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National DefenceDefence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)Defence R&D Canada – Atlantic (DRDC Atlantic)DRDC Atlantic is the Department of National Defence centre of expertise for research and development in undersea warfare and marine vehicle technology supporting Canadian Navy and Maritime Air requirements. DRDC Atlantic also participates significantly in Maritime Command and Control efforts. R&D in the above areas is conducted in the form of theoretical studies, experimental data gathering, system concept demonstrators, and field validation trials. A portion of the work is carried out at the Dockyard Laboratory (Pacific) in Esquimalt, British Columbia, and at the National Research Council's Institute for Aerospace Research in Ottawa. Fields of Research Undersea Warfare: Ocean environmental acoustics, acoustic sensor systems, electromagnetic sensor systems, underwater acoustic transducers, sonar signal processing, sonar information management, marine mine countermeasures, torpedo countermeasures, towed bodies, remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles, sonar performance assessment, and sonar system concept demonstration. Maritime Command and Control: Maritime tactical picture generation and presentation; decision support tools and technology demonstrators; and integrating the command and control efforts at other laboratories with DRDC Atlantic's own capabilities. Naval Platforms: Platform noise; dynamics; propeller design, structures, and materials; and marine corrosion science. Air Platforms: Structures, propulsion, non-destructive testing, energy sources, and economic maintenance. Contact J. L. Kennedy Web site: http://www.atlantic.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/facilities/facilities_e.shtml Defence R&D Canada – Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier)DRDC Valcartier's mission is to conduct applied defence research and development work in the fields of optronic systems, information systems, and weapon systems. Fields of Research Optronics and micro-engineering, including visible and infrared components, sensors and systems, signal, image and data processing, as well as target and background characteristics and intervening media; command and control using state-of-the-art technologies in artificial intelligence, data fusion, system architectures, human-machine interfaces and decision support; emergent energetic materials including rockets, rocket and gun propellants, energetic polymers, insensitive munitions, and pyrotechnic and pyrophoric devices for countermeasures and self-protection; ordnance, including projectiles and their flight mechanics and terminal effects, weapon system performance analysis, platform vulnerability and survivability, high strain rate characteristics of materials, and smart fusing for munitions. Contact Gilles Bérubé Web site: http://www.valcartier.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/e/facilities_e.asp?page=22&lang=e Defence R&D Canada – Ottawa (DRDC Ottawa)DRDC Ottawa is the lead authority and centre of expertise for the exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum to meet future Canadian Forces, departmental, and national needs. Fields of Research DRDC Ottawa's core technologies are radar technology, including navigation, synthetic aperture radar, radar counter-countermeasures, target classification, missile approach warning systems, multifunction radar, coastal surveillance radar, and target tracking; electronic warfare technology, including radar and communications, electronic support measures, electronic countermeasures, and electromagnetic protection; space systems technology, including space environment and electronics, space systems and simulators, and space data exploitation; communications technology, including satellite communications, advanced communications networks, wireless communications, HF radar, speech coding, and antennas; and information operations technology, including network attack detection and analysis, information protection and assurance, and information exploitation. Contact Cam Boulet Web site: http://www.ottawa.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/html/facilities_e.html Defence R&D Canada – Toronto (DRDC Toronto)DRDC Toronto is Canada's centre of expertise for ensuring that Canadian Defence and National Security capabilities exploit the full potential of Human Effectiveness S&T. It achieves this by integrating knowledge from various fields of science and technology (S&T) that address human behaviour, human performance, and human protection. Fields of Research DRDC Toronto conducts S&T in the following four areas: 1) Human Systems Integration; 2) Collaborative Behaviour and Integrated Learning; 3) Integrated Readiness and Performance Restoration; and 4) Adversary Intent and Integrated Visualization. These areas of research require expertise from such diverse disciplines as: cognitive and behavioural sciences; information and decision systems; human factors engineering; simulation and training technologies; human-computer interaction; human systems modelling; life support systems; protective clothing systems; autonomic and central nervous system physiology; trauma science; biomedical engineering; social psychology; political science; and cultural anthropology. Contact Ross Pigeau Web site: http://www.toronto.