Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel) (ADM (Mat))

ADM Mat Homepage

ADM (Mat) or the Materiel Group is the organization within the Department of National Defence that is responsible for the procurement and management of materiel - the supplies needed to keep a functioning military at work, from trucks and tanks to boots and rations.

This site has general information on the Group, and on its major projects and services. 

Features

Soldier Technology US 2010 Conference Washington, DC 19-21 Jan 2010

ISSP at Washington conferenceLieutenant Colonel Jacques Levesque, Project Manager for the Integrated Soldier System Project - ISSP, confers with his allied counterparts at the recent 3rd Annual Soldier Technology Conference (US) 2010 held in Washington DC, 19-22 January 2010.  Left to Right: Rune Lausund, Norway, R&D PM, NORMANS, Lightweight C4I System for Dismounted Soldiers,  LCol Jacques Levesque, PM ISSP, Mark Richter, USMC, PM Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad Program, and Colonel Bill Pointing, UK MoD, Team Leader, Dismounted Soldier Close Combat, The Future Integrated Soldier Technology (FIST) Program. Read more

Contract for Chinooks Strengthens CF Abilities at Home and Abroad

At a press conference in Halifax, N.S. on August 10, the Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway (left), and the Hon. Tony Clement, Minister of Industry (right), accompanied by LGen Angus Watt, Chief of the Air Staff, announce the contract for the purchase of 15 Canadian F model Chinooks (CH-147F) for the Canadian Forces.A contract valued at approximately $1.2 billion for the purchase of 15 Chinook helicopters for the Canadian Forces has been awarded to the Boeing Company. The announcement was made on August 10, 2009 at a press conference in Halifax, N.S., by the Hon. Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, and the Hon. Tony Clement, Minister of Industry. Read more