CANSEC 2019 Show Daily Day 2

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Defending Arctic waters

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Ice-capable Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS)

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Canada is “absolutely” committed to equipping its armed forces to deal with growing challenges to control of its northern waterways.

“Sovereignty is extremely important to our government,” Harjit Sajjan, its minister of national defence, told national media yesterday. “Our defence policy reflects this.”

Sajjan cited several measures being implemented to increase Canada’s presence in the region.

These include the recently announced purchase of two Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS).

These will top off the six already on order for the Royal Canadian Navy. Sea trials for the first AOPS vessel are expected to be held this summer.

Three Radarsat Constellation Mission satellites slated to be launched during the coming

months will increase Canada’s ability to monitor its northern approaches. The government is also planning future satellite initiatives, innovation measures stemming from its IDEAS programme and to build up northern infrastructure.

China and Russia have both been increasing their presence in the Arctic. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo recently described Canada’s claims to a water route through its northern islands as “illegitimate”.

Sajjan made the comments following a keynote address on the opening day at CANSEC, the country’s largest annual defence exhibition.

Sajjan used the presentation, his fourth and last at CANSEC prior to the elections slated to be held later this year, to outline progress made during the government’s current mandate.

These include the release of a multi-decade defence policy in which the government committed to recapitalise the country’s land, sea and air forces. A formal request for proposals related to Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project will be released in July, Sajjan said. The government hopes to begin to review bids from aerospace contractors as early as the winter of 2020. Earlier this year, the 15-ship Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) received a major boost when prime contractor Irving Shipbuilding announced a winning design approach.

Purchases of other more mundane yet important equipment – ranging from trucks, to gas masks and uniforms – are also progressing, Sajjan said, adding that the 330 projects listed in the Strong, Secure, Engaged defence policy are all fully funded and that more than 60 per cent are under way.

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Eyes on the prize

ROBIN HUGHES A number of companies are exhibiting air defence solutions that could inform the Canadian Army’s future ground-based air defence (GBAD) requirement.

An updated GBAD Defence Capabilities Blueprint, released in January this year, outlines a requirement for tactical air defence protection to friendly forces and vital installations during expeditionary and domestic operations. The majority of items to be acquired by this project

will be fielded commercial-offthe-shelf technology to defend against rocket, artillery and mortar munitions, air-to-surface missiles and bombs, and remotely piloted aircraft system threats. According to the blueprint, “The Project will deliver an air defence system that will include the effector platform(s) (either guns, missiles, Directed Energy Weapon Systems, EW or a combination thereof), munitions, a sensor suite, fire control software and an integrated networked C4ISR system. It will also be equipped with a training and simulation

system that leverages modelling and simulation to provide realistic and immersive training.”

The funding range for the GBAD programme is C$250-499 million. Currently in the options analysis phase, the anticipated timeline for the GBAD acquisition includes a definition phase in 2020/21, an implementation phase beginning in 2023/24 and initial system deliveries starting in 2026/27. Final deliveries of the selected system are due in 2029/30.

Saab Canada (Booth 1521) is exhibiting an integrated networked mobile short-range air defence system (MSHORAD) solution that features an RBS70 NG remote weapon station, the Giraffe 1X short-range air defence radar and a Saab Tactical Command and Control System (TaCCS) shown on a General Dynamics Land SystemsCanada LAV 6.0 platform, although the MSHORAD platform has not yet been officially confirmed.

Rheinmetall Canada (Booth 1121) is exhibiting the Oerlikon Skynex networked future air defence system. The core element of Skynex is the Oerlikon Skymaster C2 system, which stays in contact with the other subsystems via a tactical communications network. This enables Rheinmetall to integrate assets such as Skyshield or Skyguard fire units, guided missile launchers or even highenergy laser effectors into the system. At CANSEC, Rheinmetall is presenting the 35mm Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk3 turret and the Cheetah guided missile launcher.

Nexter Canada (Booth 921) is displaying the 40mm RapidFire compact anti-air gun turret with an integrated Thales 3D GroundMaster radar and ControlMaster C2 system.

Meet the Tutor II DAVID DONALD Leonardo is displaying a model of its M-345 training platform, which it is calling Tutor II in the Canadian setting. The name references the long-serving Canadair CT-114 Tutor that still provides the mount of the ‘Snowbirds’ display team.

As well as positioning the M-345 as a candidate to fill some of the platform requirements for Canada’s forthcoming Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) requirement, Leonardo (Booth 1511) is promoting the Tutor II as a natural replacement for the current ‘Snowbirds’ aircraft, which have only a few years of service remaining. The M-345 has been been selected by the Italian ‘Frecce Tricolori’ team.

Leonardo Canada is one of the qualified suppliers listed in December 2018 for the FAcT programme, but the nature of the requirement, and of the company’s response, has yet to be finalised. In the meantime, Leonardo’s aircraft division is marketing the aircraft to all potential FAcT bidders, which comprise Airbus, Babcock, Lockheed Martin, SkyAlyne (CAE and KF Aerospace), and Leonardo itself.

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Tactical communications for JSS Leonardo DRS (Booth 1511) has announced that its Canadian subsidiary, DRS Technologies Canada Ltd (DRS TCL), will be providing tactical integrated communications systems to Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards for the Royal Canadian Navy’s Joint Support Ship (JSS) programme.

This subcontract, from Thales Canada, was awarded in support of the JSS total Internal Communication System contract and includes the provision of

the Secure Voice and Tactical Intercommunication System, the ship’s telephone system and the main broadcast and alarm system.

In addition, DRS’s scope includes the flight deck communications system, the sound and selfpowered systems and the medical communications system.

To satisfy the Canadian Navy’s Tactical and Secure Voice requirements, DRS TCL will provide its Shipboard Integrated Communications System (SHINCOM 3100) including

New momentum on the west coast Prime minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement last week that Seaspan Shipyards will build 16 new Multi-Purpose Vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard brings new momentum to Canada’s two-coast strategy. As builder of the combat ship portion of Canada’s national shipbuilding strategy, east coast-based Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax yard on the Atlantic coast naturally gets most of the attention.

However, 2,300 employees at Seaspan Shipyards – many of whom work at its integrated shipbuilding and maintenance facilities in Vancouver and Victoria on the Pacific Coast – have been quietly beavering away building non-combat vessels.

The company continues to repair and maintain Royal Canadian Navy Victoria-class submarines and Halifax-class frigates.

Seaspan’s three-ship Offshore Fisheries and Science Vessel construction programme is also proceeding apace. The first two ships are slated to be delivered later

the helicopter audio distribution system, recorder storage units, and a selection of DRS TCL’s 3D spatial audio tactical terminals and ancillaries. For external communications, the company will provide the wideband audio network data switching system for automated switching of any source to any radio.

SHINCOM 3100 is the latest generation in shipboard communications technology, which provides reliable, red/ black security-certified tactical communications for naval operators. SHINCOM was originally developed for the Canadian Patrol Frigate programme, and later installed on board the Iroquois-class destroyers and Protecteur-class auxiliary oiler ships of the Royal Canadian Navy.

The system is already installed on board the Royal Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigates, and with the United States Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, and the Republic of Korea Navy.

