CDR News Line
21.09.2021
BGen (Ret'd) Rick Pitre, Former Director General for Space and C4ISR, Joins Samuel Associates
Brigadier-General (Ret'd) Rick Pitre has joined Samuel Associates as Associate Senior Advisor. In his former roles as Commander Air Force Training and Education, 2 Canadian Air Division and Director General Space and Joint C4ISR, Chief of Force Development at the Department of National Defence
20.09.2021
Maritime Cyber Security Event
Ship owners, operators, charterers and suppliers face a shifting economic landscape marked by cyber risks. Please join our team of speakers for a session that will tackle some of the challenges faced by businesses in the shipping industry. This event is presented by Neptune Cyber and BLG LLP.
15.09.2021
CAE and BETA Technologies Partner for Pilot and Maintenance Training Program
BETA Technologies has selected CAE as its partner of choice to design and develop its pilot and maintenance technician training program for the ALIA eVTOL aircraft. CAE will leverage its decades of training expertise to develop a full suite of innovative, digitally integrated curriculum and
15.09.2021
360iSR and Canadian UAVs Partner to Provide Comprehensive UAS Operations Training
New centre of excellence in Canada provides template for global multi-domain UAS training and operational capabilities for international roll-out.
14.09.2021
CarteNav’s AIMS-ISR Mission Software Achieves Qualification for Integrated Flight Planning
CarteNav has achieved DO-178C qualification for AIMS-ISR, allowing enhanced navigation data transmission and automated flight planning with select Flight Management Systems (FMS) – advancing the critical link between ISR operators and flight crew.
14.09.2021
MDA Awarded Contract for Japan's Martian Moons Exploration Mission
MDA has been awarded the full contract from MELCO (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) in Japan to provide a Laser Rangefinder (LRF) altimeter for the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission.

13.09.2021
VARD’s Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel Granted Approval
ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to VARD Marine for its 115m next generation offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV) design.
13.09.2021
IAI Unveils New Unmanned Land Vehicle at DSEI
The vehicle is land-based, autonomous with command-and-control capabilities, or by a single operator through wireless communication. The system was presented at the DSEI exhibition in London.
10.09.2021
Revision Awarded Contract by Swedish Armed Forces to Deliver Eye Protection Systems
Revision Military has been awarded a contract with the Defence Materiel Administration of Sweden for Military Protective Eyewear Systems (MPES) for a total validity period of seven (7) years.
10.09.2021
Commander of NATO Allied Maritime Command Visits Baltic States
Vice Admiral Keith Blount, Commander of NATO Allied Maritime Command paid official visits to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 3 to 7 September to meet with senior civilian and military leaders.
10.09.2021
Three New Partners Join the FAcT Team led by Babcock & Leonardo
FlightSafety International (FSI), L3Harris Technologies and Top Aces have joined the Babcock Leonardo Canadian Aircrew Training Team for Canada’s Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program.
image credit: Tatiana Pichugina
09.09.2021
CCG Completes Joint Training with National & International Arctic Partners
The Coast Guard crew recently carried out a joint search and rescue exercise with partners from the United States Coast Guard and Canadian Rangers, while respecting COVID-19 protocols, near Resolute Bay, Nunavut on September 6th, 2021.
08.09.2021
Ultra and Raytheon Enter Into Support Agreement for the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer
Ultra (Australia) has entered into agreement for the 5th year of in-service support for the Australian Hobart Class guided-missile destroyer (DDG) ships together with Raytheon Australia.
01.09.2021
Canada to Employ Leonardo Osprey Radar in Environmental Protection
Osprey is Leonardo’s latest-generation E-scan (electronically-scanning) surveillance radar which employs a digital beam to almost-instantaneously detect, track and classify hundreds of maritime contacts, in 360 degrees around the aircraft.
31.08.2021
AIAC Launches #AerospaceChallenge2050
As the national association representing over 95% of aerospace activity in Canada, AIAC has launched #AerospaceChallenge2050 through its new Election 2021 website portal.

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