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Genoa Design Joins Seaspan Shipyards’ Team for Polar Icebreaker Bid Seaspan Shipyards and Genoa Design have entered into an exclusive teaming agreement to design and build the Canadian Coast Guard’s future Polar Icebreaker.

NATO Focused Patrols Back in Central Mediterranean Croatian navy vessel ‘Dubrovnik’ left the Port of Split 3 September as the flagship to the fifth focused patrol of NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian (OSG) in 2020.

Kraken Robotics to Deliver Mine Hunting Equipment to NATO Allies Canada has recognized the importance of Kraken Robotics and its recent mine countermeasures system contract bookings with important NATO allies including Denmark and Poland.

Canada’s Air Task Force – Romania Begins 2020 NATO Enhanced Air Policing Mission The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Air Task Force – Romania (ATF-Romania) received their readiness certification from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during a certification ceremony held at the Romanian Air Force Base Mihail Kogalniceanu. This certification allows the Task Force

Augmented Reality Uptake to Increase in Aerospace and Defence Sectors, says GlobalData Augmented reality (AR) is expected to see significantly more uptake in the aerospace and defense sectors in the coming decade as vendors realize the benefits of utilizing this technology in manufacturing processes. Militaries are currently investing in AR, in a limited sense, but are refraining

NATO Exercise DYNAMIC MOVE Underway in Italy Dynamic Move is the principal biannual computer assisted exercise planned and executed by the NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM), aimed at building international staff capabilities in conducting a full range of mine countermeasures operations.

CAE MSI Awarded Contract by U.S. Special Operations Command CAE USA Mission Solutions Inc. (MSI), has been awarded an Other Transactional Authority (OTA) contract by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to support the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Global Situational Awareness initiative.

CAF Successfully Completes RIMPAC 2020 A Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Task Group, comprised of approximately 500 personnel on board HMC Ships Regina and Winnipeg, successfully completed Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2020, concluding an intensive two-week program that entailed multinational anti-submarine warfare, maritime

GA-ASI and SENER Aeroespacial Team to Develop New NATO Pod for MQ-9 NATO Pod development is driven by GA-ASI's initiative to provide customers with a customizable pod for carriage of sovereign, cross-domain Intelligence, and Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors that can be integrated onto GA-ASI-built MQ-9A and MQ-9B RPA Systems.

BlackBerry Achieves DoD Information Network (DoDIN) Approval BlackBerry’s Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM) software has achieved Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) approval as a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. BlackBerry UEM is the only MDM solution on the DoDIN Approved Product List (APL).

Kraken Receives $3 Million in Government Funding for ThunderFish® XL Development Kraken Robotics Inc. will receive a $2,909,891 non-refundable financial contribution from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). The funding will be received over a 26-month project period and will be used to support the development of

Saab Reveals New Decoy Missile for Gripen Saab’s offering to Finland includes advanced Electronic Warfare systems, comprising of a newly developed Electronic Attack Jammer Pod and a decoy missile system.

Royal Canadian Navy Adopts More Inclusive Rank Designation The RCN’s junior ranks will soon be known as Sailor Third Class (formerly Ordinary Seaman), Sailor Second Class (formerly Able Seaman), Sailor First Class (formerly Leading Seaman), and Master Sailor (formerly Master Seaman).

Canada Awards Design Contract for Future Fighter Infrastructure in Cold Lake The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, has announced a $9.2-million contract award to EllisDon Construction Services Inc., of Edmonton, AB, for the design of a new fighter jet facility at 4 Wing Cold Lake, one of two main operating bases for Canada’s future fighter