The Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) released a report last week on the challenges and opportunities facing the Canadian defence industry with …
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Close Combat Vehicle project revived?
The Close Combat Vehicle project, which was recently reported to have been shelved, is now said to be back on the Army’s priority list: David …
Loon watch: CDAI "promotes informed public debate"
The mandate of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute is to “provide research support to the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) and promote informed public …
Army shelves Close Combat Vehicle purchase
The Ottawa Citizen reports (David Pugliese, Combat vehicles for army on hold, document shows, Ottawa Citizen, 21 January 2010) that the purchase of a new fleet …
Budget "adjustments" miss obvious defence spending waste
As noted in an earlier post, all three branches of the Canadian Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) are currently conducting budget “adjustments”, amounting to $190 …
Air Force Association pushes CF-18 replacement
The Air Force Association of Canada is pressing the government to proceed as soon as possible on a replacement for the CF-18 fighter, David Pugliese …