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8 APRIL/MAY 2016 www.vanguardcanada.com s sIt REP Lockheed Martin invests $1.1 million in University of Waterloo research Review of Canada's armed forces begins U.S. C4ISR gaps Lockheed Martin has invested $1.1 million into a research project that explores the design and feasibility of a mobile system that would Industry Forum, which featured speakers from Lockheed Martin Canada, National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and On- tario Centres of Excellence (OCE). The Second Heart project explores the design and feasibility of a mobile system for calf mus- cle pulsation. The intention of this system is to provide workload reduction on the heart and cardiac system for athletes and people with regular and sustained periods of exercise such as soldiers on watch or delivery personnel. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said he is willing to listen to Canadian and open a dialogue with them as he launched this April, the long-awaited review of the country's defence policy. Sajjan also named members of the blue-ribbon panel that will review the Canada's defence policy which is based on the Canada First Defence Strat- egy introduced in 2008. The last time a revamp of the magnitude the Liberals are planning was done, according to the defence minister, was in 1994. Over the next year, four eminent Canadians with expertise in defence, security, foreign affairs, and legal matters will support and advise the Minister of National Defence during the policy review process. The members of the advisory panel are: • The Honourable Louise Arbour, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a member of the Advisory Board of The Coalition for the Inter- national Criminal Court • The Honourable Bill Graham, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Minister of National Defence • General (Ret'd) Raymond R. Henault, former Chief of the Defence Staff, and past Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) • Margaret Purdy, former Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Security and Intelligence) in the Privy Council Office, and former Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence. "The strategic security environment in which the Canadian Armed Forces operates has changed significantly," Sajjan said. "I look forward to hear- ing from Canadians, from coast to coast to coast, as they help inform the development of a modern defence policy that will support the CAF to effec- tively respond to a full spectrum of challenges – now, and into the future." The need to fully adapt to the "digital world" is a major hurdle for the United States military to achieve optimum C4ISR capability in the com- ing years, according to a top executive of a major management consulting firm servicing American defence, intelligence and civil orga- nizations. Steve Soules, executive vice-president of Booz Allen Hamilton, the U.S. military's C4ISR challeng- es focus on four primary areas: needed cultural changes to achieve integration and interoper- ability, budget constraints, cyber threats, and an uncoordinated procurement process. C4ISR stands for command, control, commu- nications, intelligence, surveillance, and recon- naissance. It is a military concept that com- bines all systems that allow commanders to understand their operational environment, con- trol assets and identify mission critical factors. In a recent interview with the business and government news organization Bloomberg, Soules spoke about technology gaps that hinder the U.S. military's C4ISR initiatives. Al- though it focuses on C4ISR south of the border, Soules' assessment may be useful to Canadi- an military and government officials as well as decision makers in the defence industry firms because he touches on some issues that also affect the industry in Canada. "Despite the fact we live in a fully 'digital world' with technologies that provide social networks, mobile apps, cloud services and rapid big data analytics, we struggle to over- come the culture limitations on how we buy, install, operate and control these technologies in developing fully integrated and interoper- able systems and networks that support mili- tary operations," he said. reduce the work required by the heart and car- diac system for people engaging in a sustained period of exercise. The offset investment supporting the Uni- versity of Waterloo research project is part of Lockheed Martin Canada's industrial and tech- nological benefits obligations associated with Canada's purchase, maintenance, and support of 17 CC-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which were delivered in 2010. The investment was recently announced at the University of Waterloo's Aerospace Defence

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