Preserving capacity, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, Keys to Canadian SAR
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Inside industry inBrief DRS Technologies Canada was awarded a $38.7 million contract to manufacture and deliver 13,624 Communication Selector Boxes and 4,937 Power Distribution Units–Small Form Factor along with spares. The contract is in support of the Canadian Land Command Support System Life Extension Project and will see deliveries in spring 2013. Textron Systems Canada has awarded a $205 million contract to Rheinmetall Canada for work on the Tactical Armoured Patrol Ve- hicle (TAPV) project. Rheinmetall will earn $152 million during the TAPV program's production phase performing critical engineering and production work, and $53 million developing Integrated Logistics Support products and as the primary in-service support hub for the vehicle fleet. During the production phase, Rheinmetall will perform the critical final assembly and test of the vehicles. Boeing has tested a new generation of missile known as the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) that, rather than destroying physical targets, remotely destroys all electrical equipment and signals in an area using high powered radio waves. MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates has been awarded a two- year, $13.4 million contract for the repair and upgrade of four deployable sensor systems for the RCN's Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels. MDA will replace various elements of the Kingston-class's Route Survey System, a towed sensor, which it originally delivered in 1999. Magellan Aerospace has completed the first F-35A Lightning II horizontal tail assembly at its Winnipeg manufacturing division. Magellan is under contract with BAE Systems to produce horizontal tail assemblies for the Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 and is expected to produce more than 1,000 sets of the components for the program over a 20-year period. BAE Systems has restarted the production line for its Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90). Production ended in 2011 following sales to six international customers. The production gap has enabled BAE to modernize and revamp its production facilities. The CV90 is a contender in the Canadian Close Combat Vehicle program. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada has been awarded a $133.5 million contract to upgrade an additional 66 LAV III vehicles. The contract is an extension of an October 2011 contract to upgrade 550 LAVs. The 66 vehicles will be equipped for reconnaissance to replace the LAV II Coyote. The project is intended to modernize the vehicles, many recently returned from Afghanistan, by enhancing their survivability, mobility and firepower. The upgrades should extend the fleet's lifecycle to 2035. I NGRAIN has introduced its new augmented reality capability which will enable maintainers to perform tasks viewing a piece of live equipment through the "window" of an Apple tablet that displays 2D/3D graphical overlays, video and text augmentations. The innovation removes a number of technical barriers associated with augmented reality by enhancing realism, increasing scalability, and accelerating content development and re-use. Peerless Garments of Winnipeg has received an $8.5 million contract for the procurement of enhanced combat uniforms. Substantial improvements have been proposed for 17 specific areas of the uniform, including the addition of a Mandarin-style collar, flat chest pockets, arms and pen pockets on the sleeves and legs, Velcro attachments on the sleeve and ankle cuffs, integrated kneepads, as well as the removal of drawstrings on the trousers. Rheinmetall Canada has been awarded a contract to research and develop a lightweight, energy-efficient prototype power source into which soldiers can plug devices. Canadian soldiers typically carry 13 to 15 batteries to operate their portable devices. Héroux-Devtek of Longueuil, QC, has been awarded a multi-year contract from Boeing to manufacture the landing gear for the H-47 Chinook medium-to-heavy-lift helicopter. Héroux-Devtek will fabricate the landing gear for all Chinook aircraft destined to the U.S. Army. Landing gear deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first half of calendar 2014 and will be spread over a five-year period. Current program expectations call for the delivery of 155 aircraft to the U.S. Army over the contracted period. As part of the Aurora Incremental Modernization Project, General Dynamics Canada's modular VME acoustic signal processor (MVASP) is now fully operational onboard the fleet of Lockheed Martin CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft. The MVASP is the main underwater detection system and can process information from 32 sonobuoys. It is also designed to support any mix of analog, digital, passive or active acoustic data. Raytheon Canada has opened an office in Renfrew to provide ser- vice to the Canadian Forces reactivated 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, which will operate 15 new F-Model Chinook helicopters from CFB Petawawa. The new facility includes 30,000 square feet of space to repair helicopters and store parts. Northrop Grumman has been selected to provide in-service sup- port for the MK-49 inertial navigation systems and navigation data distribution systems fielded aboard surface ships and submarines of the RCN. The $12.1 million contract includes material spares and software maintenance for the next five years. Atlantis Systems and CAE have signed a teaming agreement for the provision of training solutions to DND. Atlantis will support CAE as a key technology partner in a number of areas including flight training devices and courseware development. www.vanguardcanada.com DECEMBER 2012/JANUARY 2013 9