Features
15 Closing the SEAMS
By Jeffrey D. rodney
20 Perfect partners:
time for Canada to team up its mining and space industries
By Kyle Van Hooren
26 Cyber threats to Canada's democratic process
By eric Jacksch
28 Cyber defence in depth:
High walls alone won't defend the castle
By Mike stone
30 Political will and the confidence of citizens
By eric Jacksch
32 The roadmap to digital government
transformation
By Marcello sukhdeo
40 Beyond sensors
By Vanguard staff
46 2017 Canadian Aerospace Summit
By Marcello sukhdeo
54 Best Defence Conference 2017
By Michelle Currie
DepartMents
8 SITREP:
auditor General's report: the royal Military College of Canada risks
becoming just another university; naval Group and Fincantieri submit
bid for CsC; Operation CarIBBe seizes over 1300 kilos of cocaine
in less than two weeks; alion confirms submission of its bid for CsC;
Canada's Combat ship team submits proposal for CsC; Canada
announces steps to merge the australian F-18s into its current fleet
and navantia-led team submits proposal for CsC.
38 DAShBoARD:
C3 Centres today and tomorrow
42 PERSPECTIvE:
thales Canada provides new technology to Canadian army
48 TEChNoLoGY WATCh:
procurement – more carrots, fewer sticks
62 ThE LAST WoRD:
BMD to join or not to join?
32 the roadmap to Digital Government
transformation
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Major simon Côté, Land task Force (LtF)
Commander, formulates attack plans with 1st
Lieutenant McKennan during Operation
reassuranCe. photo: DnD
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