Halifax Tar
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Dunno, that was 16 years ago now...
Were we there at the same time ? I spent a few weeks with S&T Coy and then got moved to what was supposed to the Kandahar City PRT.
Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC
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Dunno, that was 16 years ago now...
Were we there at the same time ? I spent a few weeks with S&T Coy and then got moved to what was supposed to the Kandahar City PRT.
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What could possibly be going on thats controversial? Federal waterbomber fleet by the RCAF?
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Haven't gone through it myself yet but here it is, 1 hour long.
EDIT: Relevant section starts @ 04:20, not quite informed enough to know why it would possibly be controversial.
EDIT 2: Unless the controversial bit is the partners?
- Calian, CAE, Norcada, Lockheed Martin Canada
- Dell Technologies, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Data Dynamics
Federal Govt. to Fund Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub in Calgary
At an event at the University of Calgary, Defence Minister David McGuinty announces an investment of $20.3 million to establish the Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub at the school. Afterwards, he faces questions from reporters on the recent arrest of a Canadian intern at NATO headquarters on...
This is what has been released so far.
Minister McGuinty launches Canada's first Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub to strengthen defence capabilities - Canada.ca
Today, the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, announced the launch of the Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub (DISH) under the Bureau of Research, Engineering and Advanced Leadership in Innovation and Science (BOREALIS) in Calgary, Alberta.
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shuttering a base and moving its operations to Alberta????
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If the lesson is wrong, does it count as learned?
While everything I can collate shows the shotgun is effectively worthless in C-UAS. I do like the idea of national skeet shooting.Time to crank up a national CAF skeet shooting program
1) Skeet shooting helps training for movers, and the required safety area is a lot less for 12ga birdshot than 5.56mm.
2) It appears that shotgun issuance helps with morale - as the soldiers believe either they have a C-UAS option - and/or the CoC at least cares to try to give them something.
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Not so much lesson learned as we don’t have any alternative at the moment and have to pretend to do something.
Don’t get me wrong, I love shotgun shooting (5-stand is my preference at the moment and likely would be the best practice for drone shooting as it covers so many different directions and angles) but it is a last ditch attempt to stop a drone and of very questionable effectiveness.
Shooting clays tops out at about 100km/h (most are 60-70km/h) a drone generally will travel 180km/h+ when going in for the kill. Basically double the speed of the sporting clays, coming straight at you. Not exactly a game I would want to play and it makes carrying a shotgun for combat a item of questionable value.
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More tanks but only for the Lord Stathaconas?
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It's amazing what a seperation crisis can stir-up...
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Que has been a good teacher.
Interesting timing… in the last few months I’ve happened upon a couple Government of Alberta jobs posted for Ottawa focusing on building Alberta’s presence in the defence space. One was basically a policy analyst job a few months ago, and here’s another: Manager, Defence Strategic Initiatives
The one I saw a couple months ago read as looking for someone well versed and connected in the defence sector. GoA’s making a definite push in this direction. Probably a wise strategic move.
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Acquisition reform at the speed of war - Breaking Defense
As part of the DoW’s acquisition transformation, streamlined processes must be extended to all companies in the defense industrial base.
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Sam Mehta, President, Space & Mission Systems and Communications & Spectrum Dominance, L3Harris
"We’re seeing the urgent threat scenario play out around the world right now with current conflicts and current capabilities. This isn’t a “what will warfare look like in 2035?” scenario. The future of warfare has come and it’s come in a few different forms.
"One is asymmetric warfare..... highly capable, low-cost, highly proliferated UAS (unmanned aerial systems) vehicles delivering unprecedented amounts of challenge and damage to more exquisite, higher-cost system....
"The second one..... fought within the electromagnetic spectrum every day.....rendering communication systems and radar systems ineffective so that your enemies can’t communicate or get an early warning of incoming threats.
"Third is the ability to be able to scale quickly.'
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Previously reported that BAE Bofors is cranking up production by 400%
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" increasing production to 3–4 times current levels in certain product segments."
" the most popular products were the Archer self-propelled howitzer, the Tridon Mk2 anti-aircraft artillery system, and 40-mm 3P programmable ammunition designed for the system."
"BAE Systems Bofors is manufacturing the 40-mm Tridon Mk2 anti-aircraft gun systems and accompanying 3P programmable ammunition for Ukraine'
"The Swedish company is also manufacturing 155-mm Archer self-propelled howitzers for...
Now I see that BAE Hagglunds is forecasting an equivalent increase in CV90 and BvS10 production.
"Hägglunds expects to build almost 300 combat vehicles in 2026 and more than 400 in 2027, according to Arseneault."
"Those production figures do not include a separate five-nation CV90 programme that remains under negotiation. Arseneault said the potential deal could cover more than 400 additional vehicles."
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This is concurrent with this news
www.arabtimesonline.com
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Giddyup!
BAE Systems Bofors Massively Expands Weapons Production | Defense Express
The Archer self-propelled howitzer and Tridon Mk2 anti-aircraft gun have become BAE Systems Bofors' bestsellers, which is ramping up production for Ukraine
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" increasing production to 3–4 times current levels in certain product segments."
" the most popular products were the Archer self-propelled howitzer, the Tridon Mk2 anti-aircraft artillery system, and 40-mm 3P programmable ammunition designed for the system."
"BAE Systems Bofors is manufacturing the 40-mm Tridon Mk2 anti-aircraft gun systems and accompanying 3P programmable ammunition for Ukraine'
"The Swedish company is also manufacturing 155-mm Archer self-propelled howitzers for...
