FEATURES
12 UPGRADING THE VICTORIA-CLASS
SUBMARINES AGAINST CURRENT
AND EVOLVING THREATS
Interview with Captain(N) Jean Stéphane Ouellet, MSC CD,
Commander Canadian Submarine Force
By Marcello Sukhdeo
18 SUBMARINE SUSTAINMENT
Interview with Matthew Crawley, Vice President Corporate
Development and Strategy, Babcock Canada
By Marcello Sukhdeo
20 THE NEED FOR UNDERWATER SURVEILLANCE
IN THE ARCTIC
By Col Pierre Leblanc (Ret'd)
28 CANADIAN AEROSPACE MUST BE
POSITIONED NOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF GLOBAL AEROSPACE OPPORTUNITIES
By Mike Mueller
32 THE X'S AND O'S OF INTELLIGENT DEFENCE
David Lincourt
34 THREATS THROUGH, TO, AND IN THE ARCTIC
By P. Whitney Lackenbauer
40 BEST DEFENCE CONFERENCE: 10 YEARS
AND COUNTING
By Heather Pilot
DEPARTMENTS
8 SIT REP
Rheinmetall partners with Navistar Defence Canada to bid for Can-
ada's Logistics Vehicle Modernization project; Members of the CAF as-
sume Queen's Guard duties in England; CarteNav receives DO-178C
Qualification for Integrated Flight Planning with Flight Management
Systems; CAF to receive advanced networking waveform from Trel-
lisWare for Integrated Soldier System Suite; and General Dynamics to
Launch a Centre for RPAS Technologies in Québec
By Marcello Sukhdeo
PERSPECTIVE
17 L3 Harris
23 Inmarsat
26 Lockheed Martin
33 Leonardo
24 DASHBOARD
Canada's Submarines
By Marcello Sukhdeo
45 THE LAST WORD
A Voyage of Discovery
By Capt(N) Ian Parker Ret'd)
18 Submarine Sustainment
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About the Cover
Her Majesy's Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Chiquotimi
escorts Peoples Liberation Army (Navy) ships visiting
Victoria, 13 December 2016. Photo: Cpl Carbe
Orellana, MARPAC Imaging Services, DND-MDN
CANADA
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