Arcfield Canada announces the appointment of Luc Sabourin RCAF Col (Ret’d) as new Vice President, Canadian Operations, effective September 22, 2025. Luc brings 25 years of leadership experience in the defence industry and has held senior leadership and executive roles within the Royal Canadian Air Force.
On 24 July, the first production test flight of the first CT-102B Astra II (Grob G 120TP) destined for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) took place at the Grob Aircraft facility in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany. The successful flight lasted approximately 30 minutes.
Alan Williams, former Assistant Deputy Minister of Materiel at DND, discusses the Canadian election, River-Class Destroyers and more.
Canada and Australia released a joint statement on a new agreement to collaborate on research on emerging missile threat defence. Under a new project arrangement, Canada and Australia commit to collaborative research and development in support of next generation defensive solutions to defeat these threats.
This collaboration has been established to leverage their respective expertise and proven products to address the growing requirement for a highly mobile counter unmanned air system (C-UAS) capability that delivers a tried and tested baseline capability to detect and defeat an increasing range of threats posed by the nefarious use of drones.
Negotiations are underway between the DND and the Edmonton International Airport (YEG) to formalize an agreement for the location of the new MOB-West for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) CC-330 Husky Fleet.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) supports Parliament by providing economic and financial analysis for the purposes of raising the quality of parliamentary debate and promoting greater budget transparency and accountability.
On October 22nd, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Montréal returned to its home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, having completed its six-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region under Operation HORIZON.
CDR spoke with Victoria Belbin, CEO of ACADA, about this region’s Aerospace & Defence (A&D) industry.
While it also carries out transport missions, its main focus is saving lives through the Canadian Armed Forces’ search and rescue mandate.
To upgrade the Canadian MK 46 Mod 5A (Shallow Water) Lightweight Torpedo to improve fleet survivability against evolving near and medium-term underwater threats.
During a ceremony at Halifax Shipyard, Dirk Lesko, Irving Shipbuilding President; Rear Admiral Josée Kurtz, Maritime Forces Atlantic and Joint Task Force Atlantic Commander; and Commander Jolene Lisi, HMCS Frédérick Rolette Commanding Officer, signed the ship’s documents. The ceremony also recognized the unveiling of the ship’s badge, bearing the image of a heraldic sea-lion holding a sabre in honour of Frédérick Rolette.
The fourth ship designed, built and launched by Seaspan under the National Shipbuilding Strategy, it marks the culmination of years of hard work by our dedicated Seaspan employees and partners, as well as hundreds of others across Seaspan’s cross-Canada supply chain who worked on the vessel.
The fleet of 15 Chinooks is already in high demand for operations and exercises. Forward aeromedical evacuation is now a standard part of the training regime.
