By Alex S., 16 June 2024 A few days ago, Vard Marine led Team Vigilance posted an updated version of their pitch for the (yet to be funded) Kingston-class replacement […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 12 June 2024 This is a second installment about my trip – sponsored by SAAB – to Sweden in May. In my previous post I discussed […]
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 […]