For JSS, DRS TCL will produce two shipsets, the first of which will be delivered in early 2020. this year and the third is under construction. Company officials say Seaspan continues to build efficiencies as the initiative progresses. These include a 27 per cent productivity increase on the second ship and a further 30 per cent on the third.

This provides great news both on the jobs and regional benefits fronts. Seaspan officials claim to have awarded more than C$870 million in contracts to 540 Canadian suppliers across the country, to have trained more than 200 apprentices and coached 75 intern engineers, architects,

AOPS PETER DIEKMEYER The announcement earlier this year that Irving Shipbuilding (Booths 1801 and M7) would design and build the 15 Canadian Surface Combatants was a significant boost to the company.

But a problem remained: how to keep the cross-Canada supply chain and its 2,000 employees – programme managers, finance analysts and estimators, and ships’ planners during the past year.

Yet Seaspan officials are far from satisfied. The company continues to invest in its Vancouver shipyard to build capacity for current and anticipated future work.

Seaspan officials also worry about the potential effects of Trudeau’s announcement that the government is introducing a third shipyard – presumably Davie Shipbuilding of Levis, Quebec – into its national strategy.

Canada’s joint support ship programme remains Seaspan’s biggest hope. Company officials said it has begun work on 18 blocks on the programme and is planning to start work on a further 27.

However the real action will only begin once a formal contract is signed, which Seaspan officials hope will take place in the spring of 2020.

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Harry DeWolf is the first AOPS ship in the class

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order boost most of whom are concentrated at Halifax Shipyards and the surrounding region – busy until then?

Irving Shipbuilding invested more than C$400 million in the shipyard, which is located next to the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) east coast docking facility, after it was chosen to build the combat portion of the ships to be

bought as part of the country’s national shipbuilding strategy.

So having it idle, even for short periods of time, would have been prohibitively expensive.

This week, the Canadian government announced that it will be buying a seventh and eighth ice-capable, multi-purpose Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS).

Irving officials said the deal,

coupled with ongoing maintenance work on the country’s Halifaxclass frigates, will keep a steady workflow at the yard until CSC construction starts, likely in 2023.

Unlike the first six ships in the category, which will be assigned to the RCN, the latest two will be assigned to the Coast Guard, although they will play a similar patrol and sovereignty role.

The first AOPS ship in the Harry DeWolf-class, the eponymous Harry DeWolf, was launched late last year. The second ship, to be named HMCS Margaret Brooke, is now structurally assembled.

Irving is currently building three more ships in the category and had already been contracted to build the RCN’s sixth ship.

Arctic sovereignty is a growing issue for Canadians. Earlier this month, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo described Canada’s claim to the Northwest passage as “illegitimate”. Canadian officials view the comment as a rebuke of a 1988 agreement reached by the then prime minister Brian Mulroney and US president Ronald Reagan, in which the US agreed to seek Canadian consent when its ships entered the disputed territories. China has also demonstrated interest in the waterways.

IN BRIEF Leading from the bridge

Last month, OSI Maritime Systems (OSI, Booth 1109) announced the signing of a contract with Lockheed Martin Canada to design the Integrated Bridge and Navigation System (IBNS) for the Royal Canadian Navy Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) programme.

OSI’s IBNS, known as the Integrated Navigation & Tactical System (INTS), is a fully scalable, IMO and NATO STANAG 4564 WECDIS compliant integrated bridge system. INTS has Marine Equipment Directive (MED) Type Approval certification from DNV GL as an Integrated Navigation System. Centred around OSI’s ECPINS, the system integrates selected radars and navigation sensors, providing a comprehensive and cost-effective military IBNS. In addition to the new CSC contract, OSI has built six systems for the RCN’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship programme.

RCN awards underwater suite upgrade contracts RICHARD SCOTT General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada (Booth 1601) has been awarded two contracts to deliver and support an Underwater Warfare Suite Upgrade (UWSU) for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) Halifax-class frigates.

The UWSU is designed to provide the Halifax-class ships with an improved antisubmarine warfare (ASW) intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability through the upgrade and/or replacement of the components of the legacy underwater warfare sensor suite.

The intention is to restore a tactical advantage over threat submarines, and provide improved survivability against underwater weapons.

Under the first of the two contracts, valued at C$103 million, General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada has been

contracted to supply and install the UWSU package on board six of the RCN’s 12 Halifax-class ships.

The contract includes options for a further six shipsets – providing for the upgrade of all 12 Halifaxclass frigates – which would bring the total value of the acquisition programme up to C$170 million.

The second contract covers in-service support and sustainment for the UWSU suites for a period of up to 23 years. This award is potentially worth up to C$83 million if all options are exercised.

The scope of the UWSU programme covers the delivery of an integrated ASW system that replaces the current towed array sensor and sonobuoy processing system, adds additional active intercept sensors, and improves the processing and transmission control system of the existing AN/SQS-510 hull-mounted sonar.

Additional components for the project include a towed low-

frequency active sonar capability and a compatible active receive array that will improve detection performance for targets operating in both open ocean and littoral environments.

According to General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada, the UWSU “will provide the RCN with an integrated, multi-sonar capability that will profoundly change the ship’s operational capabilities”. The company added: “The Halifax-class frigates will be able to detect quieter targets at increased ranges, while improved automation will allow sonar operators to improve their underwater warfare performance work and to focus on other priorities.”

As subcontractor to General Dynamics Mission SystemsCanada for the UWSU programme, Ultra Electronics will supply a new in-line transmitter and receiver array based on

indigenous technology originated at the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Atlantic Research Laboratory.

With the transmitter and receiver combined in line in a single towed array, the requirement for a second independent tow for the transmitter is eliminated, so allowing the single reelable array to be installed on the Halifax-class ships with only minimal modification.

As part of the hull-mounted sonar upgrade programme, Nautel will supply NS72-36 sonar amplifiers and Mk II broadband transducers to improve the system’s threat detection and tracking capabilities. The NS72-36 features 36 amplifier modules in a single 72in rack to deliver 36 channels in the same footprint as the original amplifier and power supply.

A first UWSU installation is expected to be completed in 2021, with the new system planned to be declared operational in 2022.

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DAVID DONALD Boeing has come to CANSEC commemorating 100 years of partnership with Canada.

In 1919 Bill Boeing flew an aircraft from Vancouver to Seattle carrying the first air mail between the US and Canada, and 10 years later the Boeing Canada company was established.

Since then, Boeing has executed a large number of successful programmes that have contributed significantly to Canada’s defence and aerospace industries.

Now, Boeing is hoping to open another chapter in the partnership, offering the F/A‑18 Super Hornet for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project. The company is highlighting the range of ITBs (industrial and technological benefits) that it and team partners CAE, L3, General Electric, Raytheon and Peraton can guarantee. Boeing is

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also highlighting the long‑term commitment that the US Navy has made to the Super Hornet, with consequent benefits in terms of acquisition and life‑cycle costs. The

Bridging the capability gap ROBIN HUGHES BAE Systems (Booth 713) is showcasing its Modular Bridging System (MBS) capability as a potential solution for the Canadian Army’s future Bridge and Gap Crossing Modernisation (BGCM) requirement.

The BGCM project will deliver a suite of light, medium and heavy bridging capabilities to replace in‑service systems. Potential deliverables are: Short Support Bridges, Medium Support Bridges, Long Support Bridges, Heavy Assault Bridges, Line of Communication Bridges and Heavy Floating Bridges.

