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26-28 June 2007 Kingston
The Queen¹s Centre for International Relations, Defence Management Studies, the US Army War College, and Land Force Doctrine and Training System, announce the 2007 conference entitled: ³ Stability Campaigns: Do We Learn ?
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| 11 NOVEMBER 2006
- Lest we forget. In memory of our hometown hero, Cpl David Braun, of Raymore, Saskatchewan.
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| 11 NOVEMBER 2006
- Lest we forget. A Pittance in Time, song by Terry Kelly.
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| 14 JULY 2006
OTTAWA The Honourable Charles D.
Gonthier, Q.C., appointed as the new Commissioner
of the Communications Security Establishment
(CSE). read
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| 7 JULY 2006
- Canadians Take Lead Roles. Over the next
two years, two Canadian Forces reserve officers
will hold high-profile leadership roles representing
reservists within the NATO Alliance. read
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| 4 JULY 2006
– The Canadian Defence Association (CDA)
believes that the acquisition of new defence
equipment is an important step for addressing
mobility shortfalls within the Canadian Forces.
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| 29 Jun 2006
- NEW STRATEGIC & TACTICAL AIRLIFT Announced
today: government plans to acquire four new
strategic lift aircraft and 17 new tactical
lift aircraft, at an estimated total cost
of $8.3 billion. This investment is the most
significant military investment in over a
decade. read
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| 28 JUNE 2006
Lieutenant-General Walter Natynczyk
assumes the Duties of Vice Chief of the Defence
Staff for the Canadian Forces. read
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28 JUNE 2006
- HELICOPTERS - DEFENCE PROCUREMENT
$4.7 billion project to acquire a fleet of
16 medium-to heavy-lift helicopters announced
today. This purchase reinstates a vital capability
that aircrews and soldiers have done without
for over a decade. read
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27 Jun 2006
- NEW DEFENCE LOGISTICS TRUCKS
Government of Canada announcement outlined
a $1.2 billion acquisition of 2,300 new medium-sized
logistics trucks and associated equipment.
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| 26 JUN
2006 JSS DEFENCE PROCUREMENT, Announced
today, the $2.9 billion Joint Support Ship
project for Canada's Navy. This project
includes a base cost of $2.1 billion, plus
an estimated $800 million in contracted
in-service support over 20 years. read
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| 15 JUNE 2006
- the CDAI will host a luncheon on honouring
the Secretary General of NATO, His Excellency
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in the Barney Danson
Theater of the Canadian War Museum.
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15 MAY 2006 Australia
spends on capital equipment to prepare Australian
military forces to co-operate with US forces.
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08 MAY 2006 - OTTAWA -
Flyers Showing Sky-High Confidence in Canadian
Air Transport Security
Four and a half years after the September
11th 2001 terrorist attacks, 94 per cent of
passengers (up from 88 per cent in 2005) said
they felt confident...
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08 MAY 2006 - Trade Americas
Security Exhibition
Keynote address by U.S. Ambassador to Canada,
David H. Wilkins, on business implications
of the North American Security and Prosperity
Partnership (SPP).
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5 MAY 2006 Lieutenant
General David Richards assumes British command
of the NATO peacekeeping force in Afghanistan
from departing Italian Commander.
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03 May 2006 Conference
of Defence Associations Colonel
(Ret'd) Brian MacDonald, CDA's Senior Defence
Analyst, provides his analysis on "Budget
06."
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02 MAY 2006 - CADSI Welcomes
Federal Budget Investments in Canada's Military
and Security Forces
Tim Page, President of the Canadian Association
of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI)
comments on The federal budget tabled today
by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
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27 APR 2006 - MP Laurie
Hawn introduces bill to expedite citizenship
for permanent residents who serve in Canada¹s
armed forces:
Two to three thousand extra troops possible
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Ottawa Member of Parliament Laurie Hawn
(Edmonton Centre) today introduced a private
member¹s bill in the House of Commons
that would expedite citizenship for permanent
residents who choose to serve in Canada¹s
armed forces.
