CDR News Line
08.10.2019
First RCAF C295 Final Livery
The first Airbus C295, purchased by the Government of Canada for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) program, rolled out of the paint shop 
07.10.2019
CADSI Elects New Chair to its Board of Directors
On October 2nd, 2019, the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries
03.10.2019
JSK Teams with Kraken to Deliver Sonar Solution
JSK Naval Support has announced a collaboration with marine technology company Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. to develop an enhanced autonomous underwater sonar solution. 
03.10.2019
Red Arrows Buzz Victoria
CDR’s Aviation Editor, Joetey Attariwala, captured this rare sight of the world famous RAF (Royal Air Force) Red Arrows flight demonstration team, last week, as they flew over Victoria, British Columbia, while en route to Vancouver as part of an 11 week North American tour. It’s been
02.10.2019
Raytheon & Rheinmetall Partner for US Army Combat Vehicle Competition
Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence have established a joint venture to offer the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, or OMFV, competition.   
02.10.2019
Revision Military Announces Sale of Eyewear Business
Revision has sold its protective eyewear business to ASGARD Partners & Co., a private investment firm based in New York. “This divestiture supports our strategy to sharpen our portfolio and fund expanded capabilities and growth initiatives around enhanced warfighter survivability and

27.09.2019
Mack Defense Heavy Dump Trucks Meet Specification with CARC Coatings
Mack Defense and Sherwin-Williams General Industrial Coatings have partnered to implement multiple solutions for applying Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC) for use on the Mack Defense M917A3 heavy dump truck (HDT) model.
26.09.2019
GeoSpectrum Technologies Completes Tests of a Second Sonar System with the RCN
Elbit Systems’ Canadian subsidiary, GeoSpectrum Technologies (GTI), announces the successful Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trial of its Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) on board the HMCS Glace Bay of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN),
23.09.2019
MV Asterix to Attend DEFSEC Atlantic
It is expected that the Asterix will be docked alongside Pier 23 (Cunard Centre) in time for the opening VIP Reception on Tuesday evening and to be open for tours for the attendees of the DEFSEC Atlantic trade show.
19.09.2019
Saab Selected as Combat System Provider for Finnish Navy
In accordance with Finland’s Ministry of Defence’s proposition, the Government of Finland has selected Saab as the combat system provider and integrator for the Finnish Navy’s four new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 programme.
18.09.2019
Commerce Decisions Secures Contract to Support Canada’s FAcT Program
Commerce Decisions, a QinetiQ company, has secured a strategically important contract with the Government of Canada to support the procurement process on the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program.
13.09.2019
Canada Acquires Marinvent’s Synthesis® Software for the RCAF
Marinvent has delivered its Synthesis® compliance software tool to the Government of Canada for testing under Innovative Solutions Canada, formerly known as the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP).
12.09.2019
Cyient and QinetiQ Partner to Offer Unmanned Target Systems in India
Cyient has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS), to offer avionics products for its unmanned target systems in India.
05.09.2019
CAE to upgrade Swedish Naval Warfare Training System
CAE has recently been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to upgrade and expand the capabilities of the Naval Warfare Training System (NWTS) located at the Swedish Naval Warfare Centre (NWC) in Karlskrona, Sweden.
05.09.2019
USAF F-35s Star at AERO Gatineau-Ottawa 2019 Air Show
The United States Air Force F-35 Lightning II Demo Team – featuring two F-35As in flight – is the star of this year’s AERO Gatineau-Ottawa 2019 Air Show.

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