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Vanguard June/July 2025

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 W H AT I S T H E O N E T H I N G T H AT H A S YO U M O S T F I R E D U P TO DAY? Seeing the coming together, and public release, of the paint schemes and official RCAF designations of the fleets of FAcT aircraft is tremendously exciting and huge moment for the RCAF and FAcT program. The way in which this work was accomplished shows the very best of collaboration between the SkyAlyne and RCAF teams working on the program. W H AT I S YO U R RO L E AT YO U R O RG A N I ZAT I O N TO DAY? The General Manager role at SkyAlyne is akin to CEO-type positions, where I report to our Board of Directors and am responsible for the overall performance of the organization. Day-to-day this means my role is primarily focused on SkyAlyne successfully moving the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program forward. GENERAL MANAGER SKYALYNE KEVIN LEMKE The answer is collaboration. Industry, military, and government must expand collaboration, and it needs to happen fast. We are all trying to advance the same big picture interests. Whatever new challenges come along, it will require a collaborative approach to addressing it or deploying whatever new technology can help. Other ways are too slow, too limited, or too inflexible to address the security issues facing our world today. WHAT TECHNOLOGIES, BUSINESS MODELS, AND TRENDS WILL DRIVE THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN YOUR INDUSTRY OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS? For the interview, see page 28

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