By Jeff G. Gilmour, 25 September 2025 In this article, I have tried to identify what, in my opinion, are three significant geographic areas in NATO that are potential weak […]
By Thalia, 20 September 2025 Lately, a curious ambivalence seems to be emerging about the state of Canada-US military relations. This ambivalence has revolved around Ottawa’s much delayed F-35 fighter […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 8 September 2025 For many years, the Royal Canadian Navy has regularly deployed on Op Caribbe, Canada’s contribution to counter-narcotic operations in the Caribbean and the […]
Canadian Naval Review is pleased to announce that it is once again hosting its annual essay competition, sponsored by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust. The deadline is not until 29 May […]
By Ted Barnes, 1 September 2025 After nearly three decades of service at sea, the Royal Canadian Navy will formally bid farewell to the Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels. Marking […]
By Blair Shaw, 28 August 2025 South Korea and Germany have been selected at the two finalists for the Canadian patrol submarine project. To quote the release “Today, the Honourable […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 24 August 2025 The accelerating development of naval drone systems has left navies, both large and small, scrambling to find doctrinal bases for deploying these systems. In […]
By Peter M. Sanderson, 20 August 2025 2016 Being resource rich but revenue poor, the government of Nunavut and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), proposed a “nation building project” – […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 17 August 2025 The US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) recently laid out its vision for the Modular Surface Attack Craft (MASC) program. This involves a family […]
By Mikaȅl Perron, 15 August 2025 In the recent announcement concerning Canada’s defence budget, it was revealed that the Canadian Coast Guard would move under the responsibility of the Department […]
By Moderator, 12 August 2025 On 9 August the official Naming Ceremony was held for the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, the sixth and final Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 9 August 2025 I came across this post by a prolific US blogger. The post reminisces about the old notion of the USN with a 1,000 ship […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 6 August 2025 Australia is serious about building up its navy. In June 2018, the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate was selected to bulk up the […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 6 August 2025 DND has announced the awards of 2 contracts to MDA Space for an initial two uncrewed aircraft systems and up to 4 additional systems […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 1 August 2025 The war between Russia and Ukraine has certainly focused attention on the important role robotic systems such as military drones can play in major […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 29 July 2025 The Russian Admiral Gorshkov-class of multi-role frigates in their Navy is a formidable warship. Ten of these ships have been ordered. The second […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 20 July 2025 There has been a lot of talk about threats and opportunities in the Arctic. And the Royal Canadian Navy now has all six […]
By Ted Barnes, 13 July 2025 Over the past few years, we’ve watched the evolution of what started as a modest Kingston-class Replacement turn into something far more ambitious. First […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 11 July 2025 A few days ago, I had a very pleasant conversation with John Brannen of the new NATO office in Halifax. The Defence Innovation […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 3 July 2025 There has been a flurry of interest of late in the prospect of the navy acquiring corvette-sized warships to augment the currently planned RCN […]