Now I see that BAE Hagglunds is forecasting an equivalent increase in CV90 and BvS10 production.
"Hägglunds expects to build almost 300 combat vehicles in 2026 and more than 400 in 2027, according to Arseneault."
"Those production figures do not include a separate five-nation CV90 programme that remains under negotiation. Arseneault said the potential deal could cover more than 400 additional vehicles."
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This is concurrent with this news
Pentagon gives US arms industry 21 days to accelerate weapons production
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 : US Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg has given leaders of the American defense industry no more than 21 days to submit plans for signi...
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Giddyup!
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Pentagon asks weapons makers what paperwork is slowing them down
Getting a fighter jet part built faster in America might soon depend on cutting through a mountain of paperwork that has nothing to do with engineering and everything to do with accounting. The Department of War wants the companies that
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The best part is that the supply chain is still flush with it, so its something that can be trained with intensely without rationing worries.
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We need to start producing something like this at the federal level. 40mm carrier. Anyone who can commercialize this will stand beside Maxim, Colt, and Garand as a weapons designer.
High-Strain-Rate Kinetic Fouling Matrix
40mm-deployable, Counter-UAS (C-UAS) payload utilizing a Non-Newtonian Shear-Thickening Fluid (STF) nanocomposite. Formulation must remain a low-viscosity fluid during ballistic transit and spatial dispersal, yet undergo an instantaneous, reversible phase transition into a high-tensile, macroscopic entangling solid upon high-velocity mechanical impact with drone rotors.
1. Rheological Design & Nanocomposite Architecture
To maximize the critical shear rate differential between aerodynamic dispersal xxx and rotor impact xxx, a highly concentrated colloid must be engineered near its maximum packing fraction.
2. Microstructural Thickening Mechanism
At rest and during sub-critical flight dispersal, steric or electrostatic repulsive forces dominate, allowing the nanoparticles to flow smoothly around one another.
Upon propeller blade contact, the applied hydrodynamic stress overcomes these repulsive barriers. The particles are driven out of their equilibrium positions into localized, tightly packed aggregates.
The nano-filament strands become mechanically entrapped and squeezed within hydroclusters. This induces a catastrophic, mass-dilatant spike in viscosity. The continuous spinning motion of the rotor acts as a mechanical spool, pulling the localized high-viscosity mass into macroscopic, fibrillar ropes.
This transfers rotational kinetic energy into tensile strain, wrapping and binding the motor shaft to cause an instantaneous mechanical stall.
3. Critical Thermodynamic and Physical Constraints
Existing tech. Existing platforms. Existing supply chains.
High-Strain-Rate Kinetic Fouling Matrix
40mm-deployable, Counter-UAS (C-UAS) payload utilizing a Non-Newtonian Shear-Thickening Fluid (STF) nanocomposite. Formulation must remain a low-viscosity fluid during ballistic transit and spatial dispersal, yet undergo an instantaneous, reversible phase transition into a high-tensile, macroscopic entangling solid upon high-velocity mechanical impact with drone rotors.
1. Rheological Design & Nanocomposite Architecture
To maximize the critical shear rate differential between aerodynamic dispersal xxx and rotor impact xxx, a highly concentrated colloid must be engineered near its maximum packing fraction.
- Continuous Dispersant Phase: Low-molecular-weight Polyethylene Glycol. The ether oxygen backbone provides excellent chemical stability, wide operational temperature windows and optimal Newtonian baselines to prevent premature thickening during low-shear gas deployment.
- Dispersed Nanoparticle Phase: Monodisperse, hydrophilic fumed silica (xxx nominal diameter) or surface-functionalized poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) spheres. Spherical morphologies are critical to ensure predictable, isotropic hydrocluster formation.
- High-Tensile Interlocking Fillers: Surface-modified Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) or aramid pulps functionalized with silane coupling agents.
2. Microstructural Thickening Mechanism
At rest and during sub-critical flight dispersal, steric or electrostatic repulsive forces dominate, allowing the nanoparticles to flow smoothly around one another.
Upon propeller blade contact, the applied hydrodynamic stress overcomes these repulsive barriers. The particles are driven out of their equilibrium positions into localized, tightly packed aggregates.
The nano-filament strands become mechanically entrapped and squeezed within hydroclusters. This induces a catastrophic, mass-dilatant spike in viscosity. The continuous spinning motion of the rotor acts as a mechanical spool, pulling the localized high-viscosity mass into macroscopic, fibrillar ropes.
This transfers rotational kinetic energy into tensile strain, wrapping and binding the motor shaft to cause an instantaneous mechanical stall.
3. Critical Thermodynamic and Physical Constraints
- Solvation & Particle Volume Fraction: The operational window must sit precisely between xxx and xxx. Exceeding this threshold risks premature jamming inside the 40mm canister during launch acceleration. Falling below it prevents the formation of continuous hydroclusters, causing the material to merely splash off the rotor.
- Viscoelastic Relaxation Dynamics: The relaxation time of the fluid must be synthetically tuned via chemical crosslinking density to prevent immediate reversion to a liquid state once the propeller slows, ensuring permanent rotor immobilization.
Existing tech. Existing platforms. Existing supply chains.
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So….a spiderman web slinger?
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More like a structural mist. First round releases at 100m, second 75m, etc. As long as any part of it touches the propellers it turns the entire cloud into string it wraps around itself. Its a similar principle to chainsaw gloves/pants. It could be fired high and then settle on an area. This gets around the direct hit tracking problem for infantry.
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