The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) has announced the successful innovators in 2024’s competitive challenges. These firms – seven of whom are Canadian – will be joining NATO DIANA’s 2025 cohort of innovators. Challenges focused on several innovation areas in security and defence, including data and information security, critical infrastructure and logistics, and human health and performance.
On December 10, 2024, Brigadier-General Vanessa Hanrahan was officially recognized as the new Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CF PM) and assumed command of the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp) from Major-General Simon Trudeau
Today, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver returned to its home port of Esquimalt, British Columbia, having completed its six-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region under Operations HORIZON and NEON.
Today, Commodore Matthew Coates transferred command of Standing North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) to Rear Admiral H. İlker Avcı of the Turkish Navy, during a ceremony at the Aksaz Naval Base in Türkiye.
The Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Directorate of Flight Safety, which is the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) Airworthiness Investigative Authority, has concluded its Flight Safety Investigation into the accident that occurred on June 20, 2023, in the Ottawa River near Garrison Petawawa involving a CH-147F Chinook helicopter that claimed the lives of two CAF members.
December 2, 2024 – Ottawa, ON – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Ranj Pillai, the Yukon Premier, signed a letter of intent for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) to establish a Naval Reserve presence in Canada’s north
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is taking a focused and deliberate approach to attracting Canadians to Your Air Force, which includes two new initiatives: the implementation of the Air Operations Support Technician (AOS Tech) trade as part of Regular Force employment, and the expansion of the paid education entry plan through the Non-Commissioned Member Subsidized Training and Education Plan (NCMSTEP) to include Aircraft Structures Technician (ACS Tech).
General Jennie Carignan, the Chief of the Defence Staff, and Robyn Hynes, Interim Ombud, are pleased to announce an exciting new collaboration between the Office of the DND/CAF Ombudsman and the Canadian Armed Forces.
Media are invited to participate in a one-on-one interview with Commodore Matthew Coates, Commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) on December 2, 2024.
