1 septembre 2022 | Local, Naval
HMCS Harry DeWolf is expected back to conduct “force generation activities” in November and early December.
22 novembre 2022 | Local, Aérospatial
Magellan announced a multi-year contract from Lockheed Martin for complex machined titanium components for all three F-35 variants, to be carried out at the company's Kitchener, Ontario, facility.
8 août 2018 | Local, Terrestre
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN My Postmedia colleague Christie Blatchford reports the Canadian military is looking for a new camouflage uniform for its 95,000 regular and reserve force members – potentially at a cost of as much as $500 million to taxpayers. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance favours one originally developed for the U.S. military, according to documents obtained by Blatchford. In a seven-page briefing note on Vance's recent visit to Halifax, the general's senior staff officers last month wrote, “The CDS stated his desire to replace” current uniforms with the new “MultiCam” pattern now being used by the force's Special Operations Command. As Blatchford wrote, except for special forces, most Canadian soldiers now wear “CADPAT,” short for “Canadian Disruptive Pattern,” a Canadian-developed digital camouflage print that comes in several varieties, depending on the environment (desert, temperate, Arctic, etc.) and for which the Canadian government has a copyright and trademark. The uniforms are manufactured by a number of Canadian companies. Full Article: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/vances-plan-to-buy-u-s-made-uniforms-for-canadian-military-raises-issues
14 mai 2024 | Local, Naval
The Canadian military is weighing how many and what kind of "optionally-crewed" warships it will need in the future as drone technology and artificial intelligence change the face of naval combat, says the commander of the navy.