Federal budget resurrects 'economic harm' warning as fighter jet contract nears | CBC News

Sur le même sujet

• 

  10 novembre 2021 | Local, C4ISR, Sécurité

  IDEaS announces more opportunities with the launch of its 3rd Innovation Networks call for proposals \\ Le programme IDEeS annonce plus d’opportunités avec le lancement de son 3e appel à propositions pour les résea

  New Innovation Networks call: Faster, Stronger, More Secure: Advancing 5G capabilities and concepts for Defence and Security In response to the rapid development and deployment of commercial 5G technologies, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) are seeking to stimulate the application of advances in technologies for 5G and beyond to defence and security problems. IDEaS' newest Innovation Networks challenge Faster, Stronger, More Secure: Advancing 5G capabilities and concepts for Defence and Security aims to develop research clusters (called Micro-nets) to leverage existing work on commercial applications to address DND/CAF needs with applications for: Architectures for Defence and Security Operations; Assured Performance and Security; Applications and Sensors. Since 2018, IDEaS funded 12 micro-networks through the 1st and 2nd Call for Proposals (Advanced Material and Autonomous Systems), investing more than $18 million in research and development under this element alone. Funding is through a non-repayable contribution, with up to $1.5 million available per Micro-net over a three year research period. The deadline to submit a letter of intent to the 5G micro-network is December 7, 2021. To learn more about the application process, visit our website. Webinar on Aerospace & Space Opportunities in Australia for Canadian innovators The Ontario Aerospace Council is hosting a complimentary information session on Aerospace & Space which will detail opportunities available to Canadian innovators in Australia's aerospace and space sectors. The webinar is scheduled for November 15, 2021 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST. To learn more and to register, please visit: https://theoac.ca/event/AerospaceInAustralia2021 The IDEaS Team Plus rapide, plus fort, plus sécurisé : avancer les capacités et les concepts 5G pour la défense et la sécurité En réponse au développement et au déploiement rapides des technologies 5G commerciales, le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces armées canadiennes (MDN/FAC) cherchent à stimuler l'application des avancées technologiques pour la 5G et au-delà aux problèmes de défense et de sécurité. Le plus récent défi des réseaux d'innovation Plus rapide, plus fort, plus sécurisé : avancer les capacités et les concepts 5G pour la défense et la sécurité vise à développer des groupes de recherche (appelées micro-réseaux) pour tirer parti des travaux existants sur les applications commerciales afin de répondre aux besoins du MDN/des FAC avec des applications pour : • Architectures pour les opérations de défense et de sécurité ; • Performance et sécurité assurées ; • Applications et capteurs. Depuis 2018, IDEeS a financé 12 micro-réseaux via les 1er et 2e appels de propositions (matériaux de pointe et systèmes autonomes), investissant plus de 18 millions de dollars en recherche et développement sur ce seul élément. Le financement est assuré par une contribution non remboursable, avec jusqu'à 1,5 million de dollars disponibles par micro-réseau sur une période de recherche de trois ans. La date limite pour soumettre la lettre d'intention au défi d'innovation des micro-réseaux 5G est le 7 décembre 2021. Pour en savoir plus sur le processus de candidature, visitez notre site Web. Webinaire sur les opportunités aérospatiales et spatiales en Australie pour les innovateurs canadiens Le Conseil de l'aérospatiale de l'Ontario organise une séance d'information gratuite sur l'aérospatiale et l'espace qui détaillera les possibilités offertes aux innovateurs canadiens dans les secteurs de l'aérospatiale et de l'espace en Australie. Le webinaire est prévu pour le 15 novembre 2021 de 14 h 00 à 15 h 00 HNE. Pour en savoir plus et pour vous inscrire, veuillez visiter : https://theoac.ca/event/AerospaceInAustralia2021. L'équipe IDEeS

• 

  11 septembre 2023 | Local, Aérospatial

  Canada not overly concerned about Lockheed's F-35 production delays - Skies Mag

  First deliveries of the F-35A to Canada remain "on track" for 2026, though they may not be the upgraded version of the fighter jet.

• 

  15 mars 2019 | Local, Aérospatial

  Preparing to ditch — a new way of training for helicopter emergencies Social Sharing

  Jane Adey · CBC News Imagine you're an offshore worker on a helicopter flying to an oil platform and you hear the words "prepare to ditch" from your pilot. Adrenalin surges through your body as you raise your arms across your chest and assume the brace position. But will you remember what to do? Will panic take over? A St. John's company is working with the Marine Institute to help offshore workers become more comfortable in the air and better prepared for emergencies. Brainstorming a solution Ten years ago, in the days after the crash of Cougar 491, Anthony Patterson began thinking about how to improve safety in the offshore. His company, Virtual Marine, was in the early days of developing simulators for lifeboat training in the water. But Patterson, whose team specialized in marine simulations, knew his company had some technologies that could apply to the air. "We brainstormed on how we could create a better training experience," said Patterson, and they developed a small helicopter simulator. "We're very good at modeling boats in the water and then even the helicopter floating in the water, but the part about the helicopter flying through the air, of course, we had no expertise with that whatsoever," said Patterson. That's when Cougar Helicopters got on board. Virtual Marine brought its helicopter simulator to the lead pilots at the company. With the simulator, they flew the different kinds of manoeuvres they'd use if they had to ditch at sea. The simulator collected the data. and Virtual Marine embedded it into their simulation system to create the flight paths in an emergency. The simulator consists of a large box made to look like exactly like the inside of a helicopter. A motion bed, attached to the underside and controlled by a computer, allows workers to feel the same kind of movement as they would during a flight. The seatbelts are the same, the windows are the same and the views out the windows are the same as they would be in real life. It's important that the simulator be as realistic as possible for Liz Sanli, a researcher in ocean safety at the Marine Institute with expertise in skill learning over time. She's focused on how workers learn and how much they retain when asked to perform a task again at a later date. "So we're looking at how we can train during practice to help them remember all those steps when they're in a stressful situation down the road," said Sanli. Right now, workers are trained in a swimming pool on how to escape a helicopter submerged in water but training for the actual flight occurs in a classroom. By sitting inside a helicopter flight simulator, Sanli says, the workers' experience is more accurate. "You're getting that experience of physically doing the task so you get to go through the steps you get to experience them you can sometimes experience mistakes in a safe environment and learn from those mistakes rather than just watching somebody else do it, for example," said Sanli. "You also can simulate some of the feelings, so you can hear the sounds, you know that you're in a different environment and that can better match some of the more advanced training or perhaps even a real emergency." Sanli measures anxiety levels of participants and follows how well the protocol sequence is followed under a variety of conditions. She monitors what happens when trainees are seated in different positions and when they train in light and in darkness, getting as much information as possible to make training efficient and effective. "It's a big responsibility to have this evidence to make decisions when it comes to regulations, when it comes to decisions about training to have it based in evidence. It's safety that's at stake," said Sanli. For now, research on the simulator continues with hopes it will soon augment the training done by offshore workers. Patterson,says ten years after 17 lives were lost in the offshore, he's glad to have contributed what he could to try and make the industry safer. "This really was something that was more than a job," he said. "It was something that we had to do, to do our part to bring safety to the community. Everybody in the company, we all worked extra hours. I'd say this is the one that all of our engineers have the most pride in, accomplishing this task." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/helicopter-cougar-crash-safety-offshore-1.5048792