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27 APR 2006 - Veterans
Affairs Minister Announces Canada-wide Recruitment
Process for Veterans Review and Appeal Board
Members:
The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of
Veterans Affairs, announced today that another
round of applications would be accepted for
the position of full-time Member of the Veterans
Review and Appeal Board (VRAB).
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25 APR 2006 - For many
years, the Canadian Armed Forces has had difficulty
reaching its targeted recruitment levels.
This is due to a variety of factors, such
as visibility issues, lack of funding by the
previous Liberal government, and demographic
pressures from baby boomer retirement.
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APR 2006 - Smithsonian¹s National Air
and Space Museum Receives Record $15 Million
Donation from Boeing
The National Air and Space Museum will receive
a donation of $15 million from The Boeing
Company in continued support of its education
and preservation efforts. It is the single
largest corporate gift ever presented to
the Smithsonian Institution.
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APR 2006 - OTTAWA - Accenture Joins the Canadian
Advanced Technology Alliance
Focus
on international best practices for Global
Sourcing and Export Success
Accenture, a global management consulting,
technology services and outsourcing company,
is adding its expertise in international best
practices to the Canadian high-tech community
through a new membership in CATA Alliance
, Canada's largest advanced-technology
community.
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MAR 2006 - Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter
in Ottawa for CANSEC Show
A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter,
manufactured by the Boeing Company will
visit Ottawa and be available for
viewing between April 5-6 at the CANSEC
2006 Show.
Media are invited to participate in a briefing
on the C-17¹s airlift capabilities
and a visit to the aircraft for a static
demonstration. There will also be opportunities
to talk to the U.S. Air Force crew about
their experience flying and operating the
aircraft in peacekeeping, conflict and humanitarian
relief operations around the world. Boeing
executives involved in the C-17 program
will also be available to answer questions.
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| 30 MAR 2006 - L-3 Communications
WESCAM (L-3 WESCAM), a wholly owned subsidiary
of L-3 Communications, announced today that
it has been selected by Boeing to provide
the MX-15 electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR)
imaging turrets to the Royal Netherlands Air
Force (RNLAF) for the CH-47F (NL) Chinook
helicopter fleet. read
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| 24 MAR 2006 - L-3 Communications
WESCAM (L-3 WESCAM), a wholly owned subsidiary
of L-3 Communications, announced today that
it has been awarded a contract by Surveillance
Australia Pty Ltd (SAPL) to provide ten MX-15
electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) imaging
turrets and associated spares for the Civil
Maritime Surveillance Project (CMS04). read
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29 FEB 2006 - Climatronics'
TACMET II Targets HazMat/Homeland Security
Portable Weather Station Requirements
TACMET II is a rapidly deployable, compact,
self-contained portable weather station packaged
in two rugged cases. Commonly available AC
or DC power sources power the system -- minimal
power is required. Real time data can be displayed
on a laptop or PDA, read
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FEB 2006 - Lockheed Martin Delivers First
C-130J Super Hercules for 2006
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the
first C-130J airlifter of 2006 yesterday.
The aircraft was flown to Keesler Air Force
Base, Miss., and assigned to the 403rd Wing's
815th Airlift Squadron, Air Force Reserve
Command's only C-130J combat delivery squadron.
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| 25 FEB 2006 - CMC Electronics
has won a contract to supply its Avionics
Management System known as the CMA-2082F for
the German Air Force’s Tornado midlife
improvement program. CMC is currently undertaking
design, development, and limited production
for the initial phase of this program. read
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Meet
Canada's New Defence Minister
23 FEB 2006 At its Annual General
Meeting, the Conference of Defence Associations
Institute offered Canada's new Minister of
Defence, the Honourable Gordon O'Connor, an
opportunity to speak before a packed room
of defence industry executives, analysts and
academia, media, and Canadian Forces officers
and generals. Complete
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| 22 FEB 2006 - Lockheed
Martin Corporation has contracted
CAE to design and manufacture
three additional C-130J/KC-130J weapon systems
trainers for the United States Air Force and
United States Marine Corps. read
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| SAN DIEGO
22 FEB 2006 General
Atomics Aeronautical Systems , Inc. (GA-ASI),
a leading manufacturer of unmanned aircraft
and high-resolution surveillance and radar
imaging systems, announced that is has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
General Dynamics Canada , Canada¹s largest
defence systems integrator, to offer the Predator®
B unmanned aircraft system and integrated
communications systems to meet the Canadian
government¹s surveillance needs. read
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| 22 FEB 2006 NGRAIN,
a Vancouver-based developer of 3D training
simulation technology, has been chosen by
Canada's Department of National Defence to
help train Canadian troops on how to identify
and disarm landmines. Operating on rugged
military-specified PDA (R-PDA) devices, the
solution will help the Canadian Forces provide
training to troops anywhere in the world.
