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By Peter M. Sanderson, 2 October 2024 The Issuing of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) Request for Information (RFI) came as a surprise but was welcomed by the CAF. […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 30 September 2024 Last summer with my brother and his family, I had an opportunity to visit the submarine base built by the Germans in the […]
Message from CDS and DM, 26 September 2024 A New Era for the Cyber Domain: Launch of the CAF Cyber Command — Originally published by: The Maple Leaf Today, we […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 23 September 2024 Coming soon to a mailbox or computer near you – the Fall issue of CNR! The sweet summer days are gone and the […]
By Kate E. Todd, 20 September 2024. On September 10, 2024, OSI Maritime announced that is has been awarded a contract by Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada to begin […]
By Moderator, 11 September 2024 It’s easy to get discouraged about the RCN. There are continuing personnel shortages, it takes forever to get new ships, and meanwhile the existing ships […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 2 September 2024 It was recently disclosed that Russia appears to be working on a nuclear weapon in orbit that could knock out our satellite systems […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 30 August 2024 Recently the US Department of Defense (DoD) released the latest in a series of documents dealing with its Arctic strategy. Accomplished without much fanfare, […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 26 August 2024 Consider the following: “…To further set the stage, we all recognize the death spiral that the Navy is in. As we try to make […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 20 August 2024 It was not many years ago when some in this Forum were holding out hope for the next ‘magic bullet’ for Canadian warships, and […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 15 August 2024 Lessons from Australian Naval Procurement Dr. Ann Griffiths I don’t know about you, but I get a bit envious when I look at […]
By David Dunlop, 7 August 2024 The CSC class name has now been decided – the River class. This class of ship will be named after major Canadian rivers. The […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 5 August 2024 As noted in a recent article in The Economist magazine, the character of warfare is about to be profoundly changed by artificial intelligence (AI).1 In […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 2 August 2024 In the face of severe personnel shortages, the RCN launched the Naval Experience Program (NEP) at the end of March 2023. It aimed […]
By Mikael Perron, 24 July 2024 In terms of organisation, how could the Vigilance-class fit the RCN? First, the Kingston-class was originally supposed to be operated by the Naval Reserve […]
By Mikael Perron, 22 July 2024 Following my previous post about the Vigilance-class, let’s now take a closer look at Flight II. It is quite interesting that there is such […]
By Mikael Perron, 20 July 2024 There were a lot of comments on the post concerning the Vigilance-class design. There were legitimate concerns and questions that remain unanswered. In the […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 19 July 2024 History is being made. Today General Jennie Carignan took over command of the Canadian Armed Forces as Canada’s first female Chief of the […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 11 July 2024 At the NATO Summit in Washington, MND Bill Blair announced early plans to proceed with a project to replace the navy’s current submarine fleet.[1] […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour The purpose here is to show the projected costs of capital equipment for DND over a 20- to 25-year lifespan based on the existing proposed budget […]
