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12 JUNE/JULY 2018 www.vanguardcanada.com Director of Space Requirements, Royal Canadian Air Force CoVer An IntervIew wIth Colonel Cameron Stoltz C olonel Cameron Stoltz began his career in the Canadian Forces as a Communications and Electronics Engineering (Air) Officer. Over the years, he received numerous postings, including the Aerospace Maintenance Development Unit in Trenton, engineering and project support positions in Ottawa, and A6 of 1 Canadian Air Division and Canadian NORAD Region (Winnipeg). Some se- nior staff positions at National Defence Headquarters include Director Strategic Communication Services and Director Air Support. Colonel Stoltz also served as Command- ing Officer of 8 Air Communications and Control Squadron (Trenton) and Com- manding Officer of the Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment (Kingston). He commanded the Operation APOLLO Na- tional Command Control and Informa- tion Systems Squadron in Camp Mirage. In 2017, Colonel Stoltz was posted to his current position as Director Space Requirements. Colonel Stoltz holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electri- cal Engineering from the Royal Canadian Military College of Canada, as well as a Master's Degree in Business Administra- tion (MBA) from University of Ottawa, and is a graduate of the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. Vanguard magazine recently had the op- portunity to talk with Colonel Stoltz, and we are excited to share that interview with you. Q For the benefit of our readers, can you tell us about your role within your department and how it fits into the big picture of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as a whole? It is probably easier to start with a top- down view to see where Director of Space Requirements fits within the CAF/RCAF. In 2017, the Director General Space (DG Space) organization completed a move from the Chief of Force Development (CFD) to the RCAF. Despite this recent move to the RCAF, our mission to pro- vide space related capability to the joint warfighting capability remains unchanged. My direct supervisor is BGen Kevin Whale, DG Space, who is also "dual- hatted" as the Space Component Com- mander. His organization includes the Canadian Space Operations Centre (CANSpOC), the Director Space Strat- egy and Plans (DSSP), and my Director- ate, Director Space Requirements (DSR). Essentially, I am responsible for the Force Development of space-related projects, which are further distinguished as either Satellite Communications (SATCOM) or Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnais- sance (ISR) projects. Q Canada's new defence policy, Strong, Secure, Engaged (SSE), gives a fairly comprehensive outline of the

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