30 décembre 2019 | Local, Aérospatial
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN
Canada's RADARSAT Constellation Mission is now operational and federal government departments will start receiving data from the surveillance and earth observation satellites.
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission, or RCM, was launched June 12 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The constellation of three satellites will provide daily images of Canada's territory and maritime approaches, as well as images of the Arctic, up to four times a day, according to the Canadian Space Agency. It will have daily access to 90 per cent of the world's surface. The RCM is also equipped with an Automatic Identification System (AIS), allowing improved detection and tracking of ships, including those conducting illegal fishing, the CSA noted.
The constellation is orbiting Earth at an altitude of 600 km. Each of the satellites has a life expectancy of seven years. The Canadian government owns the satellites. The three spacecraft were assembled in the Montreal area by the prime contractor MDA.
Over a dozen federal government departments and agencies will use RCM images. It is estimated that the Canadian government will use approximately 250,000 images from the satellite constellation every year. That represents a fiftyfold increase from the days of the first RADARSAT-1 system, according to the Canadian government.
The majority of the data transmitted from RCM is expected to be used by the Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence.
RCM follows the highly successful RADARSAT-1, launched by NASA in 1995, and RADARSAT-2, put into orbit by the Russians in 2007.
Initial work on RCM began in 2005. The project cost an estimated $975 million.
The RCM project was led by the Canadian Space Agency and supported by its principal users: the Department of National Defence, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada and Public Safety Canada.
27 octobre 2022 | Local, Naval
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux flagged a couple more torpedoes related to the Royal Canadian Navy’s project to buy new warships.
11 mai 2023 | Local, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR, Sécurité, Autre défense
Nous sommes ravis d’annoncer que l’événement Marché IDEeS est de retour! Marché IDEeS 2023 aura lieu au Centre Shaw, à Ottawa, Ontario le 2 juin, de 9h00 à 16h00. Les innovateurs auront la chance de présenter leurs innovations financées par IDEeS, de créer des partenariats et de réseauter avec le personnel du ministère de Défense nationale et les Forces armées canadiennes (MDN et des FAC), ainsi qu'avec des chefs de file de l'industrie et du gouvernement pour faire progresser leurs technologies. Des présentations dynamiques et interactives couvriront un certain nombre de défis auxquels sont confrontés le MDN/FAC. Certains des thèmes comprennent : Identifier et contrer les cybers attaques; Détection d'explosifs dissimulés; Surveillance maritime et technologies quantiques; Communications et solutions terrestres pour le combat dans l'Arctique; Suivi et désorbitation des débris spatiaux et protection des satellites contre les menaces naturelles et artificielles; Solutions d'alimentation portables pour les soldats en mouvement; Des informations en temps réel pour la prise de décision en cas de pandémie; Nettoyage des équipements et des espaces de travail sensibles; Systèmes autonomes: confiance et obstacles à l'adoption (Réseaux d'innovation); Matériaux de pointe: innovations dans l'évitement de la détection et protection physique (Réseaux d'innovation); Planification logistique rapide et adaptive pour les missions militaires; et beaucoup plus! La participation à cet événement est GRATUITE - et sur invitation uniquement. La participation sera limitée aux autres ministères et aux grandes entreprises de défense ayant la capacité d'investir dans la technologie développée par IDEeS, ainsi qu'au personnel du MDN et des FAC. Si vous êtes d'un autre ministère gouvernemental ou d'un grand partenaire de l'industrie et que vous souhaitez y assister, veuillez contacter Heather à : heather@allianceevents.ca. L’équipe IDEeS
17 décembre 2018 | Local, Terrestre
Bloomberg News, Natalie Obiko Pearson Canada was looking for a way out of a US$13 billion deal to export armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a televised interview Sunday. “We are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to Saudi Arabia,” Trudeau told CTV on Sunday, without elaborating. Amid growing international outrage over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the government has been reviewing the planned sale of the armored vehicles made by London, Ontario-based General Dynamics Land Systems, a unit of U.S.-based General Dynamics Corp. Trudeau's administration has said it wouldn't issue new export permits during its review of the deal, which was signed by the previous government. The Canadian leader had indicated previously that his government's hands were somewhat tied by the contract, saying it could cost $1 billion to cancel it. “The murder of a journalist is absolutely unacceptable and that's why Canada from the very beginning had been demanding answers and solutions on that,” Trudeau told CTV. https://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/trudeau-says-canada-wants-out-of-saudi-vehicle-export-deal