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fEATURES
12 Competitive crossroads
Aerospace, space industries face new challenges
An interview with AIAC president Jim Quick
16 Point
The value of modified off-the-shelf ships
by Brian Mersereau
17 Counterpoint
Be wary of off-the-shelf options
by Andrew Warden
20 Maritime warning
NORAD's transformation in the maritime domain
by Capt. Kurt Salchert
22 Persistent surveillance
Raytheon's TracShare and the maritime
social network
by Ian Coutts
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24 Emerging technologies
Innovative Canadian military applications
by Stefan Dubowski
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30 IED solution
The value of the close combat vehicle
by Vanguard staff
34 Advancing innovative ideas
The new Canadian Army Land Warfare Centre
by Col. Richard Dickson
36 Cyber ecosystem
The distributed security approach to cyber space
An interview with the Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert
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SITREP: Budget 2013: Reform recommendations
received
INSIDE INDUSTRY: Integrated soldier
systems redux
40 SECURITY: Corporate intelligence
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FUTURE
FLEET
MAXIMIZING
CANADA'S SHIP
BUYING POWER
PLUS
Interview: Aerospace's
competitive challenge
Emerging Canadian
technologies
CCV: An IED solution
Is your CSO
a peripheral player?
COVER STORY
HMCS Athabaskan leads the formation during a Task
Group Exercise in 2010. The Canadian government faces
some tough decisions in selecting designs for the future
fleet. Photo: Cpl Johanie Maheu
44 EDGE Of TECH: Navigational warfare and
the battle for GPS
46 THE LAST wORD: What future the
combat army?
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