Survey: securing outdoor space
Castanet Staff – July 22, 2022 / 21:45 | History: 376879
Photo: The Canadian Press
The Royal Canadian Air Force’s newest division focuses on extraterrestrial matters.
A reorganization of the existing space-focused team will now be known as the 3rd Canadian Space Division, with Brig.-Gen. Mike Adamson in command.
Defense Minister Anita Anand calls space a “critical domain for national security” and says the division is part of building a military that can respond to “tomorrow’s threats.”
Over the next few years, the division will expand to employ about 175 people, nearly doubling the number of positions from the previous iteration, Director General Space.
Canada is part of the Combined Space Operations initiative, along with six allied countries, which in February released a document outlining its vision for the next decade.
Canada says space capabilities are used in communications, navigation, weather services, remote sensing, Earth observation and financial transactions, and that some countries have the ability to cut off access to these critical functions.
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