Defilade Protective Systems offers three different public order shields.
The 6′ interlocking shield, 4′ interlocking shield, and round shield.
They have been tested to three standards:
Departments, agencies, and military organizations in Canada can purchase Defilade Shields via Rampart.
Warq has introduced impact protection gloves to complement their popular force-on-force protection helmet.
Features:
Enhanced Protection: Designed with reinforced padding across critical areas like the back of the hand, knuckles, and fingers, offering superior protection from impacts during intense force-on-force training. These gloves keep your hands shielded while maintaining essential flexibility where you need it most.
Flexibility and Dexterity: Engineered for smooth, unhindered movement, with flexible materials that allow for maximum finger mobility, ensuring precision and control during shooting exercises.
Optimized Trigger Finger: Featuring lightweight padding on the trigger finger, allowing for precise control and accuracy while maintaining protection during a dynamic force-on-force training scenarios.
Reliable Grip: High-friction palm materials provide a secure grip in various conditions, ensuring control over firearms and equipment.
Quick and Secure Fit: The adjustable Velcro wrist closure offers a snug, secure fit, ensuring the gloves stay in place during active and dynamic movements.
Departments, agencies, and military organizations in Canada can access warqhelmets.com/force-on-force-gloves gear via Rampart.
Due to Canadian content laws, Colt Canada provides small arms to the Department of National Defence.
The Canadian military is currently working on an upgrade to their C8 carbines. Colt Canada showed off the latest version of their line of rifles, the C8 Modular Rail Ambidextrous Rifle in 5.56 NATO (Colt Canada also makes the MRR in 300 BLK).
It features a fully ambidextrous lower receiver with ambi bolt catch and release and well as fire selector switch.
This version with the 14.5” barrel is considered the general service variant and is intended for Combat Support and Combat Service Support personnel while close combatants will wield a carbine with an 11.6” barrel. As you can see, it is fitted with the Millbrook Strategic Sciences Multi Function Muzzle Device. The MFMD is timed and permanently affixed to the barrel and is currently already adopted by CANSOFCOM.
I had an opportunity to fire the 11.6 barrel version as well as a C20 sniper rifle in 7.62 NATO. Both were fitted with the MFMD. Although the MFMD is technically a two component system with a clip-on module which offers an additional 3db of attenuation, most don’t bother with the added weight. I was concerned that the carbine would feel unbalanced toward the muzzle but I didn’t notice it at all during firing. This is because most of the MFMD is mounted over the barrel and behind the muzzle. Additionally, although the device looks like a large block, most of it is hollow, filled with chases for the gas to run and escape.
This is a conceptual prototype of what a C8A4 might well look like. However, don’t surprised if the enabled change. For instance, DND still hasn’t decided on which suppressor and variable power optic they are going to field.
Departments, agencies, and military organizations in Canada can access Colt Canada and CZ Group products via Rampart.
Acquisition to address increasing safety, security and defense use cases for autonomous systems and secure high bandwidth communications
CHICAGO – May 27, 2025 – Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Silvus Technologies, Inc. (“Silvus”) for $4.4 billion in up-front consideration.
Based in Los Angeles, California, Silvus designs and develops software-defined high-speed mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) technology that enables highly secure data, video and voice communications without the need for fixed infrastructure. Silvus’ wide range of customers spans autonomous systems manufacturers, military, law enforcement and enterprises around the world.
Silvus’ technology is designed to support frontline operations in the most challenging and contested environments. Silvus’ devices mesh together to establish large, scalable and self-healing networks that adapt to continuous mobility. These robust mobile networks connect people, devices and other nodes over distance and at scale, and seamlessly support bandwidth-intensive technologies like video, sensors and drones.
“Safety at our front doors starts with safety on our front lines,” said Greg Brown, chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions. “This acquisition underscores our unwavering conviction that technology is the bedrock for protecting communities, securing borders and defending against today’s ever evolving threats, whether in the air, on the ground or in the water. As a result, we’re now expanding our intelligent network footprint and powering next-generation security for those who stand on the front lines everywhere.”
