FEATURES
12 Group Up! A Case for Accelerated Canadian Submarine
Procurement
By Capt(N) Norman Jolin (Ret'd)
18 Feasible but Unrealistic: The Quixotic Quest for
a Nuclear Submarine
By Capt(N) Norman Jolin (Ret'd)
28 From One Northern Nation to Another: A Patrol Sub
to Remain Undaunted by the Canadian Coastline
By Tim Lougheed
32 Best Defence Conference 2024: Connecting Canada's
Defence Leaders and Innovators
DEPARTMENTS
6 S I T R E P
Combat Support Ship Asterix to Feature High-Tech Onboard
Vegetable Farm; Fairbanks Morse Defense Expands with
Acquisition of Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsion and Handling
Business; Seaspan Shipyards Reveals Cutting-Edge Digital
Design for Canada's New Polar Icebreaker By Vanguard Staff;
Let's Celebrate Project Management in Military Procurement By
Ian Mack
G A M E C H A N G E R S
7 Jocelyn Bamford, Vice President, Automatic Coating Limited
9 Scott Healey, Senior Business Development Manager, BluMetric
Environmental Inc.
P E R S P E CT I V E
17 BlueWhale™ - A True Submarine Force Multiplier by ELTA
Systems
25 Ready for the Canadian Program for Cybersecurity Certification?
by ADGA Group
26 Ensuring the Long-Term Sustainability of Canada's Submarine
Sustainment Enterprise by Babcock Canada
37 T H E LA S T WO R D
Time to Enforce the Polar Code in Canada's Arctic Waters
By Pierre Leblanc
18 Feasible but Unrealistic
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About the Cover
The helicopter CH-124 421 and Submarine HMCS
Windsor perform hoist exercises off the coast of
Halifax. Photo: 12 wing imaging, Corporal Karen
Livingstone, DND
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