CDR News Line
21.05.2019
GeoSpectrum Lauches Sub-Surface Training Target
GeoSpectrum has launched its Multipurpose Autonomous Sub-Surface Training Target (MASTT) system that enables training experience of detecting and tracking submarines. 
21.05.2019
NORAD Intercepts Russian Bombers and Fighters
Two pairs of F-22s and an E-3 Airborne Early Warning and Control System from North American Aerospace Defense Command positively identified and intercepted a total of four Tupolev Tu-95 bombers and two Su-35 fighters entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on May 20.
21.05.2019
Heroux-Devtek to Increase Scope of Work for Boeing
Héroux-Devtek has concluded its previous agreement to supply the main landing gears for Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler and has extended the scope of the agreement to include the manufacturing of the nose and main landing gears for Boeing's Advanced F-15
17.05.2019
CAE Reports Record Results
CAE today reported revenue of $1.0 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, up 42% from the fourth quarter last year. Net income before specific items in the fourth quarter was $127.5 million ($0.48 per share), which represents a 55% EPS increase over the same period last year.
15.05.2019
Magellan Aerospace Signs Agreement With BAE Systems for F-35 Aircraft Assemblies
Magellan Aerospace will continue producing F-35 Lightning II horizontal tail assemblies under an agreement with BAE Systems. The agreement is the continuation of contract awards made to Magellan by BAE Systems and with the additional quantities awarded, Magellan will more than double its
15.05.2019
Canadian DND Exercises $33M Ballistic Helmet Contract With NP Aerospace
Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) has issued full options on a $33 million combat helmet contract with Canadian armour technology manufacturer, NP Aerospace.

08.05.2019
Charges Against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman Have Been Dropped
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, who was charged with a single count of breach of trust for allegedly leaking cabinet secrets about the government’s $700M shipbuilding deal, was the No. 2 in the Canadian Forces until his temporary suspension in January of 2017. It wasn’t until March of 2018
07.05.2019
QinetiQ Wins $51M CAD Contract with the Canadian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Aircraft System Service Program
QinetiQ has been awarded a C$51M (c£30M) contract to deliver unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that will drive enhanced situational awareness for the Canadian Armed Forces. The contract will be delivered from QinetiQ’s state-of-the-art unmanned vehicle manufacturing and operational
07.05.2019
CDR Names AIRBUS Canada's Top Defence Company for 2019
With its recently acquired stake in the Canadian-developed A220 jetliner, Airbus Defence & Space Canada, is now this country’s biggest aerospace player but the company has been quietly operating here for 35 years and with this move it now leaps 23 places in CDR’s annual survey
06.05.2019
Canadian Army Command Team Completes Trip to Visit Deployed Soldiers
Lieutenant-General Jean-Marc Lanthier, Commander of the Canadian Army, and Chief Warrant Officer Stu Hartnell, the Canadian Army Sergeant-Major, concluded a visit to soldiers deployed on Operation PRESENCE in Mali and Operation REASSURANCE in Latvia.
06.05.2019
The Sub Hunters: Guarding Against Undersea Threats
In order to operate effectively, NATO must be ready to neutralise threats below the waterline. Exercise Dynamic Manta 2019, held off the coast of Italy, this past March, gave the Alliance a chance to hone its anti-submarine warfare skills
06.05.2019
Canada’s 2nd AOPS Structurally Assembled at Halifax Shipyard
The Royal Canadian Navy's second Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Margaret Brooke, is now structurally assembled at Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard.
01.05.2019
Canada Awards Contract to Chantier Davie for Refit of CCG Icebreaker
Chantier Davie of Lévis, Quebec, was awarded a contract of $7,198,164.30 for the dry-dock refit of the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, Canada's largest icebreaker.
30.04.2019
Bluedrop to Deliver Its Hoist Training System to the US Air Force
Bluedrop Performance Learning and its subsidiary Bluedrop Training & Simulation have received contracts of over $2.0M CDN to deliver its innovative Hoist Mission Training System to Florida-based Logistic Services International (LSI) for the US Air Force.
29.04.2019
Canada Awards Contract for Naval Tugs
Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of National Defence, has awarded a contract of $102 million (including taxes) to Ocean Industries Inc., from Isle aux-Coudres, Quebec, for the acquisition of four tugs.

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