CSC

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What’s in a Name?

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 […]

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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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Updated CSC graphics again!

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 […]

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The Demise of the Canadian Surface Fleet

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 […]

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The CSC and the Cost-Value Exchange Ratio

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 […]

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CSC Costs: Is This All We Get?

By Dan Middlemiss, 25 January 2024 CSC Costs: Is This All We Get? Dan Middlemiss David Pugliese reveals that Ken Rubin, a longstanding Access to Information user, recently received nearly […]

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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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Happy New Year?

By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 31 December 2023 It’s the time of year for reflection, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to reflect on the past year for Canadian […]

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Details of the RN’s Type 26

By Moderator, 27 December 2023 If you’re interested in finding out about the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates, then there’s a very interestingand detailed YouTube video of discussing the ship. […]

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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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Upgrading the CSC Missile Load

By Barnacle Bill, 11 November 2023 I came across this article. It’s called “BAE Offers Evolved Up-Armed Hunter for Australia,” published by Naval News on 7 November: https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/indo-pacific-2023/2023/11/bae-offers-evolved-up-armed-hunter-for-australia/ I have […]

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CSC Land-based Test Facilities

By Dan Middlemiss, 21 September 2023 It has just been announced that Lockheed Martin has been awarded approximately US $64m (C$85m) contract for the establishment of the AEGIS Canadian Surface […]

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Informing Canadians

By Dan Middlemiss, 1 September 2023 Several interesting questions about different aspects of the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) and its programs have arisen in recent threads in this Broadsides Forum, […]

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Another Taxpayer Shipbuilding Subsidy

By Dan Middlemiss, 11 August 2023 On 8 August 2023, Ottawa quietly announced an infrastructure “investment” worth an additional $463 million to help Irving Shipbuilding (ISI) build the Canadian Surface […]

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