Tag Archives: Canada

The U.S. and Canada have developed a joint strategy that calls for bilateral collaboration and a shared approach to manage security risks to power grid infrastructure in North America. The Joint United States-Canada Electric Grid Security and Resilience Strategy outlines  outlines approaches to protect the current electric grid, manage contingencies through modernization of response and recovery systems and build a new …

President Barack Obama has said the U.S. will maintain its support of defense and security initiatives in Europe as well as transatlantic relationship and common efforts with allies amid threats facing NATO member countries, DoD News reported Saturday. Obama told a group of reporters at the NATO summit in Warsaw that the U.S. will deploy a battalion of …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said current estimates show that military spending in Canada and the alliance’s other member states in Europe has increased by 1.5 percent, or more than $3 billion, DoD News reported Tuesday. Jim Garamone writes Stoltenberg highlighted spending trends across the alliance on the eve of the …

Canada’s Defense Ministry has adopted a new strategy to procure surface combatant ships for the Royal Canadian Navy in a move to accelerate proposed delivery schedule two years ahead of the original timeframe. Judy Foote, Canadian minister of public services and procurement, and John McKay, parliamentary secretary to the minister of national defense, …

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz met with energy ministers from Canada and Mexico at the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial and Mission Innovation Ministerial meetings in San Francisco to discuss the programs launched by the three countries to address climate change. Moniz held the meetings with Jim Carr, Canada’s natural resources minister; and Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, Mexico’s …

The Department of Homeland Security science and technology directorate has collaborated with Canadian organizations to test emergency response technologies and protocols along the Michigan and Ontario border. DHS said Tuesday the fourth leg of the Canada-U.S. Enhanced Resiliency Experiments at the Blue Water Bridge crossing will work to test cross-border broadband and wireless networks, electrocardiogram …

Former Canadian Defense Minister Jason Kenney has said he believes Canada should participate in a continental ballistic missile defense program if the U.S. requests for it, The Canadian Press reported Wednesday. Alexander Panetta writes Kenney made his remarks as the Canadian government reviews the country’s military policy. “This is not about stationing …

A Chinese national has entered a guilty plea in California for his involvement in a conspiracy to steal military technical information through intrusions into U.S. defense contractors’ computer networks and transmit the stolen data to China. The Justice Department said in a release posted Wednesday Su Bin, a China-based businessman …

The Office of Naval Research has demonstrated unmanned undersea vehicles that work to help marine personnel counter underwater mines. ONR said Friday 40 remotely operated vehicles were presented and tested during the two-week technology demonstration held at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. Some of the platforms demonstrated at the event …

Frank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, has said that he considers Canadian technology suppliers a key participant in U.S.’ F-35 program, Defense News reported Tuesday. “We make our decisions on participation based on best value and if Canadian firms are still best value then they will be part …