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The Department of National Defence (DND) has awarded $6.7M in contracts to eight companies for the All Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) S&T Program.
Read More »The Department of National Defence Awards $6.7 Million to Eight Companies for ISR
Canadian Forces Director General Space Panel – A CASI ASTRO 18 Special Podcast
In this podcast from the CASI ASTRO 18 conference in Quebec City, you’ll hear an in-depth discussion from the Armed Forces Director General Space office on Canada’s current military space component, its capabilities and what the future holds.
Read More »A Conversation with Brigadier-General Kevin G. Whale, Director General & Component Commander – Space
At the CASI ASTRO 18 conference SpaceQ had the opportunity to sit down and discuss the state and future of Canada’s military space component with Brigadier-General Kevin G. Whale. It was an open and informative discussion.
Read More »The RADARSAT Constellation Mission Data Policy is a Work in Progress
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) data policy is a work in progress and is not yet set. That’s one of the messages that Jill Smyth of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) discussed at the CASI ASTRO 18 conference.
Read More »Canadian Space Community Begins Work On Space Systems Resilience Roadmap
While the CASI ASTRO 18 conference officially gets underway today, yesterday CASI held the Space Systems Resilience Workshop which enabled the various stakeholders to get together with an eye towards further laying the groundwork for a roadmap.
Read More »Using the Canada – U.S. Military Space Alliance as a Case Study for Other Alliances
Recently the Aerospace Corporation Center for Space Policy and Strategy released a paper that discusses the long-standing Canada – U.S. military space relationship and how it is an ideal case study for other alliances.
Read More »Maxar Posts Better Than Expected Revenue But Won’t Have Access to RADARSAT Constellation Mission Data
It was a good news, bad news quarterly conference call for Maxar Technologies which includes Canadian subsidiary MDA.
Read More »Leveraging Space Operations of the Department of National Defence
This interview by Eva-Jane Lark with Colonel André Dupuis, who has since retired from the Department of National Defence and runs the consultancy Space Strategies Consulting, was published in Space Quarterly Magazine in March 2012.
Read More »The Defence and Security Applications of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission
This fall Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission, a trio of synthetic aperture radar satellites, will launch 15 years after its conception. In that time there have been government imposed delays and a budget that has grown to over $1 billion. Eric Choi wrote the following article for Space Quarterly Magazine which was published in the March 2013 Canadian edition. It is still relevant today.
Read More »Department of National Defence Budget Remains Flat at $20.38 Billion
The Department of National Defence budget for 2018-19 has been set at $20,377,579,955, slightly lower than the previous year.
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