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GUEST
EDITORIAL: by Tim Page
Industrial Strengths: Strategic
Procurement Benefits
The Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries
provides a checklist to evaluate the federal government’s
ability to re-invest in military and security forces
while achieving strategic long-term economic benefits
for Canada...
SIMULATION:
by Ken Krukewich and Bernie Grover
M&S: Redefining
Defence Procurement
We are in the midst of another great breakthrough in
Modeling and Simulation – a technological revolution
facilitated by the emergence of very high speed computers
that process huge amounts of information at an ever
decreasing cost...
ANALYSIS:
by Major Rob Day
Rethinking Light Forces:
Examining Capability
If you don’t have it, don’t count on it.
There has been a concerted movement towards the development
of "light" forces with agile support services.
We must take time to reflect on the full impacts some
of these decisions might have.
ANALYSIS:
by Jim Cox
Transformation: Where’s the Beef?
CF transformation is generally moving forward as planned,
however, serious problems could erupt if it gets out
of synch. There are many complicated balls in the air
right now, and they all need money and people.
CANADIAN
FORCES: by Capt(N) Kelly Williams
Chief Force Development
To efficiently manage this major Canadian Forces transformation,
it has been broken down into a four-phase process.
RECRUITMENT:
by Bob Bergen
When Your Country Calls…
Predictions that the Forces would be hard-pressed to
meet ambitious expansion targets may well be locked
in time because the most recent figures show exactly
the opposite in 2006.
Canada/U.S.
Trade: by Judy Bradt
Climbing to Success
in the U.S.
Canadian companies are winning in the US defence and
security technology market. Can your company win get
there? How long will it take? What makes a company successful?
U.S./Canada:
by Dwight N. Mason
NORAD Renewal Agreement
2006
The United States and Canada have agreed to renew the
NORAD Agreement. That Agreement provides for binational
air defense control and space warning for Canada and
the United States, and this latest renewal adds an important
new feature.
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INTERVIEW:
by Chris MacLean
General
Rick Hillier sees a Revitalized CF
“It’s a great time to be in the
CF!” After less than two years as Chief
of the Defence Staff, General Rick Hillier
is actually in the enviable position of rebuilding
an energized Canadian Forces… |
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GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE: by His Excellency, Omar Samad
The Afghan Experience
You can be certain of one fact: The Afghans do not want
to turn the clock back to once again live under the
spell of a fanatic, repressive and misogynist regime
that has deviated from mainstream, moderate Islamic
and Afghan cultural norms…
AIR
FORCE: by Major Mike Minnich
Task Force Afghanistan:
The Air Force Dimension
Canada’s Air Force has been significantly involved
in supporting Canadian Forces operations in Afghanistan
ever since our nation’s initial overseas commitment
to the War on Terrorism (Operation APOLLO, which ran
from December 2001 to August 2003).
CF
MISSIONS: by Peter Pigott
The PRT Mission:
Security and Stability
Poor governance, weak institutions, insurgency, regional
warlords and poverty – Afghanistan has all of
these, in abundance. Deep in sometimes hostile territory,
these forts housing the Provincial Reconstruction Teams
(PRTs) are perhaps Afghanistan’s best hope for
the future…
NATO:
by General Ray Henault
Rebuilding Afghanistan:
Staying the Course
Recent attacks in Afghanistan have prompted a flurry
of international reporting that suggests that stability
in this war-ravaged country remains illusive. While
this coverage is understandable, it does not show is
the progress that is being made…
RECRUITMENT:
by Jim Cox
Off the Hook Too Easily?
Just as government has been responsible for ‘downsizing’
the Canadian Forces, it should also be responsible for
increasing it. Government’s role should not be
limited to allocating money and then dumping the hard
part onto the shoulders of the CF…
INDUSTRY:
by Tim Page
Canada Needs an Industrial
Strategy
CADSI calls for a home grown industrial strategy to
support Canada’s defence and national security
objectives. Canada’s defence and security industries
have grown and sustained themselves largely through
their ability to earn international business.
OPINION:
by Denis Coderre
Purchasing Controversy
The new defence procurements are necessary for the CF,
but announcements are riddled in controversy due to
contracting procedures.
OPINION:
by Claude Bachand
Military Procurement:
A Flawed Process
Quebec’s aerospace industry will benefit very
little economically, and the taxes paid by Canadians
and Quebeckers will flow south.
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