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A multi-national defence science and technology experiment will be conducted in September 2018 in Canada as part of efforts to test new equipment for urban warfare.

The experiment is “to continue investigating emerging technologies that could enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of tactical land forces in future contested urban environments,” the Department of National Defence told Defence Watch.

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“The Canadian experiment will perform intelligence preparation to the area of conflict and wide area surveillance for ops planning and dynamic execution, as well as the low level tactical pull of real-time intelligence for situational awareness in a dense urban area.” DND added.

A specific location for the experiment has yet to be announced. For that experiment, Canada will contribute to specific areas of expertise including:

o Intelligence;

o Surveillance;