Silvus brings more than 20 years of R&D invested in developing complementary technologies and sophisticated software algorithms for high-performance MANET networks that maximize throughput and connected nodes, mitigate jamming, and minimize detection and interception. The companies expect to combine their exceptional engineering teams and leverage Motorola Solutions’ go-to-market footprint to reach customers globally.
Babak Daneshrad, PhD, CEO, Silvus Technologies, said, “We’re inspired by Motorola Solutions’ deep tradition of innovation. The idea that safety is the foundation on which better lives are built is not just a deeply held belief our companies share, but is the motivating force behind our R&D and work. I look forward to our future together, unifying the strengths of our advanced engineering teams in pursuit of serving those who protect us all.”
“Finally, I want to thank TJC for their guidance and support on our journey,” said Daneshrad. “It has been a privilege to partner with Babak and the Silvus team, and see their relentless dedication result in disruptive technological advances and safer, more resilient communications for their critical customer base,” said Erik Fagan, Partner and Head of Industrial Technology, TJC. “We look forward to Silvus’ continued success as part of the Motorola Solutions family.”
For more information on the acquisition, please view the investor presentation on the Motorola Solutions Investor Relations website at www.motorolasolutions.com/investors. A conference call and presentation will be hosted on May 28, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. CST. Interested individuals can access the webcast on the Motorola Solutions Investor Relations website, and an archive of the webcast will be available for a limited period of time thereafter.
Transaction Terms
Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola Solutions will acquire Silvus for $4.4 billion in up-front consideration, comprising approximately $4.38 billion in cash (subject to customary adjustments) and approximately $20 million in restricted stock to certain employee equity holders. Additionally, under the terms of the transaction, Silvus has the potential to receive an earnout of up to $600 million in the aggregate based on business performance over consecutive twelve-month periods ending in 2027 and 2028.
The acquisition is expected to close in Q3 or Q4 of 2025, subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals.
Saab has signed a contract with the Government of Canada for the supply of the Carl-Gustaf M4 man-portable, multi-role weapon system.
This announcement coincides with Saab’s participation at CANSEC 2025, Canada’s largest defence and security trade show, taking place in Ottawa on May 28th and 29th.
The order, which includes the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon and Fire Control Device (FCD) 558, further strengthens the long-standing relationship between Saab and Canada. With this acquisition, Canada joins a growing number of nations equipping their forces with the latest generation of the Carl-Gustaf system.
“This order is a clear example of Saab’s modern, combat-proven capability being in demand by our customers around the world. Canada is an important customer for Saab, and we are proud to continue supporting the Canadian Armed Forces with systems that enhance their operational effectiveness,” says Simon Carroll, President of Saab Canada.
The Carl-Gustaf system is a globally trusted solution, used by more than 40 countries. Carl-Gustaf M4, the latest version of the system, features a lightweight design, integrated electronics, and compatibility with future intelligent sighting systems and programmable ammunition. It enables soldiers to respond quickly to a wide range of battlefield challenges including armour, structures, and personnel.
ALPENA, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
U.S. Air Force Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) specialists and 3d Air Support Operations Group (ASOG) Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) waged simulated war against 820th Base Defense Group (BDG) Airmen during exercise Capri Sun at an Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center operations site in Michigan, Mar. 31 to Apr. 11, 2025.
Blue force TACP and SERE conducted surveillance and targeting operations while being hunted by 820 BDG opposing forces in the bitter cold of Michigan’s forests reaching lows of 14 degrees Fahrenheit. The opposing forces’ goal was to detect TACP and SERE Airmen’s presence with small unmanned aerial systems, simulated intelligence injects, roving patrols, and reconnaissance and surveillance equipment, then to engage with blank rounds and simulated indirect fire.
