INTERVIEW, by MGen (ret) John Leech
Transforming the CF
General Ray Henault, Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS)
The CDS tells us how the policy, budget and equipment facets of this vital transformation process are coming together to support the members of the defence team. He also discusses the upcoming defence review and its implications.

PILOT TRAINING, by Stefan Degraef and Edwin Borremans
NFTC: Multinational Training for Fighter Pilots
Forces around the world are faced with shrinking budgets and size-reductions. New missions, often linked to international peace support initiatives, greatly influence operational workloads. The need for military authorities to comply with all of these demands have forced various national air forces to look to Canada’s multi-national pilot training facilities.

NAVY, by Capt(N) Peter Avis
Maritime Security: Working Toward Prevention
Increases in maritime crime on the world’s seaways have been well covered by the press over the last couple of years. Recent research has shown that there can be problems with how intelligence assessments and warnings are handled on their way up through “channels” and how it enters top decision-makers’agendas. One area that illustrates this vulnerability is Canada’s national security process and the subordinate area of Maritime Security.

AIRFORCE, by Col Pat Dowsett
Restoration of Canada’s Air Refueling Capability
An overview of air refueling capability from the 1970s to an update on the situation of today. The first Canadian Forces’ Polaris tanker is now in the modification facility in Dresden, Germany. We expect this aircraft to return to 437 Squadron this fall, with our second tanker arriving in February 2005. Once in-place, these tankers will again provide us with air refuelling capability.

OP ED: Airlift Capacity, by Mark Romanow
Canada’s Waning Role
Mark Romanow cites well-documented National Defence (DND) requirements for an integral outsize/oversize Future Strategic Airlift capability, and wonders why this requirement is being sidelined.

OP ED: Security & Intelligence, by BGen (ret) James S. Cox
National Security Intelligence Policy (NSIP)
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Safety Minister, Anne McLellan, has announced the government’s intention to develop a comprehensive, integrated national security policy. The recent report of the Auditor General revealed a number of national security inefficiencies that should be addressed by such a policy. BGen Cox highlights the five theoretical components of the intelligence function that should form the essential framework of the NSIP.

Report Card, by Mark Romanow
A case for the CP-140A Arcturus SAR
Between December 1992 and April 1993, the CF took delivery of three Arcturus aircraft to augment the Aurora fleet for Arctic and marine surface surveillance, search and rescue (SAR), drug interdiction, and pilot training. Disposal is to conditionally commence in 2005/2006. Is it necessary?

Research & Development, by John Bovenkamp and Ingar Moen
Network Enabled Operations (NEOps)
NEOps is an information superiority-enabled concept of operations that generates increased combat power by networking sensors, decision makers and shooters to achieve shared awareness, increased speed of command, higher tempo of operations, greater lethality, increased survivability, and a degree of self-synchronization. It is called Network Centric Warfare in the USA, and Network Enabled Capabilities in the UK. It is a concept that is central to the transformation of defence and security organizations to respond to the new security environment.

AIRFORCE, by Peter Pigott
CASA-295
Spain’s connection with the maritime environment is an historic one. In the sixteenth century, its ships explored the oceans, patrolled the seas against pirates and transported soldiers and cargoes between the Old World and New. Today, Spain is hoping to repeat its success with the CASA-295.

Equipment & Technology, by Patrick Meikle
Finnish Defence Technology
FrontLine was recently invited to Finland to observe examples of innovative Defense and Safety Technology in that country. Patrick Meikle’s first submission from Finland, in our Equipment & Technology Review section, offers a review of the companies he visited and the technologies they offer.

Lest We Forget, by Dave Brown
A Street Fighter Named “Tiffy”
Originally intended as a fighter to replace the Hurricane, the Typhoon was powered by a 2100 hp. Napier Sabre, almost twice the power of the popular Rolls-Royce Merlin. Kenneth Charles “Chad” Hanna is one of dozens of Typhoon veterans from around the globe getting ready to visit their battle and burial sites in Normandy in May, planning to beat the June rush when tens of thousands of pilgrims from all services and many countries will gather to mark D Day plus 60 years.