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href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=39"> REGIONAL REPORT Can Canada's aerospace </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=40"> In September, the Ford government le</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=41"> part to ensure Ontario's defence ecosystem is rea</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=42"> Beretta Defense Technologies offers the bes</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=43"> “We're encouraged by the governme</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=44"> You focus on the job at hand, we'll focus on the </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=45"> Credit: Aviator Lanny Jellicoe, Garrison Petawawa</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=46"> infrastructures operated by CAE, and the Internat</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=47"> “We noticed a gap in the intermediate </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=48"> is enhanced situational awareness in harbors, ter</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=49"> UNCREWED SYSTEMS REPORT E UNCR REVOL CANADA'S </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=50"> EW D U ON wi eq de Uncrewed Surface Vehicles</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=51"> The Sparrowhawk Radar is a low cost detect and av</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=52"> The ENVOY Remotely Piloted Helicopter from GDMS-C</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=53"> PM Carney examines Kongsberg's HUGIN Superior AUV</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=54"> situational awareness and surveillance across all</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=55"> “The MRAB is Canada's rst Arctic- capable autono</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=56"> QinetiQ Ad</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=57"> DEFENCE SPOTLIGHT THE PORTUGUESE </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=58"> arti cial intelligence and integrated cloud manag</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=59"> is an international technology company specializi</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=60"> Beyond Composite develops ultra-lightweight balli</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=61"> CDR ONE-ON-ONE</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=62"> MIKE MUELLER PRESIDENT & CEO - AEROSPACE INDUSTRI</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=63"> next steps. If Canada is to have a defence indust</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=64"> would say ADSE 2025 was very successful. We had a</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=65"> AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS FROM AIR DEFEN</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=66"> PIETRO MAZZEI IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF RHEINMETALL</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=67"> expertise stems from the highly mobile Autonomous</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=68"> Rheinmetall Canada delivered its Medium Range Rad</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=69"> SHIPBUILDING FORGED IN STEEL, ST SHAPED BY </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=70"> RATEGY SEASPAN'S 15-YEAR VOYAGE WITH THE NSS BY</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=71"> the longest navel ships ever built in Canada. 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Eight of them are due to b</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=73"> DEFENCE PROCUREMENT LEVELING THE PLAYING HO</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=74"> FIELD O n August 5, 2025</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=75"> The Canadian UAVs team at CANSEC 2025 to grow be</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=76"> and deploy its Sparrowhawk ground-based radar sys</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=77"> DEFENCE EXPORTS ARMING EUROPE, ENGAGING CANADA: </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 5 page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/49a66be3?page=78"> EU's Regnier. 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