The MBS is used by ground forces to rapidly undertake assault crossings and restore vital lifelines and military routes. The design also offers rapid replacement of civilian infrastructure in combat and peacetime disaster relief. The system is light enough to be transported by air and lifted by helicopter, yet the bridge panels are strong enough to withstand the weight of main battle tanks, and during its lifetime, each bridging system is designed to withstand typically 10,000 crossings in its worst‑case load condition, for both tracked and wheeled vehicles and in extreme military environments.

BAE Systems’ MBS comprises both the General Support Bridge (GSB) and the Close Support Bridge (CSB) systems. Designed to span gaps in excess of 60m, the GSB is generally carried and launched from optionally armoured multi‑wheeled platforms, and comprises three main elements: an Automotive Bridge Launch Equipment (ABLE) vehicle; Bridging Vehicles (BVs) to carry and load bridge panels into the ABLE; and the Bridge System, a variety of bridge panels and equipment.

Designed to span gaps from 12 to 24.5m in a single span, and up to 64m in combination, the CSB comprises a tracked Armoured Vehicle Launch Bridge, a wheeled Tank Bridge Transport (TBT) platform, and the No. 10 26m medium assault, and No. 12 13.5m short assault, bridges. For the Canadian Army’s BGCM programme, BAE Systems is offering to tailor its GSB and CSB solutions to customer requirements in terms of vehicle platform utilisation.

Navy has signed up to a multi‑year procurement for 110 of the latest Block III Super Hornet that runs to at least 2026, along with a Block II to III service life modernisation

programme that covers 440 aircraft by 2033. The last of the Block II aircraft are being built through 2020, including those ordered by Kuwait.

In terms of what Boeing is offering for the FFCP, the Block III incorporates advanced features such as Raytheon AESA radar, modern cockpit systems based around a 10x19in touchscreen, advanced communications and networking capability and a 10,000‑hour airframe life without depot‑level maintenance.

The Block III also has conformal fuel tanks, which add 125 nautical miles in range or 30 minutes of time on station with no significant effects on drag or radar cross‑ section. The company notes that the extra endurance, in particular, would be useful for missions over Canada’s far north. Boeing is quoting a competitive cost per flying hour of less than $20,000 for the Super Hornet.

Opportunities open up PETER DIEKMEYER When UTC Aerospace Systems and Rockwell Collins banded to form Collins Aerospace, Canada – which provided a respectable C$1 billion in business to the group last year – was hardly top of mind. Top brass, who now had 300 global sites, 70,000 employees and US$23 billion in business to manage, had bigger fish to fry.

However, Canadian president and managing director Lee Obst sees a slew of opportunities to broaden its mission systems, tactical communications, avionics and other offerings. One possibility: to leverage Collins Aerospace’s successes in the simulations field to add value to Canada’s coming Future Aircrew Training programme. The idea is to provide government and private higher tier players with hardware, visual systems, live‑virtual systems and other capabilities that fit into broader solution packages.

Collins Aerospace has already built two flight simulators for Canada’s CH‑148 helicopter programme and participated in projects with Bluedrop Learning Systems and CAE. Collins is also working with the Canadian government and prime contractors on the Future Fighter Capability

Project bidding process to provide local support options no matter who emerges as the final winner.

The company’s biggest hopes may be in targeted opportunities.

For example, it took advantage of increased interest in the days leading up to CANSEC to demonstrate its Coalescence mixed reality technology (pictured) to Canadian Department of National Defence personnel. The system, which merges real‑world views and synthetic environments, is currently being tested in Orlando with an initial client. The technology could eventually have applications in land, sea and air training environments.

Collins Aerospace also demonstrated the advanced connectivity, situational awareness and decision‑making capabilities in its Pro Line Fusion avionics system, as well as with Wideband HF and navigation solutions.

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added once the CCG has selected a helicopter to equip its new icebreaker vessel.

Recently, the company’s training centres at Trenton (CC-130J) and Petawawa (CH-147F) have been used to provide pre-deployment and mission rehearsal training for Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) crews destined for service in Mali.

A high-fidelity virtual database of Mali has been integrated into the CH-147F and CC-130J simulators

to provide realistic training, while CH-146 Griffon crews have also received pre-deployment training with a generic Mali database added into the simulator.

CAE is also part of Team Cormorant, which is delivering a mid-life update for the CH-149 search and rescue helicopter. The company will establish a training centre at Comox alongside that for the Airbus C295 Fixed-Wing SAR aircraft. The SkyAlyne joint venture with KF Aerospace continues to deliver pilot training for the RCAF through the existing NATO Flying Training Centre (CAE) and Contracted Flying Training and Support (KF) programmes, while positioning to bid an integrated future aircrew training system for the 2020s.

Other future opportunities include the RPAS programme, for which CAE is bidding as part of Team SkyGuardian Canada with General Atomics, and the Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP).

CAE remains non-exclusive with regard to FFCP, and is in discussions with all four bidders regarding both training and operational support activities.

Continuing its multi-faceted operational support and system integration efforts, CAE has supplied an integrated information environment (IIE) for the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone to assist and streamline maintenance. The IIE was thoroughly tested recently during the Cyclone’s first six-month at-sea deployment. CAE is also contracted for design support associated with the CSC combat ship.

Eurofighter is now producing Typhoons for the Kuwaiti air force, which will be the first to feature an AESA ‘e-scan’ radar.

The Leonardo-led Euroradar consortium has developed the

Captor-E radar for installation in the Typhoon, including a mechanical repositioning capability to increase its effective field of regard. AESA capability forms a part of the Canada bid.

Main picture: CAE’s CH-147F training centre at Petawawa now has a Mali database for pre-deployment training.

Inset: CAE will provide a training centre for the updated Leonardo CH-149 Cormorant at Comox. Cormorant aircrew currently train in the Merlin simulator in the UK

Committed to Canada DAVID DONALD Training systems integrator and operational support specialist CAE is a truly global player, with more than 10,000 employees active in 40 countries. However, its traditional home market in Canada remains a core business, employing 4,500 personnel at 16 sites, and with more than 425 Canadian companies numbered in the supply chain.

Forthcoming developments in CAE’s Canadian business include the opening of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) helicopter simulator in Ottawa, planned for later this year. The CAE 3000 Series simulator features roll-on, roll-off cockpits for the Bell 429 and 412EPI helicopters, which share a single simulator dome. CAE claims the system offers the highest fidelity yet of any of its simulators.

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Typhoon hits Ottawa Airbus has brought a fullsize replica of the Eurofighter Typhoon to CANSEC to support its bid to supply the Royal Canadian Air Force with 88 new combat aircraft under the Future Fighter Capability Project, which is to replace the entire fleet of CF-18 and F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from 2025/26.

The replica is displayed with a range of weapons that illustrate the Typhoon’s swing-role capability, including Diehl Defence Iris-T, Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM and MBDA Meteor air-to-air missiles, along with precisionguided weapons in the form of the Spear and Dual-Mode Brimstone

missiles from MBDA, and the Paveway IV bomb from Raytheon.

Other weapon systems that can be carried include the MBDA Storm Shadow stand-off precision attack missile, and the Marte ER anti-ship missile.

