The Canadian Security Materials Technologies Roadmap (SMTRM) initiative is an industry-led strategic planning process, designed to foster development of innovative products and systems to meet future market demands.
Working with Canadian industry across the value chain, from constituents to end product systems, the SMTRM aims to accelerate innovation, competitiveness and productivity in Canada's security materials technology sector. By identifying future market demands in Canada and internationally, and the critical technologies that will be required to meet those demands, the SMTRM will help align, plan and coordinate technology development opportunities for Canadian industry and target R&D investments.
Development of the SMTRM is led by a Steering Committee comprised of industry leaders, with support from government and academia. These members offer expertise in security materials research and technology development as applied to next-generation personal protective equipment and armoured vehicle products. Members were selected based upon the merit of their applications, submitted in response to an open process that was advertised in 2014 and 2015 on BuyandSell.gc.ca.
About the SMTRM
The SMTRM is an initiative of the Security Materials Technologies (SMT) program. The SMT program will:
- exploit the NRC's unique world-class capabilities in nano and composite materials, and structures technologies;
- integrate DRDC's exceptional strengths in armour systems development and validation;
- support industry to develop, validate and market world-leading, cost-effective personal protection equipment and armoured vehicles and improve future innovation capacity; and
- provide enhanced protection systems for the Canadian Armed Forces, first responders, police and security personnel.
CSTRM vs SSTR
The SMTRM builds on the Soldier Systems Technology Roadmap (SSTR) development experience, but they are distinct.
| Security Materials Technologies Roadmap | Soldier Systems Technology Roadmap | |
|---|---|---|
| Led by | Industry | DND /DRDC/ CADSI |
| Supported by | NRC and DRDC | Industry Canada |
| Focus/scope | Security materials technologies and their application to personal protective equipment and vehicle armour | Soldier systems |
| Participants | Focused participation | Broad participation (200-300 workshop participants) |
| Dissemination of results | Public | Public |
Steering Committee
Back row: Nicolas Todd, James Kempston, Alain Bujold, Andrew Johnston, Kevin Williams, Alan Bolster, Dustin Pearson, Christopher Kingston
Front row: Brad Field, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Jérôme Pollak, Marc McArthur
Main role: Provide guidance to the Security Materials Technologies Roadmap (SMTRM) initiative to ensure it is aligned well to industry needs
| Name | Title | Organization | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Kingston | Program Leader, Security Materials Technologies program | National Research Council | Co-chair |
| Nicolas Todd | Associate VP, Policy, Communications and Government Relations | Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) | Core member |
| Jean-Philippe Dionne | Director, Research Engineering | Med-Eng | Core member |
| James Kempston | Business Development Director – North America and Asia Pacific | Morgan Advanced Materials Composites and Defence Systems | Core member |
| Steve Carkner | Research/Development/Engineering Integrated Systems Business Unit | Revision Military Inc. | Core member |
| Maj. General David Fraser | Board Director | INKAS | Core member |
| Alain Bujold | President | Mawashi Protective Clothing Inc. | Core member |
| Fabio DeWitt | Senior Director, Armour | DEW Engineering and Development ULC | Core member |
| Richard Dolbec | Program Director, Emerging Technologies | Tekna | Core member |
| Laura Donahue | Senior Research Engineer and Team Lead, Explosion and Fluid Dynamics | Lloyd's Register Martec | Core member |
| Dustin Pearson | Ship Survivability Engineer ADM(Mat) / DGMEPM / DNPS 2-5-6 | PDepartment of National Defence | Core member |
| John Spray | President | HIT Dynamics Ltd | Core member |
| John Spray | President | HIT Dynamics Ltd | Core member |
| Bradley Field | President | PRE Labs Inc. | Core member |
| Robert Grace | Senior Account Manager, Industrial Participation | MITACS | Core member |
| Kevin Williams | Defence Scientist, Weapons Effects and Protection Section | Defence Research and Development Canada | Associate member |
| Alexandra Sirois | Defence Scientist, Weapons Effects and Protection Section | Defence Research and Development Canada | Associate member |
| Jason Braden | Program Leader, Land Combat Systems Program | Defence Research and Development Canada | Associate member |
| Rod Paterson | Business Advisor | National Research Council | Associate member |
| John Preston-Thomas | Thrust Leader, SMT program | National Research Council | Associate member |
| Sylvain Labonté | Thrust Leader, SMT program | National Research Council | Associate member |
| Benoit Simard | Thrust Leader, SMT program | National Research Council | Associate member |
| Marc McArthur | Client Relationship Leader | National Research Council | Support member |
| Perry Wells | Project Manager | National Research Council | Support member |
Members
Members
- Co-chair: NRC Security Materials Technologies program lead (other co-chair position vacant)
- Core member: Representatives from Canadian industry
- Associate member: Government representatives
- Support member: SMTRM program management office staff