Moderator. 2 January 2020. Canada is no stranger to the politics of naval procurement. We have all wondered about a procurement decision. Naval projects usually involve huge sums of money so the stakes are high. And there are competing agendas. Politicians have to be cognisant of budgets, employment and national […]
American Naval Shipbuilding
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21 June 2018. After a lull in shipbuilding over the past 20 years, many countries are now beefing up their naval fleets. Canada is in the process of recapitalizing both its navy and coast guard fleets. The process and progress of the National Shipbuilding Strategy in Canada have been criticized […]
The photographs of the US Navy's new destroyer USS Zumwalt embedded in the article are interesting. She is clearly a controversial addition to the US Fleet, particularly in view of the cost. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3349443/Largest-destroyer-built-Navy-headed-sea-testing.html
Moderator’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Information Dissemination website, dated Wednesday, 24 August 2011. It is especially relevant for Canadian readers because of the projected reductions in the USN budget at 5% and 10%, which mirror the approach being take by the Canadian ‘Strategic and Operating Review’. ‘OMB’ […]
Dr. Stan Weeks has provided a quick budgetary assessment of the programs cancelled or amended yesterday by the Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates: VH-71 Presidential Helicopter cancelled - six years behind schedule; CSAR-X helicopter cancelled - a troubled program; TSAT program cancelled - will buy more AEHF satellites instead; Second […]
The Congressional Research Service has published a report entitled "Navy Attack Submarine Force-Level Goal and Procurement Rate", which was updated on 09 April 2007 (Order Code RL32418). The report shows that, for a planned USN fleet of 313 ships, the current procurement rate in the 30-year fleet plan is insufficient […]
The announcement on Wednesday by Representative Murtha that the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee will approve funds for five more ships to this year's defence programme, at least one of which will be an attack submarine, is consistent with recommendations in three recent force structure studies. A comparative analysis of these […]
Our earlier discussion about the sensibility of addition another SSN to the appropriations this year, and the lack of clear direction on surface fleet plans, seems to have more substantiation in the recent announcement by the Seapower Committee. Their decision to add three, not five, vessels, and the fact that […]
Both political parties in the United States have recognized three key elements of a balanced defence policy. First, despite the high costs of their Iraq and Afghanistan commitment, their leaders recognize you must retain a viable navy for all the other security challenges likely to arise. Second, with a building […]