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By Jose Canadas, 24 September 2023 According to a note released this week in Naval News (1), the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) plans to revamp its fleet of Air Cushion […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 22 September 2023 Andrew Tillet has reported in Australian Financial Review widespread expectations that the review of the Australian navy’s surface fleet conducted by the government of […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 21 September 2023 It has just been announced that Lockheed Martin has been awarded approximately US $64m (C$85m) contract for the establishment of the AEGIS Canadian Surface […]
By David Morse, 19 September 2023 A chance encounter with navigation officers during ship visits as part of the recent Halifax Fleet week,brought this old adage back to mind. Apart […]
RCN Public Affairs, 18 September 2023. On September 6, 2023, the second Replenishment at Sea (RAS) post was installed onto the future His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Protecteur. This installation represents […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 10 September 2023 Halifax enjoyed the first International Fleet Week this past weekend. The good weather – and the presence of a few cruise ships – brought […]
By Les Mader, 3 September 2023 As of 31 Aug 23, the Halifax Shipyard has delivered four Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). The […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 1 September 2023 Several interesting questions about different aspects of the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) and its programs have arisen in recent threads in this Broadsides Forum, […]
By David Dunlop, 28 August 2023 A short article by Rob Huebert was published on the 25th of August in The Globe & Mail that forum members may be interested […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 23 August 2023 Former Vice-Admiral Mark Norman has provided another informed, yet disheartening, assessment of the current state of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). (Mark Norman, “Striking […]
By Ignition Communications, 23 August 2023 August 26th 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of HMCS Haida’s commissioning! All season long we are honouring the ship’s history as both Canada’s most famous fighting […]
By CNR, 18 August 2023 The CNR Editorial Board has lost one of its members. Senator Hugh Segal passed away last week in Kingston. Hugh had been an energetic and […]
By David Dunlop, 18 August 2023 As most people know, MP Bill Blair has just been given the Minister of National Defence Portfolio from PM Trudeau. Peter MacKay, a former […]
By David Dunlop, 14 August 2023 Here is an article by Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute an independent public policy think-tank in Ottawa, and published on […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 11 August 2023 On 8 August 2023, Ottawa quietly announced an infrastructure “investment” worth an additional $463 million to help Irving Shipbuilding (ISI) build the Canadian Surface […]
By David Dunlop, 10 August 2023 Finally, some good news for the CSC Frigate program! The Government of Canada announced that it is investing in the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) […]
By David Dunlop, 24 July 2023 CDA Institute has developed a “Force Deployment Series” a second roundtable by SMEs national discussion on defence policy with regard to sustaining Canada’s Future […]
By Roger Cyr, OMM, CD, 18 July 2023 Aid to the civil power is the calling out of military troops by the civil authorities to help maintain or restore public […]
By David Dunlop, 7 July 2023 On 15 June, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) hosted one-day hybrid conference “Canadian ASW in the Future Strategic Environment.” There are several articles […]
