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Letter from Shearwater Aviation Museum Foundation
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Announces $3M Digital Ship In-Service Support Project
December 14, 2020 – Today Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC) announced its 16th project with a total project value of more than $3 million. The Digital Ship In-Service Support Project comes from the OSC’s Accelerated Ocean Solutions Program and brings together two Canadian marine industry leaders from Canada’s west and east coasts to develop and commercialize 3D digital twin capabilities that…
Read MoreHMCS Winnipeg Crewmember Lost at Sea
December 15, 2020 – A sailor went missing on Monday, December 14, 2020, while deployed on HMCS Winnipeg. Missing is Master Sailor Duane Earle, a Boatswain, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The details are still being determined, but it is believed he accidently fell overboard very early on Dec. 14, while the ship was approximately 500 nautical miles west of San Francisco,…
Read MoreUSS Ross Exercises with SNMG1
December 10, 2020 – USS Ross (DDG 71) completed a multi-warfare exercise with Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG-1), Dec. 9. Ross conducted a series of air defense exercises and tactical passing maneuvers with Portuguese Vasco da Gama-class frigate NRP Corte-Real (F332), Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Toronto (FFH 333), six French Dassault Rafale aircraft, and a French E-2C Hawkeye. “Training…
Read MoreSerco’s Canada Marine Business Invests In contextere’s Data Analytics Solution
December 7, 2020 – Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced today that the Company is investing $850,000 in Ottawa-based artificial intelligence (AI) software firm contextere. Specifically, contextere’s AI technology, which will extract previously inaccessible data, curate the information, and deliver knowledge that improves performance, increases skills, and eliminates the need for rework. Contextere will develop…
Read MoreSeaspan Shipyards to Engage Canadian Youth in Marine Industry STEM Careers
December 8, 2020 – Today, Seaspan Shipyards announced a $300,000 investment in Let’s Talk Science, an award-winning national charitable organization that has been providing Canadian youth and educators with engaging science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs for more than 25 years. Seaspan’s three-year commitment will support the roll-out of new Kindergarten–Grade 12 (K-12) programming across Canada designed to educate…
Read MoreSubmission to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs’ Study on Disability Claims Backlog
Harry DeWolf Trials Capabilities at Sea
December 7, 2020 – The future HMCS Harry DeWolf sailed under RCN command for the first time in early October 2020, and has since been at sea regularly, with the crew conducting training, testing and trials on the new vessel. The work is part of a normal process to incrementally test Harry DeWolf’s systems, and as sailors gain experience with…
Read MoreForever Changed – Stories From the Second World War opens at the Canadian War Museum
December 3, 2020 – The Second World War was a global conflict, fought across almost every continent on land, at sea and in the air. For many Canadians, it was personal, affecting their lives as they served in uniform, contributed to the war effort from the home front, or worried about loved ones in danger. Opening on December 4 at…
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