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  4 octobre 2018 | Local, Naval

  Chinese-made equipment in Canada's Arctic ships under scrutiny

  Murray Brewster · CBC News Canadian queries about Chinese content could be response to American anxiety, says intelligence expert Canada's international trade minister quietly sounded out officials at the Department of National Defence last spring about how much of the content in the navy's new Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships could be sourced back to China, newly released documents reveal. The unusual April request from the office of François​-Philippe Champagne, who was international trade minister at the time, was made as Canadian negotiators were struggling to negotiate a revised North American Free Trade Agreement with the Trump administration — which has become increasingly suspicious of the involvement of Chinese companies in the defence and high-tech sectors. An information note, detailing the answers given to Champagne, was prepared for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and obtained by CBC News under access to information law. "Equipment has been sourced from a variety of manufacturers, many of whom are offshore, with a very limited amount being procured from the People's Republic of China," said the April 4, 2018 briefing prepared by DND's project management office. Chinese steel The briefing made a point of underlining the Canadian content requirements that are part of every major capital project. It noted that 17 per cent of the steel being used to construct the warship — as well as the lifeboats, mooring and towing system components and various pipes and fittings — came from Chinese companies. Champagne was shuffled last summer to the infrastructure portfolio. Officials who worked for him said Wednesday they were not sure what his request was about. Defence and intelligence experts find the inquiry about the warship components curious — and not only because of Washington's growing trade fight with Beijing. The Pentagon has been quietly sounding out allies about who is building their military equipment, both hardware and software. "There's been some concern about this in ... U.S. military circles, about the degree to which there is Chinese ownership of firms working in sensitive areas," said Dave Perry, a procurement expert at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. "At a fairly high level, the U.S. (Department of Defence) was concerned about Canada having involvement of firms in defence supply chain that has Chinese angles, Chinese partial ownership." The documents demonstrate how hard it can be to trace the provenance of military parts. One of the firms supplying anchors for the Arctic ships was Apache International Ltd., which has listed itself as a Canadian company with an office in China. Following Champagne's questions, it was determined the original manufacturer of the equipment was Chinese. Wesley Wark, a University of Ottawa professor and one of the country's leading experts on cybersecurity and intelligence, said the Americans' concern relates mostly to electronics and other "warfighting equipment" — not necessarily the nuts and bolts. The U.S. Defence Department's acquisition chief said last summer the Pentagon was developing a so-called "Do Not Buy" list of software that does not meet national security standards. 'A certain xenophobia' Canadian concerns about Chinese product in the Arctic ships could be influenced by American concerns, said Wark, who noted that Canada has struck an independent tone when it comes to trade relations with China and has resisted U.S. and Australian pressure to ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei. "Canada has been under intense pressure by the Trump administration to follow the general lead on waging a trade war with China," he said. "There is White House pressure on the Pentagon. The Pentagon has legitimate concerns, like any Western military, about allowing certain elements of Chinese manufactured stuff into its infrastructure." Complicating matters is an almost-forgotten case of alleged espionage that is still grinding its way through the legal system. Chinese-born Qing Quentin Huang, who worked for Lloyd's Register, was charged in 2013 with "attempting to communicate with a foreign entity." He was accused of trying to pass design information about Canada's Arctic ships to the Chinese. Aside from its understandable military and economic policy concerns, Wark said the White House position on China is being driven in part by "a certain xenophobia" that is troubling. "You have to be careful not to find ourselves falling into that American model," he said. "We can make our own distinctions about what might be sensitive or dangerous." https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chinese-made-equipment-in-canada-s-arctic-ships-under-scrutiny-1.4849562

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  15 octobre 2018 | Local, Aérospatial

  Nouveaux contrats accordés à MDA et à Canadensys Aerospace Corporation pour mettre au point des concepts de rovers lunaires

  Renforcer le leadership canadien en robotique intelligente pour soutenir les emplois NEWS PROVIDED BY Agence spatiale canadienne Nouveaux contrats accordés à MDA et à Canadensys Aerospace Corporation pour mettre au point des concepts de rovers lunaires LONGUEUIL, QC, le 15 oct. 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - L'Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC) positionne la communauté spatiale canadienne afin qu'elle poursuive son rôle de chef de file mondial de la robotique spatiale. Pour permettre au Canadade renforcer son leadership dans ce domaine, l'ASC a annoncé aujourd'hui qu'elle investira 1,6 million de dollars dans deux concepts de rovers lunaires qui feront appel à l'intelligence artificielle pour prendre des décisions. Les entreprises canadiennes MDA, filiale de Maxar, et la Canadensys Aerospace Corporation se sont toutes deux vu accorder un contrat de 800 000 dollars pour la création de concepts novateurs pour le compte de l'ASC. L'annonce de l'ASC coïncide avec le début de trois journées destinées à faire valoir les capacités spatiales du Canada auprès de grandes entreprises du secteur spatial, notamment Blue Origin, Airbus Defence and Space et Moon Express. Dans le cadre d'entretiens qui se poursuivent avec la communauté spatiale internationale afin d'établir les options de participation du Canada au prochain chapitre de l'histoire de l'exploration spatiale, l'ASC a récemment signé un protocole d'entente avec la société américaine Moon Express. Cette entente permettra à des entreprises et des chercheurs canadiens de proposer leur expertise et leurs capacités à Moon Express. L'ASC étudie également la possibilité d'utiliser le service d'atterrisseur lunaire de cette entreprise pour livrer des charges utiles canadiennes à venir. Ces activités favoriseront la croissance et l'innovation des entreprises canadiennes dans le contexte d'une économie moderne et multiplieront les occasions d'exporter leurs technologies et services. En bref Les contrats attribués à MDA et à Canadensys Aerospace soutiendront 61 emplois bien rémunérés et permettront au Canada de jouer un rôle important dans les missions lunaires à venir avec des partenaires internationaux. Un rover lunaire serait vital à la recherche scientifique. En effet, il recueillerait des échantillons lunaires qui seraient rapportés sur Terre et permettrait de tester la technologie nécessaire à la mise au point d'un rover à cabine pressurisée capable d'assurer le transport des astronautes sur la surface de la Lune. La prise de décisions par intelligence artificielle constitue un nouveau chapitre dans l'évolution de la technologie des rovers d'exploration planétaire. En effet, le rover serait en mesure d'évaluer son environnement immédiat, d'analyser les risques et de planifier de manière autonome son trajet afin d'atteindre les objectifs fixés. Les rovers dotés de capacités décisionnelles autonomes pourront atteindre plus efficacement davantage d'objectifs scientifiques. 44 organisations participeront aux Journées de l'industrie spatiale de l'ASC du 15 au 17 octobre au cours desquelles environ 70 rencontres interentreprises auront lieu. Citation « Non seulement le secteur spatial canadien incite les Canadiens à viser les étoiles, mais il est aussi depuis longtemps à l'avant-plan de la science, de la technologie et de l'innovation canadiennes. Gr'ce à cet investissement, notre gouvernement soutient un secteur clé de notre économie, qui crée de bons emplois et qui continuera de propulser l'économie de l'innovation du Canada vers de nouveaux sommets. » L'honorable Navdeep Bains, ministre de l'Innovation, des Sciences et du Développement économique Site Web : http://asc-csa.gc.ca Courriel : ASC.Medias-Media.CSA@canada.ca Suivez-nous dans les médias sociaux SOURCE Agence spatiale canadienne Renseignements : Agence spatiale canadienne, Bureau des relations avec les médias, Téléphone : 450-926-4370 Related Links http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/renforcer-le-leadership-canadien-en-robotique-intelligente-pour-soutenir-les-emplois-697585601.html