CDR is sad to report that a long-time contributor to the magazine, Linda Wolstencroft, passed away unexpectedly on February 6, 2023. Linda was well-known in Canada’s defence and aerospace community, having worked in that sector for many years as a valued consultant. She was only 59 years old.

Canada announced the deployment of two Royal Canadian Navy Kingston-class Vessels to Haiti. His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Glace Bay and Moncton, with a combined company of over 90 Royal Canadian Navy sailors, will conduct presence patrols in and around Haitian waters in the coming weeks,

Aéro Montréal has appointed Mélanie Lussier as President and CEO of Aéro Montréal, effective March 13. Suzanne M. Benoît, who currently holds the position of President of Aéro Montréal and has played an important leadership role since the creation of the industrial cluster, has announced her

Thales and Schiebel are pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver a game-changing rotary wing Uncrewed Air System (UAS) to provide a protective ‘eye in the sky’ capability for Royal Navy warships. CarteNav will provide the flexible AIMS-ISR

HENSOLDT is developing essential core elements of the novel sensor network in the German-French-Spanish armament project FCAS (= Future Combat Air System). As a member of the German FCMS GbR (FCMS = Future Combat Mission System) consortium, HENSOLDT has been awarded a contract worth

Priority 1 Air Rescue (P1AR), a world leader in helicopter Search and Rescue (SAR) and Tactical mission operational training and support, is pleased to announce the award of a multi-year contract by French Ministry of Armed Forces Command to provide virtual SAR, Tactical, Aerial Use of

The antennas will be built, assembled and tested at MDA's state-of-the art high volume satellite production facility in Montreal

Canada has deployed a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft to support Canada’s efforts to disrupt the activities of gangs in Haiti and demonstrate Canada’s commitment to the Haitian people. Canada is undertaking efforts to address the dire security situation

A high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected and its movements are being actively tracked by NORAD. One of the places the balloon was spotted was Montana, which is home to one of the nation's three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The official spoke on condition of

Aero Transporte S.A. (ATSA) has signed a firm agreement for a Dash 8-400 freighter conversion with a large cargo door (Dash 8-400 F-LCD). With this agreement, ATSA has become the first South American operator of Dash 8-400 aircraft to join De Havilland Canada’s Cargo Solutions Program and ATSA’s

COVE’s Digital Harbour initiative will monitor Halifax Harbour from the water, land, and air to deliver commercially relevant data for better public and private sector decision-making.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) conducted Operation NOBLE DEFENDER – a dynamic force employment operation – across multiple locations in the Arctic, and the coasts of Canada and the United States, between Jan. 15-31, 2023.

Navistar Defense announced an award from the National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) for the prototype phase of the Common Tactical Truck (CTT) program for the US Army’s PM Transportation Systems and PEO Combat Support / Combat Service Support (PEO CS/CSS).

Canada has confirmed it will be sending 4 combat-ready battle tanks to Ukraine during a press briefing on January 26th. Canada has 112 Leopard 2 Tanks, 82 of them are designed for combat while 30 are designed for engineering and recovery purposes.

Saab received an order for the anti-armour weapon AT4 from the French Armament General Directorate (DGA). The order value is approximately EUR 24 million and deliveries will take place in 2023. The order was booked in Q4 2022.