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/facilities/facilities_e.html Defence R&D Canada – Suffield (DRDC Suffield)DRDC Suffield is Canada's centre of expertise for defence R&D to counter chemical, biological, and explosive threats. Fields of Research Toxicology and Pharmacology: Toxicity and mechanisms of action of toxic chemicals (including chemical warfare agents), including pathophysiology; prophylaxis and therapy for nerve agents, vesicants, and neurotoxins. Prevention and Treatment of Disease: Infectious disease mitigation, including vaccines and alternatives to vaccines such as protective/therapeutic antibodies and immune modulators; anti-infective drugs and drug delivery systems, including inhalation and liposome encapsulation. Threat Assessment and Consequence Management: Development of computer models for hazard assessment, including hazardous cloud movements. Detection, Diagnostics, and Protection: Detection and identification of chemical and biological hazards by various methods, including spectrometric particle counting/sizing, ionization, capillary electrophoresis, microfluidics, immunochemistry, and gene probe technology; personal protection equipment in hostile chemical environments, and techniques to decontaminate persons and equipment. Military Engineering: Explosive physics in air and under water, explosively formed projectiles, fuel-air explosives, numerical methods in fluid dynamics, blast and shock wave/structure interactions, detection and identification of buried land mines, ordnance, and minefields. Autonomous, Intelligent Systems: Tele-operated and robotic surface vehicles and their control for military applications; land vehicle dynamics and advanced vehicle subsystems; image analysis and artificial intelligence. Contact Kent Harding Web site: http://www.suffield.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/facilities/index_e.html Defence R&D Canada – Centre for Operational Research and Analysis (DRDC CORA)Operational ResearchThe Operational Research Division provides and maintains expert, objective, and responsive analytical services based on the scientific method, which contribute to improved operational effectiveness and efficiency for the Canadian Forces and Department of National Defence now and in the future. Fields of Research Computer simulations and models of engagements in anti-submarine warfare and maritime air defence; campaign models of effectiveness of escorts and maritime patrol aircraft; mathematical modelling, simulation, and war-gaming of land forces equipment, structures, and tactics; tactical air defence, aerospace defence, air transport, and search and rescue operations; studies of factors affecting the employment of land force electronic warfare techniques and systems; development and evaluation of decision-support systems for optimal sparing, supply and transportation, life-cycle costing, and materiel management; development of systems to support human resources management, training, mobilization, planning, and policy formulation; studies on combat motivation, social, and military family support mechanisms; applications in numerical analysis, applied statistics, probability theory, artificial intelligence, and the design and conduct of field trials. Contact Jocelyn Tremblay Contact for all DRDC locations Nathalie Rodrigue DRDC Visiting Fellowship Program Web site: http://www.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/about/us_e.asp Human Resources Research and EvaluationThe Human Resources Research and Evaluation Directorate conducts applied psychology and sociology research in support of Canadian Forces operations and DND functions. Fields of Research Social Policy: Research in support of policy or program development or evaluation, for example, gender integration, employment equity, ethics, harassment, attrition, health and lifestyle, and culture initiatives; review developments in the academic literature of models related to social change initiatives in order to develop frameworks for integrating Department of National Defence social policy programs and requirements; integrate individual research projects into a coherent approach to diversity, so as to optimize research efforts and best address the diversity needs of the Defence team. Operational Effectiveness and Leadership: Research in support of performance measurement in deployed and non-deployed environments and units, for example, stress, cohesion, morale, confidence in leadership, and combat readiness; examine recent developments in the literature on organizational and individual effectiveness. Personnel Production: Review Canadian Forces selection programs and initiatives related to the use of competency assessment and performance appraisal; examine recent developments in the academic literature regarding the development of competency-based assessment techniques to identify the optimum approach for the Canadian Forces, with particular attention to human rights implications; integrate individual research projects into a coherent approach to competency assessments to optimize research efforts and best address Force generation requirements. Contact Col. Cheryl Lamerson, Ph.D. Defence Human Resources Research and Evaluation (DHRRE) |
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