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Vanguard June/July 2021

Preserving capacity, General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, Keys to Canadian SAR

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I N N O V A T O R S & T R A I L B L A Z E R S HOW IS YOUR ORGANIZATION CHANGING THE GAME WITHIN YOUR INDUSTRY SECTOR? It's interesting to hear KWESST's customers themselves talk about the company's technology as "game-changing". The core innovation is ultra- miniaturization and integration of sensors, soft- ware and ballistic algorithms that enable soldiers and their weapon systems to receive networked situational awareness and targeting information direct to their smart devices and weapons, all in real-time from any source, including drones. For soldiers on the ground that changes everything: it's no longer a fair fight – and they don't want a fair fight because that means casualties. They want an "overmatch" capability against adversar- ies, and that's what KWESST delivers. PRESIDENT, DEFSEC CORPORATION AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, KWESST MICRO SYSTEMS INC. DAVID E. LUXTON My best advice came from watching the mistakes of others. Like them, I always got the test before the lesson. WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU RECEIVED? For the interview, see page 44

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