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CONTENTS 18
TEAM 212CD TRUSTED ALLIES. WORLD CLASS
CANADA'S FUTURE SUBMARINE PARTNERSHIP
Your Partner in Delivering Defence Infrastructure
KEEPING YOU MISSION READY IMP
On March 31, 2026, Davie launched production of P
From contract award to construction usi
Letter from the Editor PETER A. KITCHEN, EDITOR-I
Calian VENTURES Your Solution. Our Orchestrati
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“We are very honoured to be named Canada's Top De
and maintenance related to obsolescence, maintain
In March 2026, Minister of National Defence David
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
presents 00 CANADA'S TOP 1 DEFENCE COMPANI
#1 2025 Rank: 2 CORPORATE PROFILE General Dynami
Head Office Location in Canada: .................
Canadian-side construction and delivering jobs an
Houde, Canadian Defence Review’s “Defence Execut
Systems In-Service Support • Cyber: Network Comma
Service Support (ISS) contract also proved succes
Canada thus represents a large supplier base fo
#11 2025 Rank: 16 CORPORATE PROFILE Company Descr
Number of Employees: ............................
Canadian Canadian Suppliers. Communities. A L
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#20 2025 Rank: 12 CORPORATE PROFILE Company Descr
Current DND Projects: ...........................
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#25 2025 Rank: 27 CORPORATE PROFILE Company Descr
Defence related Company locations/operations with
#32 2025 Rank: 31 CORPORATE PROFILE Company Descr
Number of Employees: ............................
supporting Canadian forces both internationall
led innovation, they deliver high-performance
Fighter Squadron Facility, Bagotville, QC • Futur
Annual Sales: ...................................
Defence related Company locations/operations with
NEED SPACE? Warehousing that is ready for your mi
and in-service support, it offers shock, vibra
with user requirements, moving beyond standardiz
Babcock Canada for Digitalization of Victoria Cla
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They operate a unique capability to defend the
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AERIS X™ REDEFINES AIRBORNE ADVANTAGE AERIS X™
#71 2025 Rank: 71 CORPORATE PROFILE Company Descr
HUDSON SUPPLIES 20th Anniversa
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We offer the best solution for operational needs
Supported by an engineering team, the company
Commitment Integrity Reliability Delivering
and capabilities. They offer Personal Protective
Head Office Location in Canada: .................
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meet the specific needs of both military and
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Sovereignty is not ach declaration – it is achiev
cleaning, modular structures, and real-life s
You focus on the job at hand, we'll focus on the
presents CANADA'S TOP 2025 RANK
100 D E F E N C E C O M P A N I E S RANK CO
Defence Insider BY VICE-ADMIRAL (RET'D) MARK NORM
CANADA'S SOVEREIGN SUBMARINE EXPERTS When the pr
FEATURE INTERVIEW
CARIGNAN JENNIE GENERAL CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE S
General Jennie Carignan was of cially appointed
whole of society approach. We are rebuilding our
Credit: Cpl. Brendan Gamache, CAF General Cari
the procurement of Canadian defence innovations a
Credit: MCpl Alana Morin, CAF General Carignan
General Carignan: The concept of a scalable suppl
COVER STORY HANWHA DEFENCE CANADA A S
The KSS-III is the culmination o
“By combining Canada's advanced technologies with
human dimension of sustained operations. Enhanced
with four submarines completed by 2035 along with
of Korea's own operational experience, engineerin
SHIPBUILDING FROM KEEL TO CAPABILIT SEASPAN'S B
Seaspan has made a series of targeted i
“The MPI design is a true success story under Can
the rst vessel commencing in 2027. The suc
DRONE TECHNOLOGY FROM ARCTIC OPERAT
The Canary Tactical Cargo UAS from Vo
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT DEW is the supplier of the
Communications (TIC3) Royal Canadian Air Force Pr
INDUSTRY UPDATE 49NORTH TAKES ON MULTI-DOMAIN
is to build computer networks that allow differen
INTELLIGENCE & CYBER DEFENCE