Airbus is leading the marketing effort in Canada on behalf of the Eurofighter consortium, which also includes Leonardo from Italy and the UK’s BAE Systems.

The company is highlighting the Typhoon’s combat-proven interoperability with other NATO aircraft, as demonstrated by operations over Libya in 2011, and ongoing operations over Iraq and Syria.

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DaviD DonalD With a worldwide fleet of more than 400 MQ-9 Reaper/ SkyGuardians, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GAASI) is hoping that Canada will also select the type to answer its remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) requirement, a solution for which is expected to be selected some time before 2022.

To bid for the RPAS contract, and to deliver it if successful, GA-ASI has formed Team SkyGuardian Canada (TSC, Booth 1430). The team includes Canadian companies L3 Wescam as electro-optic sensor provider, MDA for data exploitation technologies, and CAE, which is GA-ASI’s worldwide training partner for the MQ-9.

TSC is expected to grow as it

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‘Five-Eyes’ com A developmental SkyGuardian is seen during its history-making transatlantic crossing in July 2018 from Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, to RAF Fairford in England

adds more Canadian companies, including SMEs. Not only would such companies benefit from any Canadian contract, but also gain access to the global MQ-9 fleet and its operators, expanding opportunities for export.

The RPAS requirement envisages an armed strike capability from the outset, for which SkyGuardian is already cleared with a range of weapons. Following development work performed for the UK’s STANAG 4671-compliant

Protector programme, SkyGuardian can be certificated with co-operative and nonco-operative detect-and-avoid technologies for operations in non-segregated airspace, an important consideration for certain missions such as maritime domain awareness. GA-ASI also asserts that SkyGuardian is ideally

Battlespace drone control robin HugHEs Ottawa-based geospatial and defence technology house Kongsberg Geospatial (Booth 915) is introducing a multidomain control system for co-ordinating the use of drones in the battlespace. Over the past four years, the company has developed an airspace awareness system for operating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) beyond visual line-of-sight, called IRIS UxS. The IRIS system was developed to help commercial drone operators safely operate beyond visual line-ofsight. It integrated realtime data from sensors and other sources to create an accurate picture of the airspace around a drone. This presented users with an integrated display with a 3D map showing exactly where their drone is, and all the terrain, navigation hazards and other aircraft and drones in the vicinity.

Since then, IRIS has been developed into a fully fledged multiplatform control system integrated with a variety of autopilot systems, allowing a single operator to actively control multiple drones from a single station.

Kongsberg Geospatial has now introduced a new, military-focused version of the IRIS system – IRIS UxS – based on its participation in NATO STANAG 4817 standard for multidomain control stations.

The new system collects and fuses data from a wide range of sensors,

allowing operators to control multiple autonomous vehicles in a multidomain mission theatre. IRIS UxS integrates different kinds of geospatial data and sensor input

to create a composite operating picture that includes the airspace, 3D terrain, bathyscape (undersea terrain visualisation), and features from S-57 nautical charts. The system leverages a real-time DDS bus architecture and sensor fusion technology that allows operators to simultaneously track and operate drones in the air, on the water and underwater.

“We’ve successfully proven we can co-ordinate manned, unmanned, aerial, and ground assets in the civilian emergency mission space,” Ranald McGillis, president of Kongsberg Geospatial, told the Show Daily. “Now we’ve implemented the STANAG standard in a way that can make it easy to integrate unmanned systems in the military mission space.”

The company anticipates that its work relating to co-ordinating unmanned platforms with larger manned vehicles will help to evolve new ways of visualising multidomain mission spaces for other command and control purposes.

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patibility Heavy lift suited to all-weather operations in harsh environments, enabling it to undertake Arctic patrol missions.

Perhaps SkyGuardian’s most important attribute in terms of the Canadian requirement is its interoperability in the ‘Five Eyes’/NORAD security environments. The MQ-9A Reaper has been in US service for many years, while the UK and Australia have selected the SkyGuardian derivative. A number of other NATO nations operate MQ-9 variants.

No details of required numbers have been revealed for the Canadian RPAS programme. It is expected instead to outline a set of mission requirements, with bidders to decide how many platforms are required to fulfil those needs, also taking into consideration the requirements of training, attrition and surge capability.

Modern armed forces, in operations both at home and abroad, depend on assured, round-the-clock mobility and reliable logistics. Robustness, versatility and functionality are the most important performance criteria – no matter how bad the roads or how difficult the terrain.

Increasingly important, too, are flexible protection solutions, crucial for keeping crews safe during deployed operations.

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with a heavy-duty recovery capability. It is able to recover vehicles in suspended as well as supported (underlift) tow mode.

The highly mobile 10x10 vehicle features an underlift with a capacity of up to 15 tons, and a versatile recovery boom system that includes a crane with a lifting capability of up to 23 tons (at 60° elevation fully extended), two independent winches (Rotzler HZ090) for righting vehicles, and a constant pull (capstan) main winch (Rotzler TR200).

The recovery boom enables 360° operations around the vehicle.

The HX 10x10 HRV can tow a hook load of up to 15 tons. The

gross train weight is 75 tons. It offers a high degree of protection against ballistic, mine and improvised explosive device threats when utilised with an integrated armoured cabin. HX vehicles can be ‘fitted for but not with’ an integrated armoured cabin level.

The HX family comes in variants ranging from 4x4 to 10x10, configured for a multitude of different missions: cargo trucks and heavy-duty recovery vehicles, tankers, firing units and system platforms, as well as folding-road and bridge-laying systems. The engines that power these trucks are designed for outputs of up to 680hp.

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Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp, has appointed Maria Della Posta as president of Pratt & Whitney Canada, effective from 1 June and reporting to Pratt & Whitney president Bob Leduc.

Della Posta succeeds John Saabas, who is retiring. Della Posta joined the company in 1985 and progressed through roles of increasing leadership in supply chain, finance and customer service. She was named vice president, customer support in 2001, senior vice president, sales and marketing in 2010 and senior vice president, Pratt & Whitney Canada, in 2012.

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Stedfast (Booth 707) is a manufacturer of laminated and coated textiles, including chemical and biological weapon-resistant textiles, serving, among others, the needs of the military.

Stedair 11 is a tri-laminate fabric that has been designed for military anti-static rainwear, protecting against wind and rain, in temperatures from +5°C to +20°C. The fabric is a nylon woven outer material laminated to a Stedair membrane and anti-static polyester tricot.

Stedshield 190, a PVC-coated Ripstop polyester fabric, was developed for the Canadian Forces for tent applications.

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Nauticomp (Booth 711) has been providing LED and LCD displays for marine, military and industrial applications since 1997, and offers a comprehensive range for use in any environment, application or condition. These include displays with sunlightreadable technology, optically bonded glass, multiple inputs, rugged chassis, dim-to-red technology, touchscreens, enhanced temperature operational ranges and fully dimmable capabilities. All are waterproof and sealed to stringent IP67/68 standards.

As a leading organisation in Canada’s security and defence sector, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC; Booth 435) provides expertise and creative solutions on land, in the air and at sea.

On display is the Renegade-M, a single-rotor unmanned aerial system (UAS), capable of operating for a period of up to two hours with typical flight speeds of 1525 knots at an altitude of 15-300m above ground level.

