The Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, typically shortened to DRE Valcartier or simply DREV, is a major Canadian military research station in Quebec. Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 1st 1,542,056 km² 1,183,128 km² 176,928...

Originally formed at the end of World War II in 1945 as CARDE, for Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment, the intent was to keep the research teams built up during the war in Canada. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...

Starting in 1951 CARDE implemented a major missile development program, eventually delivering two combat systems, the Velvet Glove air-to-air missile and the Heller anti-tank rocket. Neither was accepted for production, but the basic research was used with local defence contractors to build up familiarity with the new technologies. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Velvet Glove was a semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile designed by CADRE (today DRD Valcartier) and produced by Canadair starting in 1953. ... A US Navy VF-103 Jolly Rogers F-14 Tomcat fighter launchers an AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile. ... Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ...

Starting in 1955 a lengthy research project into the defence against ballistic missiles started. A serious effort to equip Canada with a useful ABM system was taken, along with research into the problems of detection and tracking, hypersonic flight, and fuels suitable for use in an interceptor missile. As part of this project a lengthy study of the upper atmosphere was undertaken from instrumented balloons. Another development from this era was the use of gun-fired models for high-speed testing, instead of using a wind tunnel. Led by Gerald Bull, the sabot-based system would go on to be used in Project HARP during the early 1960s. The early portions of the 1960s was taken up developing a series of increasingly powerful high-acceleration solid rocket propellants, and to test them they designed and built a test vehicle that would later become the Black Brant sounding rocket. Due to this research CARDE was later involved in the design of a US-Canada-Mexico meteorological sounding rocket, the Metroc. The ABM research eventually wound down with no working system in place, however the solid fuels developed during the program were widely used for rocketry in various western military systems. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles. ... In aerodynamics, hypersonic speeds are speeds that are highly supersonic. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gerald Vincent Bull (March 8, 1928 - March 22, 1990) was a Canadian engineer who many consider to have developed long range artillery beyond what anyone else has accomplished. ... A sabot is a wooden shoe worn in some European countries. ... Project HARP, short for High Altitude Research Project, was a joint project of The Pentagon and the Canadian Department of National Defence created with the goal of studying ballistics of re-entry vehicles at low cost; whereas most such projects used expensive (and failure-prone) rockets, HARP used a very... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The Black Brant is a Canadian-designed sounding rocket built by Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... A sounding rocket, sometimes called an elevator research rocket, is an instrument-carrying suborbital rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its flight. ...

CARDE then looked into using the new propellant as the basis for a new motor for existing 2.75-inch air-to-ground rockets. The result was the CRV7 rocket, which had roughly twice the speed of the existing US design, and with enough energy to be able to puncture Warsaw Pact aircraft hangers. Production started at Bristol Aerospace in 1974, and the CRV7 has been used by the Canadian and air forces since that time. The CVR7 is a 2. ... Seal of the Warsaw Pact Distinguish from the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement among airlines about financial liability. ... Bristol Aerospace is a Canadian aerospace firm located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

In 1969 a re-alignment from pure research to smaller projects directly requested by the Armed Forces took place, along with a change of name to DREV and a general downsizing of the station and its budgets. Since then DREV has undertaken numerous projects in the field of battlefield command and control, detection and monitoring, and various battlefield decoy systems. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

In the late 1990s, DREV was renamed Defence R&D Canada – Valcartier (DRDC). The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

External links

• DRDC Valcartier
• DRDC Defence Research & Development Canada