By Peter M. Sanderson, 13 November 2024 Our allies are increasing their sub fleets. Norway and Germany have suddenly doubled their Type-212CD order and bumped Canada off the queue, see […]
By David Morse, 13 November 2024 It’s amazing how quickly the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has moved on its fleet plan project and how quickly they want delivery of ship […]
By Moderator, 8 November 2024 As the saga to build the Canadian Surface Combatants/River-class destroyers continues, the Halifax-class frigates will remain the Royal Canadian Navy’s workhorses for a few more […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 3 November 2024 The issue of declining productivity growth and research and development in this country has been a significant issue for decades; the lowest among […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 29 October 2024 Recently retired US Navy Admiral James Stavridis wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post. Thequestion he was addressing was: given that drones/uncrewed systems […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 16 October 2024 It is surprising, and probably heartening for the RCN, that a recent poll conducted by Nanos Research and CTV News indicates that Canadians […]
By David Morse, 11 October 2024 On the 4th of October, 2004 a fatal fire raced through CHICOUTIMI as she was en route to Canada. The Irish Navy was the […]
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 […]
