The records relating to the DEW Line date from 1954-1998 and document organization and establishment, landing authorization; third party support (fuel, oil, rations and quarters); visits; communications; petroleum, oils and lubricants; real property; conferences and meetings; the Assistant Deputy Minister Infrastructure and Environment; the Assistant Deputy Minister Policy and Communication; the Director Works and Engineering; and the radar at Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories.
The records relating to North American Air Defence Modernization date from 1985 to 1999 and document programme development proposals including change proposals; operational requirements; memorandums of understanding and agreements; project administration including progress documentation, briefings, reports to treasury Board, the minister's information books, and liaison with other government departments; security for visits and security clearances; personnel; training; Canadian industrial content; research and development; interoperability and connectivity; estimates; the DEW Line closure and clean up; the Assistant Deputy Minister Policy and Communication; the Director Air Requirements Fighters and Transport; the Director Continental Policy; the Director Forces Concepts; the Director General Aerospace Development; the Director General Corporate Management Services; the North Warning System Office; forward operating locations, including communications and radio and telephone systems; interoperability and connectivity; and construction engineering.
The records relating to the North Warning System date from 1985 to 1999 and document administration, ministerial inquiries; ther North Warning office charter; meetings and reports; evaluation of bids; design review; depot maintenance and facilities; project management review, FRONTEC, monthly project management reports; integrated logistics support; NAADM construction and coordination; the Canadian coordination committee; contract deliverables and verification; status reviews and future plans; the configuration control review board; briefings; cost reduction plans; preliminary plans; the transfer of DEW Line facilities to the North Warning System; Canadian coastal radar training; the Canadian arctic course; contracts, agreements and statements of work; site activation and installation; finances and budgets; the Regional Operation Control Centre; cooperation and Liaison; site locations and security; third parties support; information technology; communications and electronic engineering and maintenance; facilities engineering; environmental management and the DEW Line clean-up; waste management; quality assurance; logistics; food services; and the integrated tactical warning and attack assessment.