WRITER PROFILE

RICHARD BRAY
Writer/Reporter

Richard Bray began his media career in 1972 in West Germany as an announcer with the Canadian Forces Network, a radio service for Canadian military personnel serving with NATO. Before 1984 when he began a freelance career, Mr. Bray worked with the national radio and television networks of the CBC in Toronto as a producer, reporter and senior news editor.

Articles by this writer

May 2019  |  Magazine, Magazine

Bombardier's innovation is in evidence around the world.

December 2018  |  Featured Article

While training programs are now producing a higher output of pilots, another challenge is the limited capacity of the next stage of training, in which newly-winged RCAF pilots advance to the Operational Training Units. How does the Future Aircrew Training (FAcT) program factor in?

November 2017  |  Magazine

A follow up on the efforts being made to improve mental health and reduce the suicide rate in the Canadian Forces.

November 2014  |  Magazine

Today, the future of Canada’s submarine service is in doubt. Key experts challenge the topic.

May 2014  |  Magazine

The state of the procurement business today means that more companies are competing for fewer projects in an increasingly complicated process. Richard Bray talks about the challenges faced in the Procurement arena.

January 2014  |  Magazine, Magazine

A decade of painfully public, thoroughly documented delays and renegotiations has taken the procurement beyond an embarrassment to a political liability.

January 2014  |  Interviews, Magazine, Magazine

Interview with Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi of Italy. Operations in the Arabian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea have brought Canadian and Italian navies into closer operational contact, and strengthened ties already forged within NATO.

January 2014  |  Magazine, Magazine

Multiculturalism in the CF provides a clear advantage to the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) deployed to help the Philippines recover from Typhoon Haiyan.

September 2013  |  Magazine

Can a single-mission aircraft meet multiple government goals in the Far North?

September 2013  |  Magazine

New Canadian systems can add real life time connectivity to the high Arctic.

September 2013  |  Magazine

New cargo aircraft offer an intriguing mix of capacity, capability and range.

July 2013  |  Magazine

After a decade of combat in Afghanistan, some Canadian veterans who suffered psychological injuries are still fighting to get the help they need to recover.

March 2013  |  Magazine, Magazine

An opportunity to “KIC-start” a long-overdue overhaul of problem-plagued defence ­procurement process.

March 2013  |  Magazine, Magazine

The latest Budget places a new emphasis on trades education, meanwhile, the Controlled Goods Program flags job applicants based on national origins.

January 2013  |  Magazine, Magazine

Navy brass get that sinking feeling. A revised Canada First Defence Strategy could leave the Royal Canadian Navy with a smaller, less capable fleet.

September 2012  |  Magazine

Momentum is building for the creation of a Canadian Defence Industrial Strategy – government support in a global market is essential.

September 2012  |  Magazine

How have women fared in infantry roles over the past decade? Don't even ask, it's a politically incorrect question.

September 2012  |  Magazine

Has Public Works made the enhanced security strategy screening more invasive than necessary?

July 2012  |  Magazine

This spring, senior Canadian military leaders were again talking about the need for a dedicated amphibious ship.

July 2012  |  Magazine

The Standard Military Pattern vehicles program screeched to a halt in June in another example of failed procurement. What does this mean for DND?

July 2012  |  Magazine

Selecting a naval engine is a series of compromises between categories like speed, cost, power, survivability, fuel efficiency and range.

May 2012  |  Magazine

Just as the NSPS (National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy) brings new life to Canada’s marine industries, the Mari-Tech 2012 Conference in Ottawa lived up to its theme of “Re-Birth of the Marine Technical Community.”

May 2012  |  Magazine

A decade of combat transformed the electronics in armoured vehicles.

May 2012  |  Magazine

The future of Canadian warships to hopefully operate in multinational coalitions and sail closer to foreign shores.

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

Canada needs new search and rescue aircraft.

March 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

The first of 11 FREMM being built by DCNS.

January 2012  |  Magazine, Magazine

Changes to ITAR ''Canadian Exemption''

November 2011  |  Magazine

Shipyard selection marked one step in the NSPS process. What's next?

November 2011  |  Magazine

Coast Guard Auxiliary performs volunteer search and rescue in the North.

November 2011  |  Magazine

MTTF handles all the assets accumulated in Kandahar over the years of our involvement in that country.

Articles by this writer

September 2013  |  Magazine

For maximum leverage in future acquisitions, Canada should find key opportunities in global supply chains.

July 2012  |  Magazine

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s hopes of having new FWSAR aircraft in service by 2015 received a boost, of sorts when PWGSC released an LOI to potential suppliers. But new options are appearing on the horizon.