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Defence Research and Development Canada

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Name: Defence Research and Development Canada

First reported 51 mins ago - Updated 51 mins ago - 1 reports

A New Kind of Military Charge

A B.C.-based company has developed a device that harnesses the marching power of soldiers to operate night vision goggles, radios, navigation gear and other battlefield equipment. The lightweight, mechanical PowerWalk brace recharges equipment batteries ... [Published Canadian Plant - 51 mins ago]

Entities: Battery, Military/Armed Forces, Energy Harvesting

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

$20m to fund cyber strategies

Stating that “sophisticated threats demand sophisticated responses,” Defence Minister Peter MacKay has committed $20 million to fund projects aimed at making Canada safer from cyber attacks.Among the 26 science and technology initiatives to receive funding ... [Published SC Magazine US - May 07 2013]

Entities: Defence Research and Development Canada, Public Safety Canada, Infrastructure Protection

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

McGill University

Canadian intelligence caught off guard by Arab Spring: government report

Among other developments, analysts underestimated the repercussions of regime change in Tunisia, the Egyptian military's efforts to control dissent and the duration of the civil war in Libya, says the assessment of how well the Privy Council Office did ... [Published Squamish Chief - May 06 2013]

Entities: Arab Spring, Privy Council, Defence Research and Development Canada, Department of National Defence, McGill University

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Seedhouse shines in Florida

Delivers best-ever performance at St. Anthony's TriathlonDr. Erik Seedhouse enjoyed an awfully bright return to the Sunshine State April 28.And the balmy weather was only part of the reason for that.Avoiding the freak hypothermia-like sickness that plagued ... [Published Inside Halton - May 03 2013]

Entities: Defence Research and Development Canada, Archimedes, Aerospace

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Lockheed Martin F-35

National Defence expected to lose some F-35s before all 65 delivered

National Defence scientists predicted in 2011 that the military would have almost certainly lost several of its brand-new F-35 stealth fighters before all 65 were even delivered, Postmedia News has learned.In December 2011, the Defence Department’s ... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Lockheed Martin F-35, Stealth, Defence Research and Development Canada

First reported Mar 28 2013 - Updated Mar 28 2013 - 2 reports

Defence Research and Development Canada

SENT explores energy efficiency for the military in cold climates

NATO's Smart Energy Team (SENT) was launched at the end of 2012 to advance energy efficiency in the military. As part of its first field-trip, the team of experts from 8 nations visited an energy camp set up by Defence Research & Development Canada near ... [Published NATO Latest News - Mar 28 2013]

Entities: Climate, Military/Armed Forces, Defence Research and Development Canada

First reported Jan 29 2013 - Updated Jan 29 2013 - 1 reports

Defence department looks to privatize mamangement of its properties and … – Ottawa Citizen

OTTAWA — The Defence Department will turn to the private sector to help manage its vast holdings of properties and plans to have a number of companies in place by 2015 to handle that job, according to a high level document obtained by the Citizen. The ... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jan 29 2013]

Entities: Ottawa, privatise, Real Estate

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...ewfoundlandNewfoundland and Labrador continues to be a strong supporter of business-led innovation and market development," said Minister Hutchings. "Today's announcement provides funding of $1.8 million to a diverse group of businesses throughout the province and highlights the Provincial Government's commitment to investing in applied research and innovation in order to diversify and grow our economy."

Businesses to Receive $1.8 Million in Support of Innovation, Economic Diversification Projects [Published Canada NewsWire - May 21 2013]

"For some time to come there may be a particular need in Middle East assessment to flag wildcards and low probability/high impact developments that could result in rapid and substantial shifts in otherwise apparently stable political trajectories" the report said

Canadian intelligence caught off guard by Arab Spring: government report [Published Squamish Chief - May 06 2013]

Jon Kemp, marketing manager of high performance imaging at e2v said "NEOSSat will play a unique role in understanding how to efficiently monitor orbital space and e2v's high performance imaging sensors are key to this process."

e2v image sensors launched into space on board NEOSSat [Published SpaceRef - Mar 06 2013]

"It just happened that way. It's just the effect of coincidence" said Alan Hildebrand, a professor at the University of Calgary and lead scientist for NEOSSat's asteroid search mission

Canadian asteroid-hunting satellite to launch Monday [Published Spaceflight Now - Feb 24 2013]

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$20m to fund cyber strategies [Published SC Magazine US - May 07 2013]
Canadian intelligence caught off guard by Arab ... [Published Squamish Chief - May 06 2013]
Seedhouse shines in Florida [Published Inside Halton - May 03 2013]
National Defence expected to lose some F-35s be... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Apr 29 2013]
National Defence expected to lose some F-35s be... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Apr 28 2013]
SENT explores energy efficiency for the militar... [Published NATO Latest News - Mar 28 2013]
SENT explores energy efficiency for the militar... [Published NATO Latest News - Mar 28 2013]
e2v image sensors launched into space on board ... [Published SpaceRef - Mar 06 2013]
Canadian asteroid-hunting satellite to launch M... [Published Spaceflight Now - Feb 24 2013]
ISRO to launch Canadian NEOSSat space telescope... [Published Frontier India Strategic and Defence - News, An ... - Feb 04 2013]
Defence department looks to privatize mamangeme... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jan 29 2013]
The Mubtakkar of Death [Published Secrecy News - Jun 19 2006]

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National Defence expected to lose some F-35s be... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Apr 29 2013] National Defence scientists predicted in 2011 that the military would have almost certainly lost several of its brand-new F-35 stealth fighters before all 65 were even delivered, Postmedia News has learned.In December 2011, the Defence Department’s ...
SENT explores energy efficiency for the militar... [Published NATO Latest News - Mar 28 2013] NATO's Smart Energy Team (SENT) was launched at the end of 2012 to advance energy efficiency in the military. As part of its first field-trip, the team of experts from 8 nations visited an energy camp set up by Defence Research & Development Canada near ...
SENT explores energy efficiency for the militar... [Published NATO Latest News - Mar 28 2013] NATO's Smart Energy Team (SENT) was launched at the end of 2012 to advance energy efficiency in the military. As part of its first field-trip, the team of experts from 8 nations visited an energy camp set up by Defence Research & Development Canada near ...
Defence department looks to privatize mamangeme... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jan 29 2013] OTTAWA — The Defence Department will turn to the private sector to help manage its vast holdings of properties and plans to have a number of companies in place by 2015 to handle that job, according to a high level document obtained by the Citizen. The ...
The Mubtakkar of Death [Published Secrecy News - Jun 19 2006] Al Qaeda terrorists contemplated an attack on New York subways in 2003 using an “easily constructed” device called a “mubtakkar” to release cyanide gas, according to a story in Time Magazine this week. But there are reasons to question the reliability ...