Its integrated magnetometer and hyperspectral imaging capabilities can be used to detect metallic objects, such as improvised explosive devices. Additionally, its ability to detect disturbed snow can be useful for several applications, including: search and rescue, avalanche predictions, arctic mammal winter feeding analysis and military applications.

With the aim of increasing the operational capability of

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UAS in harsh climates, NRC, in collaboration with the Department of National Defence (DND), built a test rig and developed an efficient test method to evaluate the ice-protection performance of icephobic coatings (ice protection systems such as surface coatings with low affinity). NRC has developed a number of icephobic coatings and used its test method to evaluate both its own-made and commercial coatings that are claimed by their fabricators to be icephobic.

NRC is also helping to develop

the next generation of protective materials (pictured right) for military and first responders in a unique partnership with Defence Research and Development Canada, and NRC researchers continue to work with industry and the DND on materials solutions for defence and security applications.

Other work with the DND includes determining the functionality of a satellite communication on the move system while, to modernise its vessels, NRC has built a new

Arctic simulation for patrol ships robin HugHes Kongsberg Digital (Booth 915) is nearing completion of a stateof-the-art simulation upgrade to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) for training on the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) programme, which will deliver six ice-capable Harry DeWolfclass ships.

Based on the K-Sim Navigation technology platform, the simulators are scheduled for delivery to Naval Fleet Schools Atlantic and Pacific in 2019, with future ability to expand to all 24 Naval Reserve Divisions across the country.

The upgrade is being carried out under an existing in-service support programme that provides the RCN with continuous updates

to the latest simulator technology.

The delivery includes a highfidelity ship model with six degrees of freedom, emulated navigation radars and a forward-looking echo sounder.

The K-Sim Navigation simulators will also be integrated with Rutter Sigma S6 Ice Radars, allowing RCN naval warfare officers and supporting bridge team members of the regular force and naval reserves to train for the Canadian and Arctic environments in which the vessels will be operating. Kongsberg Digital will deliver new integration technologies to provide a seamless experience with the radar, closely mirroring its use during navigation at sea.

In parallel with the AOPS programme, Kongsberg has also

delivered new K-Sim Navigation hydrodynamic models for all RCN ship classes, including Halifax, Kingston, Orca and Victoria, as well as the MV Asterix auxiliary oil replenishment vessel.

Together, these simulation models provide a fleet-wide training capability for naval officers, with a new level of realism made possible with K-Sim Navigation’s integrated physics engine.

Other notable developments at Kongsberg Digital include the recent introduction of K-Sim Fast Craft, a full-motion sixdegree-of-freedom simulator that provides coast guard and security force officers with a highly immersive training platform for high-speed and tactical operations.

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e solutions Global Guardian autopilot control system, which, when engaged, automatically adjusts and compensates for any disturbance that could affect the submarine’s set course through the water, either on the surface or when submerged.

With the aid of unmanned aerial system-mounted laser detection and ranging technology, NRC can map out terrain and predict the vibration that will be experienced by a given vehicle over that terrain. Using simulation software, occupant fatigue and technology survivability and functionality can all be predicted and verified.

Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia (Booth 521) is to hold a world demonstration tour of its Guardian 400 aircraft, the special missions variant of the Series 400 Twin Otter.

The demonstration aircraft will feature a left-hand SCAR pod with Hensoldt Argos EO/ IR imaging turret, multispectral HDTV camera, megapixel HD thermal imager, laser rangefinder, multimode auto tracker, and remote image bus video feed for display on the cockpit MFD or crew workstation. The demonstrator will also feature

a right-hand SCAR pod with Leonardo Osprey Radar System and Sentient Vidar Camera system. In addition to its mission sensor package, the Guardian 400 prototype will be equipped with an Airborne Technologies’ tactical workstation with highdefinition touchscreen monitors, data/voice/video recorder, mission management unit, mission radio communications, intuitive hand controller for MCU and SLR camera targeting, CarteNav AIMS mission system software, Kestrel MTI targeting software, and Ikhana ergonomic mission seat

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for optimised crew comfort. The prototype will also be equipped with Viking conformal bubble windows, left and right wingmounted hard points by Ikhana, Thunder Bay Aviation stretcher racks, and an aft lavatory.

With a target launch date of September 2019, the Guardian 400 world tour has briefing and demonstration flights proposed throughout Europe, North Africa, Central and South Eastern Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Asia Pacific and North America, and will conclude in Ottawa in time for CANSEC 2020.

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launched version at CANSEC in 2018. The target can be released from the company’s Banshee aerial target to replicate the threat from high-diving anti-ship missiles. Three launch modes are available,

DaviD DonalD QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) comes to CANSEC 2019 on a high, having been awarded a C$51 million contract earlier this month to provide rotary-wing unmanned air system services to the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Special Forces Command. QTS (Booth 414) is leading a team that includes Canadian UAVs, Leonardo, L3 Wescam and UMS Skeldar.

Under the three-year contract the team will deliver UMS Skeldar V-200 UAVs outfitted with the Leonardo PicoSAR radar, and L3 Wescam MX-8 and MX-10 electro-optic turrets. An option for a further six years is part of the deal. The selection of the UMS Skeldar platform is significant for the company, which is seeing growing demand for its Hirth heavy fuel engine-powered vehicle.

Skeldar V-200; above: Rattler supersonic target

The V-200s will be delivered in the third quarter, and will be operated for the RCN on a Co-Co (contractor-owned, contractoroperated) basis. The Special Forces Command will operate the UASs itself, and will fit an unspecified payload. UMS Skeldar – a joint

venture between UMS Aero and Saab – has already been contracted to deliver V-200s for use aboard the German navy’s K130 corvettes later this year.

Meanwhile, QTS has unveiled its air-launched Rattler supersonic target, having debuted the ground-

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The development of Rattler reflects the resurgence of highspeed missile threats that have been developed in China and Russia. Traditional targets that replicate these missiles for training air defence crews are expensive and complex, but Rattler offers similar capabilities at about 10 per cent of the cost.

The target can meet varying mission requirements through radar augmentation and programmable trajectories, and is typically recovered by parachute.

Considerable interest has been shown by many navies, including that of Canada.

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Robin HugHes Saab Barracuda (Booths 1521, M1/4000) is exhibiting its advanced camouflage solutions – including vehicle platform systems and static nets for multispectral signature management and heat transfer reduction.

In March this year the Canadian Department of National Defence awarded Saab a contract to produce a Canadian temperate woodland version of the UltraLightweight Camouflage Screen (ULCAS) for the Canadian Army.

Deliveries of the order, which is the finalisation of a C$21 million long-term contract received in 2013, will take place during 2019. ULCAS is an advanced multispectral camouflage net that provides unrivalled signature protection for vehicles and other objects in static positions.

The ULCAS kits, together with other ongoing contracts for individual screens in woodland, arid and winter environments, will provide the Canadian Army with an advanced camouflage capability that delivers multispectral

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protection against detection by hostile threats.

Saab Barracuda’s Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) technology is essentially a tailormade, multipurpose multispectral signature management system, optimised in colour, design and properties for all theatres, and designed to enhance survivability, sustainability and the logistics of a moving or static vehicle or platform relative to a specific

operational environment or requirement.

The system provides a stealth or masking capability in the visual, near infrared, thermal infrared and broadband radar wavebands, including target acquisition sensors and smart ammunition.