damage while remaining below the threshold of arm
CDR ONE-ON-ONE HEATHER SHEEHY On March 19th, 202
I'm very focused on delivering for the Canadian A
CDR: Hello Mrs. Sheehy, thank you for taking the
BUILT TO STRENGTHEN CANADA’S SOVEREIGNTY For over
Credit: US Department of War U.S. Secretary of
PROVEN. CAPABLE. CANADIAN. Team SkyGuardian Cana
with my colleagues to maximize the bene t for the
needs domestically, and we don't have as much as
CDR RADIO CHRISTYN CIANFARANI PRESIDENT & CEO –
Defence Industrial Strategy, is Canada still goin
INDUSTRY PROFILE BluMetric's
The BluPure Mini has been designed to be ultra-po
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS FROM DATA MINING TO DEC
TerraSense's software allows personnel to focus o
DEFENCE PROCUREMENT AKING SENSE OF THE M I
procurements in Canada. This is why the DIS inclu
“The one area where we could have used a little m
airbus.com
Credit: Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician
experts on the ground in each region of Canada to
CDR NEXT QUESTION ALAN WILLIAMS Reform or Repeat
CDR: Mr. Williams, thank you for speaking with CD
Williams: Since retiring from the federal governm
Canada is currently reviewing its acquisition of
Defence Business BY DAN DORAN FROM MODERNIZATION
INDUSTRY FOCUS THE FRENCH RE-CONNECTION SAFRAN
(DIA) and the latest version of its Defence Indus
TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT Blac
calls among high pro le targets, and meta data fr
DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE SPEE
ensures that facilities are not only delivered ef
CRITICAL MINERALS MINING FOR DEFEN A
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a series
Critical Minerals are used in a variety of d
into our manufacturing sector, or out to [interna
According to Huebert, Canada needs to address the
accelerate near-term critical minerals projects i
duplication, improve ef ciency, and provide great
W ithin hours of the United States and
ACADEMIA
and Dual-use Technologies (CARDD-Tech). This mult
DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION LAYING THE FOUNDATION One of
“Our people take pride in working for Graham and
CONTEMPORARY WARFARE SURVIVABLE, LETH Credit: Cp
L & NECESSARY RECONSTITUTING CANADIAN ARMOURED FO
Credit: GDLS-Canada At the heart of Canada's mec
effectiveness of any NATO-ready Canadian Armoured
Credit: Rheinmetall Canada Modular systems lik
MARITIME LAUNCH 2-3 ad-fin.pdf modern utility
Credit: Epirus A system such as the Leonidas h
Women in Defence BY ERIKA COGHILL A CONVERSATI
SPECIAL MISSION AIRCRAFT EYES IN THE SKY Reimag
According to Eric Herrmann, the Dash-8's traits a
TRADE SHOW & CONFERENCE REPORT FROM
D EFSEC West took place at
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leonardo.com Military Force Multiplier Militar
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expertise of our partners, we felt that we had th
TECHNOLOGY PROFILE
Within the OTHR domain, D-TA has been active
CDR QUESTION PERIOD DAVID PERRY PRESIDENT & CEO,
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“The Canadian military is probably something like
wars with allies and what it wants to do in terms
David Perry was awarded the King Charles III Coro
Enhancing Global Security Through Innova
They've largely taken under a new of ce the Adva
One headset Unlimited versatility Zero compromise
CPCSC LEVEL 1 SELF-ASSESSMENT MODEL Unlike the h
DEFENCE NOTES CANADA'S FIRST DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL
ARMAMENTS & AMMUNITION T he Governm
A-OTHR S tantec will deliver the
PwC Canada Supports DSRB P wC Canada a
NEW HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE SYSTEM FOR DEFENSE AND S
CCG Polar Icebreaker D avie has launc
ICENAVSIMULATOR SMALL FAST BOATS
ill be required in select defence s beginning in
CANADA'S LARGEST DEFENCE, SECURITY
INVESTMENT FOR LANDING ZONES CANADA T h
Built for Canada’s defence. We back the people wh
to Seaspan’s work under the National Shipbuilding
covers. training programs. The contract was award
SOVEREIGN SPACE CAPABILITIES C anada i
ACDC T he Alliance of Canadian Defence
Critical Communications for Unmanned Missions Sec
DEFENCE CALENDAR May 5, 2026 DEFEA – Defence Exhi
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