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Features
8 Change of Command
General Tom Lawson deserved better from Canadians
by Vanguard Staff
18 Getting Procurement right
How should complex procurement actually work in
the twenty-first century?
by Philip Lear
24 From Politics to Performance
The CH-148 Cyclone puts distance behind its
troubled past
by Ken Hansen
28 Navigating Complexity: a tale of
three projects
Are we approaching the tipping point?
by MGen (Ret'd) Doug Dempster
34 NrC social Media
Can social media analytics predict the future?
by Jason McNaught
38 surviving Isn't Good enough
New RFP engine gives SMEs competitive advantage
40 DeFseC 2015
An interview with Executive Director
Colin Stephenson
by By Jason McNaught
44 WestDeF 2015
Photos from this year's event
by Vanguard Staff
DePartMeNts
6 sItreP: A dogfight you can't win
10 INsIDe INDustrY: Bluedrop Rising
42 teCHNOLOGY WatCH:
Advanced manufacturing technologies
46 tHe Last WOrD:
Update Canada's defence strategy
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IT RIGHT,
THE FIRST
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NRC'S NATURAL
LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY:
The frontier of social
media analytics
BLUEDROP RISING:
Boeing gives the Atlantic SME a launchpad
FROM POLITICS TO PROCUREMENT:
CH-148 Cyclone finally lands in Shearwater
NAVIGATING COMPLEXITY:
A tale of three projects
DEFSEC
ISSUE
IN tHIs Issue
The CH-148 Cyclone is the poster boy for failed
procurement projects in Canada. This month, Vanguard
looks at what can be done to get procurement right.
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