The MCS system is designed not to degenerate the operational use or features of the original platform configuration. On the contrary, the Barracuda System provides

an extra protective skin with the purpose being to enhance the operation of the vehicle.

The radar characteristics are customised depending on the operational environment and customer-defined threats. MCS provides protection against radar reconnaissance and homing missiles in the 1-100GHz range.

Saab has already made, and is aiming to present, new MCS solutions for several types of Canadian vehicle platforms and configurations. The first systems were made for the Canadian Army’s Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks for operational service in Afghanistan. As the MSC technology has further developed, these systems have also evolved and been upgraded in both fabric and design, to provide better protection against today’s sensors and threats.

Saab Barracuda is currently looking at new-generation textiles, especially for combat uniforms, to improve the sensor protection without adding any extra weight to the fabric worn by the soldier, while still providing full and easy access to equipment.

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More precise firefighting Victoria, British Columbia-based Viking Air (Booth 521) has launched an upgrade programme for the Canadair CL215T and CL-415 fleet of aerial firefighting aircraft, which will be fitted with Collins Aerospace System’s Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system, to meet current technical and emerging air traffic requirements while also addressing new operational demands anticipated over the next 25 years.

Collins Aerospace (Booths 1103, M12) is working with Viking to provide a number of benefits, which will enable precision flying from main operating base (MOB) to forward operating base (FOB) for water pick-up from lakes, rivers and seas in close proximity to wildfires.

The system also incorporates an optional autopilot feature; provides retrofit capability to existing fleets and the potential for future fleet production; and enables functions such as mission

navigation and high-resolution synthetic vision.

“Collins’ Pro Line Fusion flight deck and integrated autopilot will allow international firefighting crews to more efficiently travel to their operation zones with reduced crew workload,” said Lee Obst, managing director, Mission Systems in Canada for Collins Aerospace.

patterns, forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensors, flight monitoring and other capabilities that allow for broad spectrum, multirole use amphibious aircraft.

In addition to its fully loaded package of baseline equipment for

operation in modernising global airspace, Pro Line Fusion will also transform the flying experience for CL-215T and CL-415 operators via an updated cockpit featuring three 14.1in widescreen LCDs with advanced graphics, point-and-click

“This will enhance the safety and effectiveness of the aircraft by allowing the crews more time to pre-plan and assess rapidly changing situations before reaching and engaging in necessary manoeuvres.”

Viking, which has more than 40 years of experience providing aircraft support services, is the original equipment manufacturer and Type Certificate holder for the Canadair CL-215, CL-215T, CL415, CL-415MP and CL-415EAF Enhanced Aerial Firefighter amphibious aircraft fleet, as well as the DHC-1 to DHC-7 utility transport aircraft.

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The Royal Canadian Legion (Booth 133) presented new ideas and initiatives at the Dominion Convention in Winnipeg in August last year, including the national strategic plan that serves as a model for all commands.

Objectives include membership growth, a governance review, infrastructure improvements, communications and marketing plans, fostering a welcoming culture, and increasing member recognition, as well as strengthening the organisation’s value proposition.

With the change in national leadership came new goals and priorities, which align with the strategic plan and will see renewed energy put into initiatives to make the Legion an increasingly attractive organisation for veterans and their families.

Thanks to a combination of strategies, the membership base grew by more than 25,000. A new Veterans Welcome Program launched in mid-November introduced a complimentary oneyear membership to serving or retired military or RCMP veterans – and close to 400 people joined in the final weeks of 2018 alone.

The newly established Going Forward Committee helped to facilitate initiatives ranging from a full operational review of Legion House and its programmes, to a comprehensive strategic plan and the development of a new Code of Ethics for Elected Officers and Staff.

Legion volunteers working with the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) Outreach and Visitation Initiative made more than 4,000 visits to veterans in long-term care facilities last year. A renewed contract means volunteers can visit

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5,000 veterans in VAC-subsidised long-term care facilities in 2019 and 2020. Another important part of the Legion’s work is reaching out to Canadian Armed Forces members on active duty.

More than 5,400 care packages were sent to deployed soldiers as part of the Canadian Armed Forces’ yearly Operation Santa Claus and Operation Canada Day initiatives. The Legion’s National Headquarters supports veterans and widows in 16 Caribbean countries, with funding from commands, branches and other donations through the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL). In 2018, almost C$300,000 went to veterans and widows in the Caribbean to provide at least one hot meal a day for the year.

As it commemorated the centenary of the signing of

the armistice that ended the First World War, the theme of Remembrance also deeply infused the work of the Royal Canadian Legion in 2018. For the third year, the Legion produced the nightly Virtual Poppy Drop on Parliament Hill during the Remembrance period. As virtual poppies were projected onto the Centre Block, a nearby video screen displayed the names and pictures of Canadian veterans. Thousands of viewers, online and in person, had another way to stop, remember and show gratitude.

Other initiatives included the launch of the digital poppy, which has enabled people to donate online. Its Poppy Trust Fund provided benevolent funding of C$75,000 for some 80 veterans and spouses, for short-term relief, for shelter, food, fuel, prescription medicine, hearing aids, and more.

Location accuracy at speed MDA (Booth 1021), a Maxar Technologies company, has been awarded an initial C$39 million contract with Public Services and Procurement Canada that includes the development and manufacturing of 10 flight-ready Search and Rescue/Global Positioning System (SAR/GPS) repeaters to be launched on the US Air Force’s GPS III satellites, as well as several automated test systems and simulators.

The contract includes options for an additional 12 flight model repeaters, which, if exercised

by Canada, would increase the total contract value to beyond C$55 million. Once in orbit 22,000km above the Earth, MDA’s MEOSAR repeater will be able to detect signals from emergency beacons and retransmit to receiver stations on the ground. The emergency messages can then be sent to appropriate authorities so that people in danger can be

quickly located and rescued.

“This project builds on MDA’s previous successes and ensures its commitment to develop innovative solutions that are vital to Canada’s sovereignty and security,” said Mike Greenley, group president of MDA. “Once qualified as operational, this system will dramatically improve both the speed and location accuracy for detecting beacons, and as a result greatly enhance the co-ordination and dispatch of search and rescue

Women to the fore WiDS was launched in 2005 by a small group of women from industry and the military with the aim of building a network to support and promote the advancement of women leaders in defence and security professions. WiDS now has more than 2,000 members who work across industry, government, military, the police services and first responder agencies.

On 24 May, WiDS announced it is collaborating with the working subcommittee on Gender Equity for the Defence Industry Advisory Group (DIAG). Comprising industry and government leaders from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the Department of National Defence and Public Services and Procurement Canada, the subcommittee will examine the state of gender diversity within the defence and security industries.

At the WiDS Annual Memorial Scholarship Breakfast 2019 on 7 March, which was centred on International Women’s Day, WiDS honoured women in defence and security organisations who have lost their lives, and those who continue to struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental health issues. The organisation paid tribute to those who have died, aiming to inspire a future where people work together to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues and to improve support services for those employed in the defence and security fields. teams to help people in distress.”

With Canada’s vast geography and long coastlines, satellites support a wide variety of applications, from search and rescue, to ecosystem and climate change monitoring, telecommunications, navigation and ice mapping, and fisheries and natural resource management.

