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<br /> FEATURE INTERVIEW: REGIONAL REPORT: UPDATE ON NATIONAL DEFENCE<br /> DAVID McGUINTY - MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE ALBERTA SHIPBUILDING STRATEGY INFRASTRUCTURE<br /> TOP DEFENCE EXECUTIVE<br /> ASTERIX<br /> First Decade Proven,<br /> DISPLAY UNTIL APRIL 30, 2026<br /> Volume 2382/Issue 21 Price $134.95 N e x t D e c a d e R e a d y<br /> Publications Mail Agreement Number 40792504<br /> >>> CANADIANDEFENCEREVIEW.COM<br /> <br /> 28<br /> 90<br /> 98<br /> COVER THIS ISSUE<br /> CSS Asterix – Federal Fleet<br /> Services<br /> Credit: Aviator Gregory Cole,<br /> CAF<br /> CONTENTS<br /> FEBRUARY 2026<br /> VOLUME 32 • ISSUE 1<br /> DEPARTMENTS<br /> 10 |<br /> 27 |<br /> 28 |<br /> 37 |<br /> 64 |<br /> 90 |<br /> 98 |<br /> 104 |<br /> 105 |<br /> FEATURE INTERVIEW: <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=1"> FEATURE INTERVIEW: </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=2"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=3"> 28 90 98 COVER THIS ISSUE CSS Asterix – Federal</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=4"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=5"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=6"> CSS ASTERIX First Decade Proven Next Decade Ready</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=7"> CONTENTS 66 IN THE NEXT ISSUE COVER STORY HA</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=8"> Editor-in-Chief Peter </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=9"> KEEPING YOU MISSION READY With over 60 </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=10"> Letter from the Editor PETER A. KITCHEN, EDITOR-I</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=11"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=12"> FEATURE INTERVIEW THE HONOURABLE DAVID McGUINTY M</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=13"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=14"> “National security has been pretty profoundly inv</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=15"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=16"> Source: x.com/DavidMcGuinty Minister McGuinty v</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=17"> Defence Industrial Strategy when it's released. T</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=18"> Credit: Hanwha Ocean On October 30, 2025, Han</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=19"> When I came into this portfolio, I was unawa</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=20"> Credit: DND Minister McGuinty announcing the </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=21"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=22"> DEFENCE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=23"> U T I JOEL </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=24"> Canada's RPAS capabilities and creating a whole i</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=25"> The General Dynamics Battle Lab: Canada's </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=26"> Houde (center) with The Honourable Stephen Fuhr (</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=27"> Defence Business BY LEIGH HARRIS & PETER GRAHAM </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=28"> REGIONAL REPORT Alberta Falling oil prices are h</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=29"> Credit: Boeing Boeing announced a $2.7 millio</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=30"> to help boost innovation in the province's aerosp</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=31"> Canada had planned to acquire 88 F-35A ght</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=32"> “Alberta is uniquely positioned to advance defenc</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=33"> According to Dale, in early 2025, QinetiQ Target </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=34"> “If the Canadian Army wants to do Red Team counte</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=35"> “We have seen numerous positive developments duri</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=36"> “We got considerable visibility last year when th</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=37"> BY ERIKA COGHILL A CONVERSATION WITH: PAULA F</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=38"> COVER STORY Combat Support Ship ASTER I</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=39"> An Essential Capability for Canada Now and Int</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=40"> “There is no doubt the Asterix can continue to se</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=41"> global workhorse for Canada. Over eight years of </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=42"> Credit: S1 Taylor Congdon, CAF During the civ</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=43"> guides our operations and our long-term vision fo</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=44"> NSS UPDATE FROM SHIPYARDS TO SOVERE CANADA'S NA</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=45"> NTY a coordinated workforce plan should have be</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=46"> The Vard-led Vigilance proposal for the Continent</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=47"> CANADA'S SOVEREIGN SUBMARINE EXPERTS When the pr</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=48"> “For companies like Genoa, winning federal work a</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=49"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=50"> “Polar Max project shows that Canada can deliver </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=51"> Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock, and Victo</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=52"> Credit: x.com/Seaspan The CCGS Naalak Nappaalu</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=53"> ships that will serve as integral pieces of Canad</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=54"> DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING R II </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=55"> ADINESS utilities, dining halls and accommodatio</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=56"> “We are at a pivotal moment where policy directio</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=57"> INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOVEREIGNTY The best infrastru</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=58"> “ATCO Frontec brings years of proven expertise in</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=59"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=60"> “We are ready to contribute our deep and broad ex</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=61"> the 1st Canadian Rangers Patrol Group and element</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=62"> Stantec is actively involved as a prime consultan</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=63"> According to Erik von Krogh, WSP teams are involv</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=64"> Defence Insider BY VICE-ADMIRAL (RET’D) MARK NORM</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=65"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=66"> ARCTIC SOVEREIGNTY FROM BUFFER TO FRONT LINE C</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=67"> Pituf k Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, is </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=68"> Credit: Of cial White House Photo by Molly Riley</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=69"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=70"> Credit: Department of Defence, Australian