Arvin Jelliss (Ottawa) has forwarded an interesting item by Tim Page president of Canadian Association of Defence & Security Industries (CADSI).
- Harper government has taken steps to rebuildCanada’s defence and security brand internationally e.g. Canada First Defence Strategy.
- Government also commissioned a special report on innovation and defence procurement from an expert panel – Canada to adopt a defence industrial policy to target federal R&D, export and procurement strategies toward key domestic industrial capabilities to help level the playing field for Canadian industry (very interesting!!)
- National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy announced – clear manifestation ofCanadaacting in its own strategic national interests.
- December 2009 report, prepared by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, identified key domestic industrial capability areas of national interest. e.g. where Canada has established global champions and economic value – so-called C4ISR systems (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), geospatial and intelligence systems, sensors, sonar and mission systems, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection, protection and decontamination, and personal protective clothing and equipment, along with shelters and containers, simulation and training, armoured land vehicles, military-designed aircraft, composites, avionics, aircraft engines and landing gear.
- CADSI has also identified areas that hold strategic security and sovereign value e.g. systems integration, computer security architectures, ordinance, ammunition and small arms, maritime domain awareness, port and border security.
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