FEATURES
12 Detect First, Decide First, Act First
An Interview with Major-General Jeff Smyth, MSM, CD, Chief Air and
Space Force Development, Royal Canadian Air Force
By Vanguard Staff
18 An Integrated Air and Missile Defence for Canada
By Terry Leversedge
21 Different Problems, Different Tools: Canada's AEW&C
Bet in a Space Age
By Jonathan Cassels
26 The Aircraft Behind the Aircraft: What Canada's CC-
330 Husky Means for RCAF Operations
By Vanguard Staff
28 Sovereign Strength or Strategic Vulnerability? Taking
Stock of Canada's Training and Simulation Enterprise
By Vanguard Staff
32 Canada Cannot Claim What It Cannot Sustain
By Commander Norm Normand, MBA, PCSC, CD
DEPARTMENTS
6 S I T R E P
Canada Signs $2.5B Arctic Radar Deal with Australia; Snowbirds Get
a New Aircraft; First CT-153 Juno Training Helicopter Delivered to
RCAF; Canada Selects Saab's GlobalEye as Preferred AEW&C Solution.
By Vanguard Staff
G A M E C H A N G E R S
7 Alain Gauthier, Senior Director, Defence Solutions, Calian Group
9 Sonja Woods, Head of Sales, Airbus Helicopters in Canada
P E R S P E CT I V E
16 Calian: Powering Canada's defence future through innovation and
collaboration
38 T H E LA S T WO R D
From Factory Floor to In-Flight: Aerospace is Canada's Strategic
Advantage
By Mike Mueller
32 Canada Cannot Claim What It Cannot Sustain
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About the Cover
The RCAF is replacing around 350 aircraft over
the next decade. The P-8A Poseidon, Canada's
new maritime patrol platform, is one of the most
significant acquisitions in that transformation.
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