By David Dunlop, 4 June 2024 At CANSEC 2024 SeaSpan Shipyard presented its cutting edge design for Canada’s New Polar Class 2 Heavy Ice Breaker project. Also, in another development, […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 31 May 2024 A highly critical report just released by the US Government Accounting Office (GAO) offers more insight into the currently delayed frigate program in the […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 28 May 2024 The Australian government recently confirmed plans to procure 11 new, Tier 2 warships as part of the force mix structure outlined in its Enhanced […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 24 May 2024 In April I was invited by SAAB to visit Sweden to meet with company representatives and tour their naval facilities – at their […]
By David Dunlop, 22 May 2024 Here are a couple of recent articles that might be of interest. One is by Retired Rear-Admiral Ian Mack (Vanguard Magazine, 19 May 2024) […]
By Les Mader, 21 May 2024 The commissioning of HMCS William Hall on 16 May 2024, only 13 days after the commissioning of HMCS Max Bernays, marks a truly noteworthy milestone in the […]
By Blair Shaw, May 16, 2024 Just received this news item today [May 14] about the possibility of an offer from Germany and Norway for Canada to join the type […]
By Mikael Perron, 13 May 2024 I did get across the publicity from BAE system to announce their participation to this year CANSEC event. I was surprise to discover yet […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 8 May 2024 In this forum we talk a lot about the Canadian Surface Combatants, submarines/submarine replacement and the AOPS. But what about the Joint Support […]
By Moderator, 6 May 2024 On 1 May, DND/CAF announced that it was integrating two digital service organizations – the Digital Transformation Office (DTO) and the Chief Information Officer Group […]
RCN Public Affairs, 05 May 2024. On April 15, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Montréal, along with its CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia, beginning a six-month deployment […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 27 April 2024 In 2010, with great fanfare, the federal government in Canada announced the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) that was intended to strengthen this country’s […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 18 April 2024 Most reconnaissance satellites operate in a low-earth orbit (LEO) at 160-2000k above the earth. However last year China launched the Yaogan-41, which can […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 18 April 2024 This spring issue marks 20 years of producing Canadian Naval Review. How time flies! It seems like just yesterday we started this journey […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 10 April 2024 As you have probably heard, the has government released the long-awaited defence policy update. It’s entitled “Our North, Strong and Free: A Renewed […]
By Les Mader, 8 April 2024 It is my personal belief that the 1982 Anglo-Argentine Falklands War was largest and bloodiest naval campaign fought since World War II. Clearly, there […]
By Dan Middlemiss,7 April 2024 There is a perplexing incongruity at the heart of Ottawa’s surface combatant project. On the one hand, a central rationale of our National Shipbuilding Strategy […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 2 Apr 2024 The original decision to go with two shipyards for the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) wasrevised in 2019 when the Canadian government reopened the […]
RCN Public Affairs, 29 March 2024. After 37 days at sea for Exercise Steadfast Defender, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown returned home March 13. Since departing their homeport of Halifax […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 22 March 2024 With permanent members of the Security Council having exclusive power of veto, the United Nations has in reality become a lame duck. As […]
