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<br /> FEATURE INTERVIEW: REGIONAL REPORT: UPDATE ON NATIONAL DEFENCE<br /> BILL BLAIR - MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE ALBERTA SHIPBUILDING STRATEGY INFRASTRUCTURE<br /> TOP DEFENCE EXECUTIVE<br /> ARCFIELD CANADA<br /> READY TO SUPPORT THE RCAF'S CF-35s<br /> DISPLAY UNTIL APRIL 30, 2025<br /> Volume 2381/Issue 21 Price $134.95<br /> Publications Mail Agreement Number 40792504<br /> >>> CANADIANDEFENCEREVIEW.COM<br /> Celebrating 200 Years<br /> of Mission-Critical Shipbuilding<br /> ALBER2T8A<br /> 80<br /> 27 |<br /> 28 |<br /> 10 |<br /> 52 |<br /> 80 |<br /> 94<br /> 84 |<br /> 86 |<br /> 94 |<br /> 103 |<br /> COVER THIS ISSUE<br /> Arcfield Canada<br /> Photo: Lockheed Martin<br /> FEATURE INT<a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=1"> FEATURE INTERVIEW: </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=2"> Celebrating 200 Years of Mission-Criti</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=3"> ALBER2T8A 80 27 | </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=4"> </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=5"> TODAY'S MISSION SPACE HAS NO ROOM FOR MISCOM</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=6"> Canadian Canadian Suppliers. Communities. A L</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=7"> 12 CONTENTS FEBRUARY 20</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=8"> EN578-201618/001/LS · · · · for “UAV</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=9"> </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=10"> LETTER From the Editor Peter A. K</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=11"> Bell Ad</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=12"> FEATURE INTERVIEW </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=13"> Honourable CDR recently sent Ottawa Bureau Chief,</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=14"> Credit: Lockheed Martin </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=15"> Enhancing training and mission readiness through </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=16"> Credit: Hanwha Ocean </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=17"> it bene ts our industries, our workers, and our e</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=18"> In August 2024, Minister Blair traveled to Inuvik</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=19"> relationship with the United States. And so this,</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=20"> their valiant and courageous efforts to repel the</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=21"> With the changing threat environment that we</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=22"> DEFENCE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR CEO & FOUNDER AN</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=23"> TI U V C E E X O E F SHIMONOV 2025 E </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=24"> commercial truck industry know-how. The fact that</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=25"> Roman Shimonov tours his Brampton facility with J</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=26"> Roshel is a quali ed bidder for the upcoming LUV</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=27"> DEFENCE BUSINESS The age of artificia</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=28"> REGIONAL REPORT ALBERTA Danielle Smith, Alberta's</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=29"> C anada's First Ministers agreed on tw</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=30"> “Our current goal is to market our Falcon Superso</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=31"> </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=32"> QinetiQ is nearing the export of their 700th Hamm</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=33"> Canadian Forces testing Tacteris C2ADO – the worl</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=34"> human eye.” Holographic technology is ideall</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=35"> both of these units could bene t should defence o</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=36"> COVER STORY ARCFIELD CANADA READY AND ABLE TO</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=37"> F or over 35 years, Arc eld has </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=38"> Canadian government is investing up to $211.6 mil</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=39"> Arc eld Canada has chosen to partner with On</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=40"> Canada has partnered with OneLogistics, a Dutch c</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=41"> innovation in the key industrial capability of in</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=42"> NSS UPDATE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING STRATEGY CANADI</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=43"> industry. At its core, the NSS is delivered by th</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=44"> Davie's Polar Max E is among the greenest icebrea</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=45"> Marine Systems The world of naval technology fro</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=46"> Source: x.com/IrvingShipbuild </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=47"> DISCOVER MORE</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=48"> Source: x.com/Seaspan </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=49"> security and our longtime customer, the Royal Can</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=50"> “While we continue to be actively e</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=51"> “Our involvement in the Polar Icebre</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=52"> DEFENCE Insider In our last column we discussed t</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=53"> Vigilance 75 Vigilance 100 TE</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=54"> CDR ONE-ON-ONE Government and Industry Relatio</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=55"> Forces members that want to continue to support t</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=56"> TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS STAYING CONNECTED When it</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=57"> command posts. These new dispersed command posts </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=58"> INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT UNDER CON As Canada looks</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=59"> TRUCT ON I PHOTO: Major infrastruct</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=60"> As part of NORAD Modernization, DND is building a</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=61"> </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=62"> AtkinsRéalis designed eight facilities across the</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=63"> How do you deliver innovative solutions to suppor</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=64"> EllisDon was the design builder on the TAPV facil</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=65"> contract to build, or in many cases to design and</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=66"> Serco staffs a Wing Operation Centre to support C</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=67"> resilient while providing ef cient, safe and comf</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=68"> INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT TARGET </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=69"> from around the world, so our reach is truly glob</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=70"> ARCTIC POLICY QUICK REACTION FORCE The Arctic </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=71"> and emboldening the Russian Navy to deploy more s</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=72"> sustain Canada's presence in the region. Having s</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=73"> We are the Global leader in anti-submarine warfar</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=74"> Canada must make updates to the Nanisivik Naval F</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=75"> longer times on station for sovereignty operation</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=76"> Credit: Master Corporal Gary Calvé, CAF Canada</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=77"> Arctic, but have also been drilled in how to clos</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=78"> Canadian territory, these platforms would also un</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=79"> responsible for maritime defence and dealing with</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=80"> RCN COMMENDATION SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL- EXPEDITIO</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=81"> RAdm Kurtz presents the Special Ser</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=82"> Special Service Medals - EXPEDITION traded both </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=83"> Crew members waiting to receive their special ser</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=84"> VIDEO PREVIEW HMCS PROTECTEUR CDR Visits Seaspan</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=85"> Credit: Joetey Attariwala CDR's Attariwala wit</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=86"> STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP Carl von Clausewitz famousl</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=87"> HIGH ARCTIC. 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Canadaʼs High </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=88"> INDUSTRY PROFILE source to its nal de</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=89"> “We are proud of our reputation for delivering mi</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=90"> EXECUTIVE VIEWPOINT GLENN COPELAND GENERAL MANAG</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=91"> Lockheed Martin Canada is the Combat Systems</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=92"> Credit: Joetey Attariwala Glenn Copeland with </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=93"> KEEPING YOU MISSION READY IMP Aerospace & Defe</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=94"> CDR NEXT QUESTION FREDERIC CDR sent Senior Staff</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=95"> PHOTO: A graduating Cadet stands at attention as </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=96"> “We should not be afraid to distance ourselves fr</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=97"> Canada's increasing engagement in the Indo Paci </a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 98" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=98"> According to Labarre, Canada may want to reassess</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 99" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=99"> artillery pieces, which we should – because we've</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 100" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=100"> INDUSTRY UPDATE “We sta</a> <a title="Vol 31-Iss 1 page 101" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/557628e2?page=101"> LGen (Ret'd) L. 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