Tag Archives: Brigadier General G.M. Adamson

Canada Needs to Get Serious About Space Defence

Left to right - Howard Stanley, Eutelsat OneWeb; Kevin Whale, MDA Space; Mike Adamson, Telesat; Jason Trembley, Terrestar Solutions; Valerie Travain-Milone, Calian; and moderator: Aaron Shull, CIGI. Image credit: Space Canada.

In an increasingly dangerous world, space is becoming part of the global battlefield. So if Canada wants to protect the space assets it relies on, it needs to get serious about space defence. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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Canada Outlines Strategy for Space Defence in Face of Russian, Chinese Military Posturing

Brig. Gen. Michael Adamson of 3 Canadian Space Division at the Standing Committee on National Defence on April 29, 2024

Representatives from 3 Canadian Space Division (3CSD) and NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defence Command) spoke at the Standing Committee on National Defence meeting on Space Defence on April 29, about a number of concerns in the military sphere. One of 3CSD's aims is to, like U.S. Space Force, provide a coordinated effort for space threats since its establishment nearly two years ago, on July …

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Spacebound – Militaries Finally Taking Space Seriously

Brigadier-General (BGen) G. Michael Adamson (left) and BGen. Kevin Whale (Ret’d), MDA’s Senior Director of Defence Strategy fireside chat at Spacebound 2023

The days of outer space being benignly tolerated by military organizations are over. These days, for better or worse, the world’s militaries are taking outer space very seriously and allocating resources to this domain accordingly. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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First Horizons Event Updates State of Canadian Space Sector

Space Canada's first Horizons event held May 8, 2023

Enduring tough times, and well-positioned for the future. That’s the state of the Canadian space sector, according to speakers at the first-ever Horizons event, though danger lurks in the "third space age." This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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Canada Gets Its Own ‘Space Force’

Signing the 3 Canadian Space Division into existence

Following similar moves by the United States, Britain, and Australia, Canada now has its own 'Space Force.’ Specifically, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) established 3 Canadian Space Division (3 CSD) on July 22, 2022, which has evolved out of the RCAF’s Director General Space (DG Space) organization. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, …

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Standing up a Canadian Armed Forces space division

File photo: Artist rendering of the Department of National Defence Sapphire satellite used for Space-Based Surveillance

Starting this week, select Space Economy podcast episodes will be released to SpaceQ subscribers before being made available to the general public. In this weeks episode my guest is Brigadier-General Michael Adamson. We discuss among others things, standing up a Canadian Armed Forces space division and the "likely" capability gap between RCM and its follow-on. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log …

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Using AI in Earth observation requires rapid work and an ethical approach

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Speakers at the AIxSPACE online artificial intelligence (AI) conference Tuesday (Jan. 19) pointed to the need to consider rapid access for users, along with ethical discussions, when using AI and machine learning for Earth observation (EO). This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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