L-3 Communication Systems-West confirmed during CANSEC that it will deliver its Common Data Link Ground System, otherwise known as the STINGER, to the Canadian Forces. The announcement came just days after Toronto-based L-3 Electronic Systems trumpeted a new partnership with Elbit Systems Land and C41 called Canterra Solutions to produce products and services for the Canadian Army.
BAE and DEW Engineering target Close Combat Vehicle program
BAE Systems and Ottawa’s DEW Engineering & Development signed a teaming agreement to collaborate on Canada’s Close Combat Vehicle (CCV) program during CANSEC 2010. DEW will complete final assembly of the turret and integration and test for the vehicle should BAE win the CCV competition.
Thales Canada, DEW team on TAPV Bushmaster
Thales Canada kicked off this year’s on-site announcements with the signing of an exclusive teaming agreement with DEW Engineering and Development that will see the Ottawa-based company assemble Thales’ Bushmaster should the vehicle be selected for the TAPV (tactical armoured patrol vehicle) program. Almost 700 Bushmasters are in service with forces in Australia, the Netherlands and other NATO allies.
UPDATED (NEW VIDEO):Oshkosh, General Dynamics team on vehicle programs
On March 22, the Oshkosh Defense and General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada announced a partnership to pursue two of DND’s wheeled vehicle programs: the Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) and the Standard Military Pattern (SMP) portion of the Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS).
ScanEagle surpasses 17,000 combat flight hours
The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft recently logged its 17,000 combat flight hour with the Canadian Forces. The UAV, built by Washington-based Insitu, a independent subsidiary of Boeing, has completed more than 1,700 sorties for the CF since it was deployed to Afghanistan in 2008.
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Insights and information from CANSEC 2010
Filling the skill set gap
Paul Lindahl, CEO of Vancouver-based NGRAIN, and Arnold van den Hoeven, Director of Canadian Defence and head of the company’s new Ottawa office, speak with Vanguard about the military’s challenges driving the demand for their products.
Boeing supports advanced composites R&D consortium
On the eve of CANSEC, at a reception in Ottawa, Boeing and its Canadian industry partners announced the creation of a research and development consortium to further the manufacturing of advanced composite materials for aerospace and other industries.
Tour de Force: France highlights defence sector
Call it a sign of the strength of French companies in the Canadian defence marketplace. As industry prepared for the kick off of CANSEC, the Embassy of France for the first time hosted representatives, politicians and media to highlight what Ambassador François Delattre called a “time…to renew a true partnership with the Canadian defence industry.” Excerpts of his remarks follow.
Ottawa-based DEW Engineering and Development and BAE Systems Bofors of Karlskoga, Sweden signed a "teaming" agreement at DEFSEC Atlantic 2009 to provide a "team Canada" approach to the production of the Bofors LEMUR Remote Weapons System (RWS).
Canada may have millions invested in the development of the Joint Strike Fighter, but the novel multinational airplane faces some stiff competition. Over the past year, officials with the DND's Next Generation Fighter Capability Office have been gathering data on a range of potential bidders for the project to replace the F/A-18, but the department has yet to set a date. Glenn Erutti, Boeing's program manager for F/A-18 international new business, spoke with Vanguard about the Super Hornet during DEFSEC Atlantic in Halifax.
If you believe the rhetoric emanating from pundits on the Arctic, it's hard not to conclude a conflict is looming on the horizon. But the "purveyors of polar peril," as professor Franklyn Griffiths has called them, may be stirring a pot that doesn't exist.
In Halifax for this week's DEFSEC Atlantic exhibition, James Detwiler, Boeing's international business development manager for P8/Airborne ASW&ISR Systems talked with Vanguard about the long-range maritime patrol aircraft's capabilities and its international market potential.
Marport C-Tech, based in Cornwall, Ontario, signed a teaming agreement with OSI Geospatial of Ottawa in advance of DEFSEC Atlantic in Halifax. Under the deal, Marport C-Tech will integrate its CSDS-85 Underwater Intruder Detection Sonar with the OSI Geospatial Asset Control and Tracking (ACT) system.
As DEFSEC Atlantic 2009 begins in Halifax, executive director Colin Stephenson talks about the opportunities this growing annual event creates.
Paris International Air Show 2009
Economic downturn doesn’t deter Canadian deals
As goes the United States military industrial aircraft base, so goes much of the world’s military aircraft manufacturing. So speculation heading into the 100th anniversary of the Paris Air Show was on the numbers: would fewer companies attend? Would the number of deals – and the all important dollar figure – be down?
Integrating UAVs into congested skies
Most of us would step onto a high-speed train and think nothing of checking for the controller. Would we have the same level of comfort boarding a plane and seeing no pilot? “The convergence of manned and unmanned is happening much faster than expected,” says David Vos.
Looking for a UAV?
So you’re a country trying to determine your unmanned system needs. Maybe it’s a tactical aerial vehicle (UAV) with missile capability for operations in a theatre like Afghanistan? Maybe it’s a family of UAVs for medium or high altitude surveillance along your border or coastlines? To which defence company do you turn? Everyone, it seems.
Goose gets new avionics
Ottawa-based Mist Mobility Integrated Systems Technology (MMIST) has struck a deal with Rockwell Collins, one of the largest manufactuers of communication and aviation electronics solutions, to provide the CQ-10A SnowGoose with the Athena 411 flight control and navigation system. The cargo UAV is a multipurpose aerial platform that autonomously delivers up to 575 pounds of cargo to up to six individual locations (for a feature article from 2007, see http://www.vanguardcanada.com/SupplyFromTheSkyBray).
Magellan signs F-35 deal with BAE Systems
Magellan Aerospace has expanded its work on the F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter. On Wednesday, the Mississauga-based company announced it had been awarded a contract by BAE Systems to provide the horizontal tail components. The contract calls for up to 1038 sets of horizontal tails over the life of the F-35. Magellan has had a role in the development of the F-35 program since its earliest stages in 2001.
The RFP for a close-combat vehicle (CCV) may still be pending, but BAE Systems has partnered with DEW Engineering to advance its Hagglunds CV90 as a prime candidate for the program. For a clip, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1eGGyJ9fIE
Boeing used the opening day of CANSEC to announce the first US$25 million in contracts to Canadian companies as part of its IRB commitment for Canada's order of the ScanEagle small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV).