The operations of DigitalGlobe, SSL and Radiant Solutions were unified under the Maxar brand in February 2019; MDA continues to operate as an independent business unit within the Maxar organisation.

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No hiding place for weapons Smiths Detection (Booth 1927), one of five operating divisions of the Smiths Group, is a global authority on the application, management and manufacture of detection and screening technology for the aviation, ports and borders, urban security and military markets.

With more than 50 years’ experience, the company applies its technology to protect life, safeguard society and uphold the free flow of trade. Smiths Detection’s low-maintenance and reliable equipment provides accurate, real-time information about traces of explosives or other suspect materials on people, packages, vehicles and surfaces.

Smiths Detection has recently added weapon detection to its iCMORE family of smart object recognition algorithms. iCMORE offers automatic detection of an ever-expanding list of dangerous, prohibited and contraband goods.

It provides invaluable support for security operators, customs officers and other controlling authorities.

Following the introduction of lithium battery detection in 2018, weapon detection is the latest option to go live. Offering automatic detection of handguns (pistols, revolvers), gun parts, flick and fixed-blade knives (minimum length approximately 6cm), the weapons module was developed for use in applications such as aviation passenger checkpoints, critical infrastructure protection, prisons and customs. It is available for the HI-SCAN 6040aTiX and HI-SCAN 6040-2is scanners.

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HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX has also been developed and is ready for customers to trial. The weapons kit is offered as an option on new systems or as an upgrade.

Last month, Smiths Detection also announced a vehicle-mounted X-ray system for the commercial security market. The company has adapted ScanVan, its mobile X-ray system originally developed to help protect ports and borders, for use in locations such as concerts, sports arenas, convention centres, schools, and other sites where temporary checkpoints are needed.

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KF Aerospace (Booths 1824, M15) is augmenting its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capacities at Hamilton International (YHM) and Kelowna International (YLW) Airports.

The centrepiece of the C$30 million, 150,000 sq ft expansion at Hamilton is a new 75,000 sq ft hangar, introducing wide-body aircraft capability and additional lines of maintenance to KF’s Hamilton operation. It is expected to triple KF’s business in

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the Hamilton market, expanding the company’s ability to support the country’s fastest-growing airport and its international cargo and passenger airline partners.

The expansion will also allow KF to provide state-of-the-art shops, classroom and hangar space for Mohawk College’s Aircraft Maintenance Engineer programmes.

“Getting hands-on experience is the hallmark of a Mohawk education,” said Mohawk College president, Ron McKerlie. “This

partnership with KF Aerospace ensures our aviation students get real-life learning experiences in a modern, state-of-the-art facility.”

KF has contracted Ledcor Construction and NA Engineering for the project, and the hangar is being prefabricated in Brandon, Manitoba. Construction of the wide-body hangar is expected to complete in October this year, and Mohawk will commence classes in its new facility in August 2020.

Some 21,000 sq ft are being added to KF’s Hangar 1 (South) at Kelowna, one of five customerdedicated hangars at the base.

This will bring KF’s capacity to a total of 13 concurrent lines of narrow-body and regional aircraft maintenance, and expand its YLW base to a total of 370,000 sq feet.

Local company Norsteel is leading the construction, while Manitobabased Behlen Steel Buildings supplied the prefabricated hangar.

Construction is underway and is expected to be complete by midJuly.

Data for unmanned aerial refuelling

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division (Booth 1903) has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply data technology systems for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refuelling programme.

“We are very proud that our data system solution was selected by Boeing for use on the aircraft carrier-deployed MQ-25 unmanned tanker aircraft,” said Lynn Bamford, senior vice president and general manager, Defense Solutions division.

Curtiss-Wright has been a supplier to Boeing for more than 60 years.

The MQ-25 is the US Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft and is designed

to provide a much-needed refuelling capability. The contract supports Boeing’s engineering and manufacturing development programme to provide four MQ-25 aircraft to the US Navy for Initial Operational Capability by 2024.

“The MQ-25 programme is vital because it will help the US Navy extend the range of the carrier air wing, and Boeing and our industry team is all-in on delivering this capability,” said Dave Bujold, Boeing’s MQ-25 programme director. “The work we’re doing is also foundational for the future of Boeing – where we’re building autonomous systems from seabed to space.”

Enhancing mission effectiveness Pleora Technologies (Booths 1730 and 3044), a supplier of high-performance video interfaces, has introduced a ruggedised sensor networking platform that helps manufacturers and system integrators to reduce the cognitive burden and increase mission-effectiveness for end-users while meeting interoperability and scalability demands in size, weight, power and cost-sensitive real-time military imaging applications.

“RuggedCONNECT leverages our low-latency networking expertise and user-focused design approach to help increase intelligence, awareness and safety while reducing the cognitive burden for vehicle crew members,” said Harry Page, president of Pleora Technologies. “Manufacturers can design standards-compliant vehicle platforms that are rapidly deployable, mission configurable and cost-effective. Our fully scalable platform allows easy implementation of future capabilities that increase mission effectiveness with minimum integration effort.”

The RuggedCONNECT network video processing unit converts sensor data from multiple sources into a standardised feed that is transmitted over a low-

latency, multicast Gigabit Ethernet network to endpoints.

Combining the highperformance video networking capabilities of RuggedCONNECT with the powerful graphics processing unit resources of the Nvidia Jetson TX2i, designers can easily add applicationspecific image processing and graphics overlay decision-support capabilities.

Options range from image fusion, 360° stitching, map/terrain overlay and image enhancement to more demanding capabilities such as convolutional neural network-based threat detection and classification.

The company’s networked sensor switching expertise has been designed into local situational awareness, C4ISR, remotecontrolled weapon stations, driver vision enhancer, and panoramic surveillance applications, and is also being evaluated for emergency service vehicles and railway systems.

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Since its launch in 2003, Aversan (Booth 731) has grown into a multi-service engineering company capable of providing turnkey product development of embedded systems and software to customers worldwide. The company designs, develops, qualifies and certifies embedded control systems for safety and missioncritical programmes and is a trusted partner in the development of embedded systems and advanced IT. Size, weight and power (SWaP) optimised embedded system design allows customers to meet challenging requirements and advanced hardware-in-the-loop test platforms and test automation IP ensures development stays on schedule and on budget.

Customers benefit from the quick turnaround time and added value delivered by Aversan’s strong Quality Management System (AS9100 and ISO 9001) and flexible organisational structure. Testdriven development methodology ensures defects are caught and resolved early in the design process.

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Go-anywhere amphibious craft The amphibious craft and barges of Arktos Developments (Booth 1807) provide the highest level of all-round mobility, particularly while crossing the transition between ice and water in the Arctic and other remote areas of the world.

Their unique design provides an unsurpassed ability to climb vertical steps from deep water (multi-year ice-floes), operate in mixed ice/water conditions, and manoeuvre through ice-rubble

fields, significant side slopes, steep gradients, deep mud, muskeg, quicksand, shallow water and other water transition zones, in all weather, poor visibility and rough seas.

They can carry heavy loads and tow equipment such as amphibious barges, disabled boats, life rafts, oil-spill booms and more.

With this proven technology, coast guards and military personnel are able to conduct surveillance, search and rescue, emergency and disaster response operations effectively, without the need for roads, docks, ports or smooth beaches.

