28 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018 www.vanguardcanada.com
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BY LEE CARsON
C a N a d a ' s N o R T
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Canadian Armed Forces
Arctic Training Centre
(CAF ATC)
Radarsat Constellation
Mission (RCM)
RCM in test, launch
forecast this year
PCI designed to fulfill
an Arctic Sovereignty
mission
Project deemed
unaffordable, cancelled
NWS facing obsolescence issues
against technology and modern day
threats. Renewal studies (EvoNAD)
and R&D(ADSA) are faltering.
Government launches FFCP
competition with an emphasis on
defence on North America.
Government makes decision to co-locate
CAF ATC with existing logistics hub and
community of Resolute Bay.
First Arctic Offshore
Patrol Vessel to be
launched this fall.
Associated Inuvik Satellite Station
Facility (ISSF) approved for
Inuvik – will receive Arctic RCM
data with no latency
Construction put in abeyance
pending other projects at
Seaspan Marine
Project relaunched as Enhanced Satcom
Project – Polar ("Escape") – Comms
only. Project in definition since 2014.
NWS In-service support contract
falling short on environmental
protection and Indigenous
capacity building.
Navy launches outreach program
to define meaningful community
roles and benefits.
Polar Class
Icebreaker (PCI)
Polar Communications &
Weather Satellite (PCW)
North Warning
System (NWS)
Future Fighter Capability
Project (FFCP)
Arctic Offshore Patrol
Ship (AOPS) Project
A F o C u S
F R o m l A n D
