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  16 février 2021 | Local, C4ISR, Sécurité

  Nouveau volet classifié d'IDEeS!

  Nouveau volet classifé d'IDEeS Bonjour, Le ministère de la Défense nationale (MDN) et les Forces armées canadiennes (FAC) reconnaissent que certaines des questions de défense et de sécurité les plus importantes et les plus difficiles sont de nature classifiée, et que les technologies de défense seront de plus en plus nécessaires dans les secteurs de l'information et de la communication, de la cybernétique et d'autres technologies et logiciels sensoriels et informatiques émergents. Le MDN et les FAC recherchent des solutions scientifiques et technologiques (S & T) novatrices pour relever les défis classifiés du Canada en matière de défense et de sécurité par le biais d'un processus d'appel de propositions classifié. Les défis classifiés auront une désignation de sécurité secrète. Le MDN/FAC appuiera les défis du volet classifié afin d'augmenter la base de fournisseurs ayant des capacités classifiées pour le MDN, et de traiter des sujets spécifiquement liés à la mission du MDN/FAC. Le volet classifié permettra de partager des informations sécurisées sur les défis classifiés afin de proposer des solutions adaptées. Les sept domaines actuellement à l'étude sont les suivants: Guerre sous-marine Fusion et automatisation des données dans le nuage Charges utiles des capteurs spatiaux Lutte contre la menace des explosifs (LME) Vaincre les dispositifs explosifs improvisés radiocommandés (DEI-RC) Systèmes anti-drones (C-UAS) Intégration des systèmes du soldat Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada (TPSGC) lance la présente demande de renseignements (DDR) au nom du programme IDÉeS du MDN et des FAC, afin d'obtenir les commentaires de l'industrie sur l'élaboration éventuelle d'un appel de propositions (AP) pour le volet classifié. Pour consulter la demande de renseignements, veuillez cliquer sur le lien suivant : https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/donnees-sur-l-approvisionnement/appels-d-offres/PW-21-00945859 Nous vous invitons à nous faire part de vos commentaires et attendons avec impatience le lancement prochain du nouveau volet classifié d'IDEeS ! Merci, Eric Fournier Directeur général Innovation Innovation pour la défense, l'excellence et la sécurité (IDEeS)

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  30 août 2018 | Local, Naval

  Canada's first Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship expected in October

  DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN The first Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship is expected to be delivered the first week of October, according to Department of National Defence officials. The ship was originally supposed to be delivered this summer. The ship will undergo various tests in the months following delivery. The formal acceptance of the vessel by the Royal Canadian Navy won't take place until early next year. The first vessel, HMCS Harry DeWolf, is expected to be ready for operations starting in the summer of 2019, according to DND officials. Subsequent ships are to be delivered approximately every nine months, according to documents obtained by Postmedia using the Access to Information law. The Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship project will deliver five ships, with an option for a sixth, if affordable. The ships are designated as the Harry DeWolf Class, after Canadian wartime naval hero Vice-Admiral Harry DeWolf. The official RCN ship's class designation will be Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel or AOPV. The AOPV will be capable of armed sea-borne surveillance of Canada's waters, including the Arctic, providing government situational awareness of activities and events in these regions, and cooperating with other government departments to assert and enforce Canadian sovereignty, according to the DND. Construction of the first AOPV began in 2015 with HMCS Harry DeWolf. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/first-arctic-offshore-patrol-ship-expected-in-october

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  5 février 2019 | Local, Aérospatial

  Griffon life extension program to include upgraded sims

  The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) will be seeking an upgrade to its CH-146 Griffon maintenance and flight training simulators as part of a life extension project for the multi-role utility helicopters. The first phase of the project, which is intended to keep the fleet of 85 Griffons flying until at least 2031, took off on Jan. 26 with the award of a $90 million contract to Bell Helicopter Textron Canada to develop and design options for the avionics systems, engines, integrated sensors and cockpit displays. A follow-on contract to install new systems and upgrade others is expected in 2022. Around the same time, the federal government will be inviting industry to respond to a request for proposals to modernize the Griffon simulators, according to a Department of National Defence spokesperson. “The upgrade to the flight simulation devices will be procured under a separate contract,” she said in an emailed response. The CH-146 simulators were built by CAE and delivered to the RCAF in the mid-1990s, shortly before the helicopters entered service between 1995 and 1997. CAE continues to provide in-service support. As part of what is being called the Griffon Limited Life Extension (GLLE) project, the RCAF wants to replace a number of the helicopter's avionics systems, including communications radios and cryptographic equipment, cockpit voice and flight recorders, the navigation systems, the automatic flight control systems, and the control display units. Obsolescence of critical components has been a problem for maintenance technicians for several years now. The design phase will also look at upgrades to the engines and to the sensor suite. The CH-146, which is based on the Bell 412, performs a variety of transport, close fire support and armed escort missions for tactical aviation and special operations forces. However, it has a top speed of around 260 kilometres per hour, well below that of the Boeing CH-147F Chinook that it escorts during missions such as Operation Presence in Mali. “These helicopters have performed extremely well over the years and with these new upgrades, they will continue to be a valuable asset that will allow our personnel to carry out missions and operations successfully well into the future,” RCAF commander LGen Al Meinzinger said in a statement. While aircrews would like more speed, more lift and bigger guns as part of any upgrade program, the current platform meets most of their needs, Col Travis Morehen, commanding officer of 1 Wing, the RCAF's tactical aviation headquarters in Kingston, Ont., told Skies in a recent interview. “I think we have done a really good job of exploiting what we can do with the Griffon,” said Morehen, who is currently serving as commander of the Canadian Armed Forces task force in Mali. “I don't think there are many nations that have been as agile and flexible with that type of platform as we have, whether it is the combat service support role for search and rescue, or precision insertion for special operations . . . or what we are doing in terms of utility lift, or providing, with the GAU-21 (.50 Cal machine gun), stand off fires.” Whatever the changes that are ultimately accepted as part of the initial design phase now being conducted by Bell, the helicopters will require upgraded flight training and maintenance simulators to match. The GLLE project, including modernized simulators, is expected to reach initial operational capability by 2024 and be fully operational by 2026. https://www.skiesmag.com/news/griffon-life-extension-program-to-include-upgraded-sims/