insights for pandemic decision making; Sanitizing cleaning sensitive equipment and workspaces; Autonomous systems: Trust and barriers to adoption (Innovation Networks); Advanced materials: Innovation in detection avoidance and physical protection (Innovation Networks); Fast and adaptive logistics planning for military missions; and much more! Participation to this event is FREE - and by invitation only. Attendance will be limited to other government departments and large defence companies with the ability to invest in technology developed by IDEaS, as well as DND/CAF personnel. If you are from another government department or large industry stakeholder, and would like to attend, please contact Heather at: heather@allianceevents.ca. The IDEaS team

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Canada was left out of the trilateral defence and security pact known as AUKUS ? and a?new report by a respected American think-tank?says Ottawa?must overcome its apparent indifference to the deal or risk being left behind by allies.

The 11-page strategy, which the department released May 9, also emphasizes the need for more investment in lab and test infrastructure.