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Economic returns from defence spending push will require removing barriers for industry: report (opens the original)
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Ottawa’s aspirations to build a sovereign defence industry will not bring long-term economic gains without the removal of structural barriers for companies building what it wants to buy, a Canadian Chamber of Commerce report says. The federal government has stated its ambition of growing the Canadian defence industry as it works toward spending 5 per cent of gross domestic product on defence by 2035, alongside its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. But first, it needs to fine-tune the pa
Joining British-led rapid response force could help with drones, Arctic training, Canada’s top soldier says (opens the original)
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Canada’s chief of the defence staff Jennie Carignan says joining a British-led rapid response force would help the Canadian Armed Forces put their new equipment and organizational structures to the test, while one expert cautions Ottawa may be stretching itself and its military too thin through a flurry of commitments. The Joint Expeditionary Force, currently made up of 10 NATO countries to respond quickly to emerging threats, would give Canada’s Armed Forces a “menu of options” in terms of oppo
Civilian schools are training the air force’s next generation of technicians for the first time (opens the original)
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The Royal Canadian Air Force is outsourcing its aircraft technician training for the first time, as demand for the professionals who certify whether an aircraft is fit to fly surges amid modernization efforts. Nearly 200 RCAF members are learning how to be aircraft technicians at civilian schools while the air force’s own academy in Borden, Ont., runs at full capacity. The inaugural students under this initiative began classes in July. It’s a first for the air force, after the Canadian Forces, m
Ottawa awards first drone contracts worth up to $50-million through new marketplace (opens the original)
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Ottawa has awarded the first contracts worth up to $50-million to Canadian companies through its new drone marketplace, as it works to achieve a national objective of producing two million drones a year. The first six companies to receive contracts through the marketplace, officially titled the Defence Drone Initiative, were announced on Thursday amid a flurry of other drone-related statements made by Prime Minister Mark Carney during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z
Canada and Ukraine sign 100-year agreement to work together on defence, energy and trade (opens the original)
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Canada and Ukraine are deepening ties with the signing of a 100-year partnership to further co-operation in several areas, including defence, energy, technology and trade. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a series of industry partnerships and non-binding agreements to further the countries’ working relationship on Thursday in Calgary. “This relationship has flourished for over a hundred years and it will flourish in the century ahead, long after thi
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