The National President of the Naval Officers Association of Canada (NOAC), Commodore (Retired) Jean-Claude Michaud of Lévis, Québec, announced that Rear-Admiral (Retired) Waldron "Wally" Fox-Decent, BA, MA, CM, CMM, MC, CD, will make a major donation of $110,000 to the association's National Endowment Fund. The donation will be in three parts. The first, for $40,000, has already been donated. The second, for $30,000, will occur in December 2010, and the third, for $40,000, will occur in March, 2011. The donation is the admiral's way of helping to commemorate the Canadian Navy's centennial in 2010.

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) will officially open a special exhibition on the 4th floor of the North Gallery commemorating the Canadian Navy Centennial on June 24th at 6 p.m.

Rear-Admiral Paul Maddison, Commander, Maritime Command Atlantic and Mr. Ray Cronin, CEO of the AGNS will open the exhibition which will run until mid-August.

Obzerv Technologies Inc. announced the commercial availability of a Modular Active Range-Gated Camera, which will fast track the deployment of Active Range-Gated Imaging capability in existing Multi-Spectral Imaging Turrets. This new modular camera was developed with the support and contribution of Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC-Valcartier). 

CAE has won several recent military contracts valued at more than C$100 million, including a contract to perform a major upgrade to the Puma helicopter training program at CAE's Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) in the United Kingdom as well as a contract to build a new C-130H simulator for an undisclosed customer. 

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has received a prestigious award from the British Columbia Technology Association (BCTIA) at a gala event attended by more than 1,000 industry leaders from across the province. This year, over 100 technology companies in BC submitted detailed briefs for judging against a strict set of criteria broken into three distinct groups: Technology Awards, Company Awards, and Personal Recognition Awards. 

Pacific Safety Products Inc. has agreed with Revision Eyewear Inc. to terminate the Arrangement Agreement pursuant to which Revision would have acquired all of the outstanding shares of PSP for $0.18 each. Several of PSP's larger share holders indicated they would not support the Arrangement Transaction and it became apparent there was insufficient shareholder support to obtain the required two-thirds approval of the shares. Accordingly, the Arrangement Transaction was terminated. The Company has agreed to reimburse Revision for $150,000 of transactions costs incurred by Revision in connection with the Arrangement Transaction.

BAE Systems and DEW Engineering & Development of Ottawa have signed a teaming agreement to collaborate for the Close Combat Vehicle (CCV) program, which is one of Canada's highest priority programs.

 The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada welcomed Canada's new CC-130J Hercules tactical airlift aircraft at 8 Wing Trenton on June 4, 2010

Thales Canada has signed an exclusive teaming agreement with DEW Engineering and Development ULC on the assembly of the Bushmaster for the Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) Program in Canada. This agreement forms a strategic alliance between two Canadian based companies for the provision of the best solution for the TAPV program, a program that will supply the Canadian Army with up to 600 armoured patrol vehicles.

Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation and General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada have teamed up for the Canadian Department of National Defence’s Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) program, which will replace the Armoured Patrol Vehicle (APV) and the Coyote reconnaissance vehicle. The companies also are teamed up for the Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) program, which will replace the Medium Logistics Vehicles, Wheeled (MLVW) fleet. The new programs will enhance the capabilities of the Canadian Forces with protected, high-performance vehicle fleets.