Under development are a self-righting evacuation craft and smaller and faster air-transportable and air-droppable craft, the latter designed to be transported by the Lockheed Martin C-130J or similar, and the Boeing Chinook helicopter.

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Super Puma su Heli-One (Booth 1827), a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services and part of CHC Helicopter, recently announced a helicopter upgrade contract with the German Federal Ministry of the Interior to modify its incoming Airbus H215 fleet and existing AS332 Super Puma aircraft.

The upgrade project covers four H215s with an option for an additional 16 AS332L1/H215

aircraft and in its entirety will take up to eight years. Each aircraft will have the latest technology to make them flexible and mission-ready for their complex operational use.

Heli-One has worked closely with the Bundespolizei (Federal Police) for years and is currently performing a modernisation programme for the AS332L1s – installing a glass displaybased cockpit solution with a complementary multimission

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flight management system. In addition, Heli-One has worked closely with the flight team to develop additional solutions that have aided crew efficiency, such as customised mission equipment and navigation system improvements.

Heli-One is widely recognised as a global leader in support of the Super Puma platform, with more than 30 years of experience.

It has supported military and civil customers and practically every mission profile that utilises this adaptable platform.

Support offerings include everything from nose to tail, including engines and comprehensive maintenance support. In-house design teams on two continents have developed more than 40 supplemental type certificates for this helicopter.

Heli-One is based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and has MRO operations at Richmond and Delta, Canada; Stavanger in Norway; and Rzeszów in Poland.

Ultra-fast image capture in brief High Speed Imaging (Booth 1033) is a premier source for high-speed camera equipment within Canada. The company’s products include high-speed video systems, ultrahigh-speed cameras, highresolution digital imagers, digital video recorders, motion analysis software, highspeed infrared cameras, digital image correlation systems and ballistic measurement technology.

Military institutions use them to capture events that are too fast for the naked eye or standard imaging technology to see.

Its newest camera is the rugged, compact and lightweight FASTCAM Nova, which brings together CMOS image sensor technologies and extensive highspeed digital imaging expertise, providing the camera with the flexibility to be used in a wide variety of applications. Available in three models, the Nova offers

12-bit image recording rates up to 12,800 frames per second (fps) at megapixel image resolution, and shutter speeds of less than 300 nanoseconds. Recording rates to 1,000,000fps are available at reduced image resolutions.

Standard features include an internal mechanical shutter to allow remote system calibration, a high-performance Gigabit Ethernet interface for camera control and high-speed image download, memory segmentation that allows recording into one memory partition while downloading from another, and compatibility with a number of industry-standard lens formats to allow the use of Nikon G-Type, C-mount and Canon EF lenses.

The Nova also features a ‘sealed body’ design that prevents dust and corrosive particulates from contaminating and damaging sensitive components.

Roving deep under water MarineNav (Booth 805) specialises in providing trusted marine grade electronics and custom design and manufacturing solutions to clients in government and industry.

Manufactured in Canada, MarineNav’s products can be found in thousands of vessels worldwide and are known for their innovative design and exceptional quality.

The same innovation and quality are available with the

introduction of its Oceanus line of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). With three series of ROV to choose from, there is an Oceanus-class ROV suited to each customer’s specific needs and budget.

With a range of optional plugin accessories available, MarineNav’s ROV is a rugged, versatile underwater submersible that can easily be operated by a single person. Swappable modules allow for greater flexibility by

minimising ROV downtime.

Costly repairs are reduced and with a majority of components manufactured in-house, MarineNav maintains superior quality control and attention to detail, all backed by a guarantee of customer satisfaction.

The Oceanus-class ROV control panel is housed in a sturdy weather-resistant case, featuring primary and secondary full daylight-readable displays.

An active matrix touchscreen and user-friendly interface allow access to important ROV functions by a simple touch, while the primary display delivers high-quality video and image capture from the Oceanus built-in camera system.

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Strategic repositioning

Twenty years after the creation of Nexeya Canada (Booth 528), its board has endorsed two important strategic repositioning decisions: To transfer the group’s space activities in a new company called Hemeria in order to focus its development efforts on the strong growth opportunities offered by this market; and to accept the proposed acquisition of non-space activities by the European group Hensoldt.

Electrical interconnect

Cleeve Technology (Booth 935) is a privately owned Canadian company that has been serving the aerospace and defence industries for almost 20 years and has a reputation of excellence in providing innovative solutions throughout the global electrical interconnect sector. Based in Oshawa, Ontario, Cleeve’s associate companies are located in a number of sites in Canada and across the world.

Its teams of certified engineers and quality control specialists use a systems approach to create high-tech products for industrial, telecommunications, marine, military and aerospace programmes.

Fully equipped

MD Charlton (Booth 1931) has established itself as a leading distributor of law enforcement and tactical armour, bags, batons, boots, clothing, duty gear, holsters, thermal imaging, firearms, firearms accessories, flashlights, gloves, handcuffs, jackets, and less-lethal products to Canadian police, military, law enforcement and security professionals.

MD Charlton carries more than 270 brands, and is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Damascus Gloves, Bayco Lights, Night Stick, Black Scorpion Duty Gear, Blaser, JP Sauer, Winchester Ammunition LE, Ultimate Training Munitions, Mossberg and many others, such as Taser, Sig Sauer, Point-Blank Body Armour, and CTS.

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Closing the fighter gap DaviD DonalD On 16 February 2019, the first two ‘new’ Boeing F/A-18A Hornets for the Royal Canadian Air Force were flown into CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, by Royal Australian Air Force pilots. The aircraft had been taking part in the Red Flag exercise at Nellis AFB, Nevada, before being delivered to their new owners.

Formal handover took place on 21 February.

In late 2017, Canada announced it was buying 18 RAAF F/A-18A/B Hornets from Australia, along with a spares package and seven non-airworthy aircraft, to cover a perceived fighter gap pending delivery of a yet-to-be-chosen replacement for the entire RCAF Hornet fleet. The deal came in the wake of the abrupt termination of a proposed 18-aircraft buy of Super Hornets during the BoeingBombardier trade dispute. The future fighter is not scheduled

One of the first two F/A-18A Australian Hornets for the RCAF is seen after its arrival at Cold Lake in February, and before its official handover

for delivery until 2025, and the current in-service CF-18 fleet’s availability and numbers are not considered sufficient to meet commitments until the new type is fully in service. Canada has simultaneous obligations to NATO and NORAD.

Deliveries of batches of exRAAF aircraft are to continue until late 2021, the aircraft becoming surplus to Australian needs as F-35As are delivered. They will be modified and overhauled for RCAF service and issued to the front-line Hornet force at 3 Wing

Bagotville and 4 Wing Cold Lake as work is completed, alongside ongoing modifications and maintenance for the CF-18 fleet.

Absorbing the ex-RAAF aircraft presents no issues from support and training standpoints because – after modification – they will be essentially similar to the CF-18s, although the additional aircraft will increase the required numbers of aircrew and technicians.

Canada has recently invested in structural modifications to prolong the service life of the CF-18, a programme that is underway. The Australian aircraft will also require these modifications, along with others to bring them to the same standard as the CF-18s. These include the loading of Canadaspecific software, and installing NACES ejection seats and identification lights.

The first of the upgraded F/A-18As is due to be issued to RCAF squadrons in 2020/21.

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