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 […]
By Ted Barnes, 27 June 2025 Modern warship construction is as much about precision and efficiency as it is about steel and rivets. The recent opening of the Janet Harvey […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour On 9 June 2025 Prime Minister Carney announced Canada will reach NATO’s defence spending benchmark of 2% of GDP this fiscal year and upping this year’s […]
By Alec Rembowski, 13 June 2025 The war in Ukraine is proving to be the testing grounds for revolutionary new technologies and techniques for conducting warfare moving into the second […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 13 June 2025 A few days ago Prime Minister Mark Carney made a major announcement about defence. It was a good speech, made by a serious […]
By Moderator, 11 June 2025 It seems like a long time ago that the Harper government announced the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) – and indeed it was 15 years […]
By Ted Barnes, 4 June 2025 As the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) confronts a restructuring of its future fleet, the Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (MCDVs) are facing early decommissioning. […]
By David Prior, 2 June 2025 A new Russian fleet under construction is being built with monolithic fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin-infusion. In Lunenburg, NS, aerospace components are being manufactured […]
By David Dunlop, 28 May 2025 The Lockheed Martin/MDA Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) land-based TPY-6 is based in the LM SPY 7 Radar Technology and is a massive undertaking […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 19 May 2025 David Joseph McGuinty is now the Minister of National Defence. He is a lawyer and has served as the member of Parliament for […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 15 May 2025 Preview Canadian Naval Review Vol. 21, No. 1 (2025) I know the weather is getting better, but we’ll still have rainy days and […]