820 BDG’s primary mission is to defend austere airfields in contested battlefield environments, and this exercise enabled them to apply their defensive fundamentals to protect simulated adversarial assets on this battlefield. Blue forces aimed to infiltrate these defenses undetected to provide targeting data to strike assets.
These opposing forces stressed the TACP and SERE Airmen’s ability to blend into the environment, move covertly throughout the simulated battlefield and detect critical assets for strikes. The weather, environment and opposing forces confronted these blue forces during their 108 operating hours.
These blue forces enabled 820 BDG opposing forces to develop and test their subordinate leaders, the backbone of a flexible fighting force. Through centralized planning and decentralized execution, these subordinate leaders executed individual operations to achieve their common objective.
“The capability for a commander to empower their subordinate leaders to execute their intent with minimal oversight is a huge force multiplier in Agile Combat Employment operations,” Pyle explained. “Rather than operating as one giant echelon of troops at a company level, we can execute multiple missions at the squad level and below to achieve greater effects.”
Story by Capt Christian Little
93rd Air Ground Operations Wing
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NP Aerospace, the global armour manufacturer and vehicle integrator, with operations in UK and Canada, has teamed with the leading international uniform provider, headquartered in Canada,
Logistik Unicorp – bringing together the strengths of both companies. By combining NP’s renowned personal protection expertise, including hard and soft armour technologies, with Logistik Unicorp’s military apparel expertise, the team is able to offer next generation, integrated soldier systems solutions to a variety of international customers and together, bid into numerous upcoming programmes.
Initially, the partnership will focus on defence, security, and police forces within the UK but beyond that, will be positioned to export the joint capabilities. The partnership is already proven, with
Logistik Unicorp, supported by NP Aerospace, having recently been awarded a major contract to supply the Canadian Army’s (CA) light forces Dismounted Infantry Capability Enhancement (DICE) programme with 3,000 kits of advanced protective and load carriage equipment. This contract includes the provision of ballistic armour layers, tactical vests, pack systems and associated pouches, as well as options for additional systems and services.
With some significant UK programmes upcoming, including the MoD’s VIRTUS Torso Sub-System Re-let, the partnership delivers a wide range of potential benefits to the customers. Combining two globally trusted and proven brands, this arrangement unites NP Aerospace’s longstanding reputation as the UK’ leading hard armour supplier with Logistik Unicorp’s military apparel and personal equipment expertise – delivering compliant, validated and trusted solutions. Logistik’s major contracts in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand further reinforce a track record of reliability and operational excellence. Leveraging NP’s established UK supply chain, the partnership is committed to bolstering the UK’s defence manufacturing sector by creating high-skilled jobs, investing in local R&D, and strengthening the national supply chain.
Karine Bibeau, Vice-President, Client Experience at Logistik Unicorp, emphasized the strategic alignment of the two companies’ expertise: “This partnership brings together two highly complementary capabilities—combat-proven armour technology and world-class military apparel and equipment systems—into a unified offering that meets the evolving needs of today’s defence forces. It reflects our shared commitment to delivering fully integrated, user-centric solutions that enhance operational effectiveness and protect those who serve.”
James Kempston, NP Aerospace CEO, commented: “we’re delighted to be able to announce this partnership today, that combines the proven strengths of both companies at a time when there are numerous emerging opportunities in this capability space. We are comfortable that what we’re offering, together, is unmatched in terms of proven and compliant capability, delivering advanced protection, usability, comfort and durability to those who need it most. At the same time, we’re able to offer best-value with our integrated approach of lean manufacturing, best-in-class procurement, and comprehensive lifecycle management underpinning a cost-effective solution for the customer.”
He added: “Our deep understanding of UK MoD processes, combined with Logistik Unicorp’s proven performance in multi-year, large-scale military contracts, will enable a smooth and secure transition for any customer, including the UK’s VIRTUS re-let programme, and others.”
