National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS)

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Articles About Procurement

By Moderator, 24 March 2025 In case you didn’t see them, there were two interesting articles about procurement published last week. One was written by Ian Mack and published by […]

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River-Class Destroyers

By Mikael Perron, 3 July 2024 You probably learned like me that the CSC program has become the new River class destroyer and that is a great news! I was […]

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Joint Support Ships

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 […]

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“Hard Things are Hard”

By Dan Middlemiss, 1 February 2024 Ian Mack has just published another very interesting analysis of complex procurement projects.[1] Mr. Mack brings his years of experience to bear on providing […]

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CSC Updates?

By Dan Middlemiss, 10 January 2024 Recently, I was browsing through various articles and reports in an attempt to establish exactly where the CSC project stands. In the course of […]

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Five in the Water

By Les Mader, 10 December 2023 The fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette, was launched on 9 December 2023 […]

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The CSC and “Mature Design” Redux

By Dan Middlemiss, 19 November 2023 In its written submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence (dated 7 November, published 16 November 2023), Irving Shipbuilding noted […]

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Excellent NSS News

By Les Mader, 28 October 2023 The keel laying of the second Joint Support Ship (future HMCS Preserver) on 27 October was a very happy event for the navy and the […]

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Rendering of the Offshore Oceanographic Research Vessel

Coast Guard Vessel Costs

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 13 October 2023 The Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel gets more and more expensive – last week it was announced that the budget for the ship had […]

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