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  • Company Profiles, Volume 32 Issue 1

GeoSpectrum Technologies Develops Sonar Systems for a Noisier Ocean

GeoSpectrum specializes in underwater acoustic transducers and sonar systems—technology designed to detect sound, generate signals, and operate effectively in some of the most complex underwater environments on Earth.
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  • Reports & Features, Volume 32 Issue 2

Inside Canada’s Defence Infrastructure Surge: Building Readiness

CDR surveys DND and major contractors on the multi-billion-dollar defence infrastructure surge driving NORAD modernization, Arctic bases, and fleet readiness from coast to coast.
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  • Reports & Features, Volume 32 Issue 1

Canada’s Arctic Reckoning Under Trump’s Monroe Doctrine

As Trump's revived Monroe Doctrine reshapes hemispheric security, Canada must invest in layered Arctic missile defence, early warning, and Greenland cooperation or risk strategic irrelevance.
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  • Reports & Features, Volume 32 Issue 1

Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy Prepares for NSS 2.0

CDR asked its Senior Staff Writer, Joetey Attariwala, to reach out to key players in Canada’s Shipbuilding industry, including Tier 1 Primes (Davie, Irving and Seaspan), to get an update on the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), and for insight on how its next phase — widely viewed as NSS 2.0 — may evolve. Here is our report.
  • Company Profiles, Volume 32 Issue 1

Joel Houde Named CDR Defence Executive of the Year 2026

For his clarity of purpose, servant leadership philosophy, and tangible impact on Canada’s sovereign defence capability, Canadian Defence Review has selected Joel Houde as its Defence Executive of the Year for 2026!
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  • Interviews, Volume 32 Issue 1

Minister McGuinty on Defence Spending, Industry and CAF Modernization

CDR asked its Ottawa Bureau Chief, James Careless, to sit down with Canada’s Minister of National Defence, the Honourable David McGuinty, for an exclusive interview.
  • Cover Stories, Volume 32 Issue 1

CSS Asterix: Canada’s Essential Combat Support Ship Must Be Retained

The Combat Support Ship (CSS) Asterix stands today as one of the most consequential and quietly transformative maritime capability decisions undertaken by Canada in the National Shipbuilding Strategy era. After almost a decade of valuable service to Canada, the Asterix is ready to serve for the next decade.
  • Reports & Features, Volume 31 Issue 6

Exercise ARDENT DEFENDER Sharpens NATO C-IED Edge at Gagetown

ARDENT DEFENDER is a multinational counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) Exercise hosted by Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) organization.
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  • Reports & Features, Volume 31 Issue 6

RCAF CF-188s – Cobra Warrior and TARASSIS

In early September, eight CF-188s from 3 Wing departed CFB Bagotville heading East across the Atlantic to the UK. The Hornets left in three waves, two waves supported by 437 Squadron CC-150 Polaris tankers and the final two jets were escorted across the Atlantic by a 435 Squadron CC-130HT, also destined for the European detachment ahead.
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  • Company Profiles

Team 212CD for CPSP: Canada’s Strategic Submarine Partnership

Canada's CPSP selection of Team 212CD brings together CAE, Magellan, Kongsberg Geospatial, Seaspan, Marmen, and IDCA for sovereign submarine capability.
  • Columns, Volume 32 Issue 2

Cyber Defence – CPCSC Level 1

Level 1 is the entry point to the CPCSC framework. It is designed to establish a baseline of cybersecurity hygiene across Canada’s defence supply chain through a structured annual self-assessment process conducted by the supplier organization.
  • Columns, Volume 31 Issue 6

DATA SOVEREIGNTY, SECURITY, SUPPLY CHAINS & THE CPCSC

This Op-Ed is the fourth in a four-part series examining how to address critical supply chain challenges that directly impact the Canadian Armed Forces’ operational effectiveness and national security interests.
  • Company Profiles, Reports & Features

TKMS’ Canadian Defence & Dual-Use Innovation Ecosystem

CDDE positions Canada to translate defence innovation into operational superiority, economic resilience, and long-term strategic autonomy.
  • Company Profiles

 When David Sinks Goliath: TKMS Submarines

TKMS submarines, in particular, have repeatedly pierced carrier protective screens during NATO exercises—proving that even the most powerful fleets remain vulnerable beneath the surface.
  • Company Profiles, Reports & Features

Type 212CD: Next-Generation Undersea Warfare for Canada’s CPSP

TKMS Type 212CD offers Canada a NATO-aligned next-generation submarine with AIP, advanced stealth, and industrial partnership for CPSP.
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