Research Study Group on Liveware Integration in Weapons System Acquisition

blended learning system [ integrated learning system ]

armament systems technician

weapon system | weapons system

hand-held anti-tank weapon (1) | anti-tank recoilless weapon (2) | light anti-tank weapon (3) [ HH AT wpn ]

Federal Office for Weapon Systems, Vehicles and Equipment [ FWVE ]

integrated information system

NATO Integrated Communications System | NICS [Abbr.]

(Return tabled) Question No. 144 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the government’s policy on fully autonomous weapons and autonomous robotics systems: (a) has the Department of National Defense (DND) provided financing, logistical assistance, or any other means of support for the research and development of fully autonomous weapons; (b) has DND provided financing, logistical assistance, or any other means of support for the research and development of autonomous robotic systems; (c) has DND awarded any contracts to develop or contribute to the development of autonomous robotic systems, and, if so, (i) what is the value of each con ...[+++]tract, (ii) what entity was awarded each contract, (iii) what were the objective, terms, and conditions of each contract, (iv) what controls were put in place to prevent the future weaponization of this research; (d) has the government entered into any agreements with universities or research institutes in Canada to study or develop autonomous robotic systems, and, if so, for each respective agreement, (i) what is the value of the government’s contribution, (ii) with which entity was the agreement signed, (iii) what were the objective, terms, and conditions of the agreement, (iv) what controls were put in place to prevent the future weaponization of this research; (e) do DND or the Canadian Forces (CF) have written policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines on the use of robotics by DND or CF, and, if so, what are those policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines; (f) do DND or CF have written policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines on the use of fully autonomous weapons by DND or CFs, and, if so, what are those policies, regulations, rules, or guidelines; and (g) what steps has the government taken in applying Article 36 of Additional Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions (new weapons), in regard to funding, research, developing and testing of new weapons systems?

JSC Tula Arms Plant (weapons systems)

‘Development’, monitoring, maintenance or updating of ‘software’ embedded in military weapon systems;

‘development’, monitoring, maintenance or updating of ‘software’ embedded in military weapon systems;