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OVER THE HORIZON RADAR
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| | |  | | Canada has one of the world's longest coastlines, representing enormous challenges to those agencies responsible for surveillance against illegal imports, immigration and threats to our fish stocks and national security. Airborne surveillance using Canada’s fleet of Aurora Aircraft is effective but expensive. A team of DRDC Scientists work on a project, that is aimed at reducing these costs and improving Canada’s effectiveness in monitoring maritime traffic along our coastline.
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SMARTT TECHNOLOGIES
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| | |  | | Despite the fact that millions of parents decry the waste of hours and days that their teenage sons spend in front of military simulation video games like Counter Strike, the technology behind these games is making a contribution to our defence efforts.
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DIRTY BOMBS
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| | |  | | With the end of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear war is much lower, or at least much different .... DRDC defence scientists are studying the effects of a potential threat that the world has yet to encounter.
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TRACKING SPACE JUNK
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| | |  | | Brad Wallace is a Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) scientist working on Canada's contribution to international surveillance efforts designed to turn space into a safer place.
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THROUGH THE WALL RADAR
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| | |  | | In a recent experiment at a U.S. government test facility, a human being was detected through 3 metres of rubble by sensing their breathing and small body motions using radar. DRDC scientist Sylvain Gauthier is on the Canadian team of researchers who are adapting and advancing this technology for use by the Canadian Forces.
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RECLAIMING THE EARTH
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| | |  | | According to Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) Scientist Howie Mende, at the present rate of removal we will rid ourselves of the world's last land mine in 1,000 years. Clearly this is a problem that goes beyond simply military considerations. DRDC-Ottawa, along with DRDC-Suffield, has developed a complete system for detecting and neutralizing landmines. The DRDC-Ottawa components are developed using Shirleys Bay's unique facilities and expertise.
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CANADIAN FORCES EXPERIMENTATION CENTRE
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| | |  | | There is a new establishment being created within the Shirley’s Bay campus called the 'Canadian Forces Experimentation Centre' or CFEC. Initiated in late 2001 with only 12 people, the establishment staff should grow to 50 and will be housed in a new $4M building by the end of 2004. The official mission statement for the new centre is “To lead the exploration of emerging concepts to determine the capabilities required by DND and the Canadian Forces of the future”.
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