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| 21 FEB 2006 - Japan Airlines
(JAL) International has selected CMC Electronics’
new, compact Satellite Communications (Satcom)
high gain antenna system known as SatLite™
for the long-range B737-800 aircraft. JAL
announced earlier this year an order for 30
aircraft from the 737Next Generation series,
which will include the B737-800 type. read
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| 21 FEB 2006 - CMC Electronics’
Integrated Cockpit is on display in Raytheon’s
Beechcraft T6-B next generation trainer at
this year’s Asian Aerospace show. CMC
Electronics was recently awarded a contract
by Raytheon Aircraft Company as the prime
contractor for the Avionics Systems Integration
of the Beechcraft T-6B military trainer aircraft.
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| 21 FEB 2006 - CMC Electronics
Inc. has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft
Corp. to provide its latest-generation open
architecture Aircraft Management System (AMS)
for the Canadian Forces CH148 Cyclone to be
supplied by Sikorsky for the Canadian Maritime
Helicopter Project (MHP). read
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| 21 FEB 2006 - CMC Electronics
Inc. has realized a major milestone event
on December 9th, 2005, by achieving Prototype
Acceptance for the CP-140 Aurora Navigation
and Flight Instruments Modernization Project
(NFIMP) with Canada’s Department of
National Defence (DND). read
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| 21 FEB 2006 - CMC Electronics
Inc. has been chosen as the avionics systems
integrator for the new Aermacchi M-311, a
derivative of the S-211 basic jet trainer,
now modified with structural enhancements,
a new engine and CMC’s Integrated glass
cockpit.
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| 21 FEB 2006 - CMC Electronics
will demonstrate its Heli 4000 Integrated
Glass Cockpit at this year’s Asian Aerospace
show. Heli 4000 comprises CMC’s FV-4000
open architecture Mission Computer, CMA-4000
Flight and Display Management System, its
family of Multifunction Displays and its HeliHawk
Overhead Head-Up Display (HUD). read
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20 FEB 2006 - FIRST F-35
EXITS LOCKHEED MARTIN FACTORY, PREPARES FOR
TESTING
FORT WORTH, Texas, The Lockheed Martin [NYSE:
LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter team has completed
assembly of the first F-35 aircraft and moved
it out of the factory in preparation for an
intensive period of ground testing. First
flight of the F-35, a conventional takeoff
and landing version, remains on schedule for
this fall. read
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15 Feb 2006 - "Wilson
to be next ambassador to the U.S."
Michael Wilson, a former Mulroney cabinet
minister, is expected to be appointed envoy
to Washington, pending the agreement of the
U.S. government, which is normally a formality.
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03 Feb 2006 - Terry Boland-Runge
Press; new Canadian Minister of Defence, Gordon
O'Connor speaks out on Strategic Airlift,
Tactical Airlift, increasing troop numbers
and more.
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Defense
Acquisition Performance Assessment Report
JANUARY 2006 A report to the Honorable
Gordon England, Deputy Secretary Defense (DoD),
from a panel Chaired by Lt Gen (ret) Ronald
T. Kadish, proposes sweeping changes to improve
the Department¹s ability to stabilize
and integrate key elements of the Acquisition
System.
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| 31 JAN 2006 – General
Rick Hillier presided at the Stand up Ceremony
for the four new Commands (CanadaCom, CEFCOM,
CanOSCom, Canadian Special Operations Forces
Command (CanSOF) and which are a key mark
in the transformation of the Canadian Forces.
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| 31 JAN 2006 - New Canadian
Forces Operational Commands Take Charge of
Domestic, Special and International Operations.
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