By Jeff Gilmour, 20 July 2026 On 9 January 2023 the Canadian government committed to acquiring 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter aircraft to replace the RCAF’s ageing CF-18 fleet for […]
By Dave Perry, 22 June 2026 [This is an excerpt of an article in Vol. 22, No. 1 of Canadian Naval Review. For the full free access article, click on […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 23 February 2026 By now you will have heard that the federal government has released its Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS). It promises many things. It stresses […]
By Jeff Gilmour, 20 October 2025 “It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step on the stairs” Vaclav Havel The government recently announced it intends to […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 4 October 2025 The federal government has made investing in defence one of its priorities. And to get that moving, it will be crucial to deal […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 19 May 2025 David Joseph McGuinty is now the Minister of National Defence. He is a lawyer and has served as the member of Parliament for […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour The purpose here is to show the projected costs of capital equipment for DND over a 20- to 25-year lifespan based on the existing proposed budget […]
By David Dunlop, 22 May 2024 Here are a couple of recent articles that might be of interest. One is by Retired Rear-Admiral Ian Mack (Vanguard Magazine, 19 May 2024) […]
By Moderator, 20 December 2023 In what could be seen as a lovey Christmas present to the federal government,Bombardier has announced that it will not contest the decision to replace […]
By David Dunlop, 18 August 2023 As most people know, MP Bill Blair has just been given the Minister of National Defence Portfolio from PM Trudeau. Peter MacKay, a former […]
By David Dunlop, 3 July 2023 The 12 Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (Kingston-class) were built between 1993-1998 and have been in commission with the RCN since 1996. The multi-purpose nature […]
RCN Public Affairs, 10 February 2023. After years of collaboration, the Halifax Class Combat System (HCCS) In-Service Support (ISS) Major Surface Combatant (MSC) team met with the General Dynamics Mission […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 24 June 2022 A timely and trenchantly argued study by Ian Mack advocates a fundamental and urgent overhaul of Canada’s military procurement system.1 Mr. Mack outlines some […]
By Moderator, 16 June 2022 There are many things that are discouraging in the world these days. But from the perspective of the Canadian Armed Forces, the slow progress on […]
By CNR Fan, 17 May 2022 An interesting article by a former ADM(Mat) Mr. Alan Williams was published in The Globe and Mail on 18 April 2022: Can Canada really […]
By José Cañadas M, 5 May 2022 On May 4th, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute published a 48-page report by Marcus Hellyer about the pricing of military equipment. There are […]
By CNR Webmaster, 21 March 2022 Last week, CNR’s photo editor and board member Timothy Choi co-wrote a short article with University of PEI professor Jeffrey F. Collins for the […]
By Dr. Dan Middlemiss, 14 March 2022 Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) just released a 2022 update on DND’s planned spending under Canada’s current defence policy – Strong, Secure, Engaged […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 7 March 2022 From the pervasive silence in this Forum about the Russian attack on the people and state of Ukraine, I wonder how many, like myself, […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 28 November 2021 And then there were two! The Department of National Defence and Public Services and Procurement Canada, which are managing the competition to find […]
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