Governm</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=71"> While often described as an expeditionary system,</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=72"> In missile-defence scenarios, F-35s can detect ai</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=73"> Atomics (GA-ASI) and Saab, could add another comp</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=74"> Aegis Ashore installations in the Far North must </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 75" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=75"> security depends on being seen as an indispensabl</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=76"> TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 77" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=77"> underwater, and sound speed shapes detection rang</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 78" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=78"> EXECUTIVE VIEWPOINT TONY MARCH CEO OF BABCOCK CA</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 79" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=79"> The other element that I would highlight is </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 80" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=80"> A.I. REPORT C E ODE & COMMAND CANADA'S R</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 81" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=81"> Artificial Intelligence (AI): Once the stuff of sci</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 82" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=82"> “Artificial intelligence is a generational opportu</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 83" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=83"> INTELLIGENCE FOR THE NEW ERA OF STATECRAFT </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 84" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=84"> “Our partnership with the Government of Canada is</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 85" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=85"> problems. Instead, “They are the everyday, repeti</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 86" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=86"> According to Kitchen, since 2020, Nextria has wor</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 87" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=87"> Cyber Security Is Built Across Systems Why certif</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 88" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=88"> TECHNOLOGY PROFILE FROM LÉVIS </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 89" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=89"> “SMEs provide customised solutions speci cally d</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 90" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=90"> CDR ONE-ON-ONE LUC SABOURIN VP OF CANADIAN OPERA</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 91" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=91"> T he Royal Canadian Air Force (RC</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 92" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=92"> in the RCAF, and who understand DND's airworthine</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 93" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=93"> them join the defence ecosystem, more high-tech h</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 94" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=94"> INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT Engineering Assurance for a St</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 95" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=95"> Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). The company's collec</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 96" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=96"> INDUSTRY PROFILE BRIDGING THE SKILLS</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 97" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=97"> PREPARING CANADA'S NEXT- GENERATION DEFENCE WORKF</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 98" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=98"> DEFENCE SPOTLIGHT The Genesis of South Korea's</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 99" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=99"> Korean threats. This focus on threat-driven capab</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 100" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=100"> steel, shipbuilding, machinery, and electronics s</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 101" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=101"> Credit: Polish Armaments Group/Jelcz Poland has</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 102" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=102"> Continued from page 53 yards to support a stabil</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 103" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=103"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 104" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=104"> INDUSTRY UPDATE NATO Leaders Meet in Ha</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 105" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=105"> Cyber Defence BY ARNOLD VILLENEUVE CMMC BECOMES </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 106" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=106"> Strategic Leadership BY RICHARD MARTIN GREENLA</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 107" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=107"> One headset Unlimited versatility Zero compromise</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 108" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=108"> DEFENCE NOTES BUY CANADIAN T he Ho</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 109" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=109"> TKMS launches CDDE T KMS announced the </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 110" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=110"> Defence, Security & Resilience Bank T h</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 111" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=111"> CALIAN TO collaboration and mobilize fu</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 112" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=112"> UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CAF IS GOING. BEFORE DECISIO</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 113" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=113"> FLOWING RIVER CAPITAL ACQUIRES MARSHALL LAND SYST</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 114" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=114"> Genoa Design to be Acquired Genoa Design Internat</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 115" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=115"> PCL Breaks 2028. Construction will be comp</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 116" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=116"> </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 117" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=117"> BOMBARDIER EXPANDS IN DORVAL Bombardier announced</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 118" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=118"> LIST OF ADVERTISERS COMPANY </a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 119" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=119"> CAE Ad</a> <a title="Vol 32-Iss 1 page 120" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/6300b26c?page=120"> TEAM 212CD TRUSTED ALLIES. WORLD-CLASS </a>