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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
By David Dunlop, 10 August 2023 Finally, some good news for the CSC Frigate program! The Government of Canada announced that it is investing in the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 21 June 2023 It’s hard not to get discouraged about Canadian military procurements. And it’s particularly discouraging when looking at the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) project. […]
By Dr. Timothy Choi, 6 June 2023 In the past few days, the RCN and PSPC have released some updates on the progress of CSC. On PSPC’s part, their annual […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 1 March 2023 The latest issue of the Canadian Defence Review (Vol. 29, No. 1 (2023)) has four articles with a bearing on current Canadian maritime procurement […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 20 January 2023 It’s always interesting to read about Australia and its navy. (And indeed, for this reason, CNR will publish a joint issue with Australian […]
By Dr. Timothy Choi, 11 January 2023 On 9 January 2023, Minister of National Defence Anita Anand finally marked the end of the beginning of Canada’s “Future Fighter Capability Project” […]
By David Dunlop, 7 December 2022 The UK’s first City-class Type 26 Frigate (the future HMS Glasgow) has just been launched and sent down the Clyde for load-out. This launching […]
By David Dunlop, 23 November 2022 Since LM will be updating its CSC design phase before the end of this year, I would like to give Forum members an update […]
By Timothy Choi The Royal Navy has announced that it is proceeding with the remaining five ships of their Type 26 frigates and has awarded a £4.2 billion contract with […]
By David Dunlop, 9 November 2022 The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux has stated that costs for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program have increased (again). The PBO recently […]
By David Dunlop, 25 October 2022 There is a report in Breaking Defence from Lockheed Martin with regard to the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Canadian Surface Combatants. In […]
By David Dunlop, 2 October 2022 The head of the RCN, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, has recently defended and commented to the Canadian Press (CP) that the RCN really needs all […]
By David Dunlop, 18 June 2022 The Canadian Surface Combatant SPY-7 Radar has earned official government of Canada designation. Lockheed Martin’s advanced SPY-7 radar received its Government of Canada official […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 6 June 2022 Notwithstanding Ottawa’s stated intention to focus more on Canadian defence, delivery schedules for several major procurement programs have not been accelerated as a result […]
By David Dunlop, 4 June 2022 The president of Irving shipyard, Kevin Mooney, says it is on schedule to cut steel for the future CSC Frigate project in two years. […]
By David Dunlop, 11 May 2022 Here is a report from Global News on possible defence and foreign policy changes for Canada coming soon. Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand signalled changes […]
