NATO Boosts ASW and Surface Action Skills in Exercise Dynamic Manta
NATO concluded its anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare exercise Dynamic Manta (DYMA24) in Catania, Italy, March 8. Led by Commander, Submarines NATO at Allied Maritime Command in Northwood, Dynamic Manta converged…
NATO Ships Join UK Carrier Strike Group
NATO warships have joined HMS Prince of Wales for the start of exercises off the UK coast. The carrier and her task force practiced sailing in close formation and learned…
NATO: Meet Canadian LT (N) Kary-Anne Poirier
1. Where are you from? Thetford Mines south of Quebec City, located in the Appalachian Mountains with a population just over 26,000. It is named after the town of Thetford…
Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 Set to Get Underway
NATO Allies and partners are preparing for exercise Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades, set to commence throughout the entire Trans-Atlantic region this week. Steadfast Defender, which has…
HMCS Charlottetown to Participate in Exercise Steadfast Defender
Mons, Belgium – Canada’s HMCS Charlottetown, joined by her embarked CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter, departed the country on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 and is headed across the Atlantic to participate in…
Canada to Participate in NATO Exercise STEADFAST DEFENDER
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is set to participate in the largest NATO exercise in decades that will serve to rehearse NATO’s Deterrence and Defence plans to counter threats to…
Canada Orders Remotely Piloted Aircraft System
The federal government announced December 19, 2023 is to to acquire a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) capability for $2.49 billion. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) will provide the…
NATO Agrees on 2024 Budgets
Allies agreed NATO’s civil and military budgets for 2024 at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Wednesday (13 December 2023). The civil budget is set at €438.1 million,…
NATO’s New Defence Industrial Production Board
On Wednesday 13 December, senior representatives from across the Alliance gathered at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to hold the first meeting of the Defence Industrial Production Board. The Board is…