By Roger Cyr, OMM, CD, 11 January 2022 The federal government is planning to build 15 new frigates, the British Type 26. This is good news since the navy estimates […]
Mikaël Perron, 27 December 2021 Our conversation here in Broadsides about the flaws of the CSC program took us very far on some interesting Ideas. It led to David Dunlop […]
By Dr. Dan Middlemiss, 19 December 2021 Shortly before the current sitting of the House of Commons is about to adjourn, the Prime Minister issued his Mandate Letters to his […]
By Timothy Choi, 19 November 2021 Earlier this week, my fellow CNR colleague Dr. Dan Middlemiss published some thoughts on a latest report on the Australian Hunter class frigate program […]
By Dr. Dan Middlemiss, 15 November 2021 Earlier this month, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) published a Special Report dealing with Australia’s equivalent of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS).1 […]
By David Dunlop, 26 October 2021 The latest issue of the Maritime Engineering Journal (MEJ) contains a featured article on the new Land Based Test Capability (LBTC) facility at Hartlen Point for […]
By Mikaël Perron, 7 October 2021 There are two pages on the Lockheed Martin Canada’s website that display a new CG version of the CSC. https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-ca/index.html https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-ca/canadian-programs.html The new CG pictures […]
By Procrustes, 11 August 2021 In another of its Defence Deconstructed podcast series, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute produced an interesting ‘Deep Dive of the Canadian Surface Combatant’ on 23 […]
David Dunlop, 14 July 2021 At the end of June, Prince William cut the first steel on HMS Belfast, the third ship in an eight-ship BAE Type 26 build. Belfast is […]
Mikaël Perron, 21 June 2021 Well, it began with the announcement of a contract signed with Leonardo for four 127mm guns in late April. While the choice of Leonardo versus […]
Dan Middlemiss, 18 June 2021 There has been much discussion about the projected costs of the CSC, and it would appear that even the most ardent supporters of the CSC […]
David Dunlop, 17 June 2021 There was an announcement last week that the Department of National Defence is planning to build a Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) Frigate Testing Centre. It […]
David Dunlop, 25 May 2021 Hi folks. Now that some of the confirmed capabilities and systems have been disclosed thus far on the CSC Type 26 Frigates, it may be […]
Dan Middlemiss, 12 May 2021 The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on 11 May 2021 announced that it had delivered the required certification notifying Congress of a possible Foreign […]
David Dunlop, 5 May 2021 Naval News is reporting that MBDA has confirmed the order on 19 April 2021 by Lockheed Martin to equip their Sea Ceptor Close in Air […]
David Dunlop, 30 April 2021 Kevin McCoy has just retired from being president of the Halifax Shipyard from 2013 until earlier this year. He was previously a three-star vice-admiral in the […]
David Dunlop, 23 April 2021 Canada has just chosen the OTO Melara 127/64 LW Vulcano gun system from Leonardo for at least the first 3 CSC Type 26 Frigates. A […]
Moderator, 21 April 2021 There was an interesting article by Alan Williams in The Hill Times on 19 April 2021. It’s called “Canadian Surface Combatants and the Statement of Requirements […]
David Dunlop, 7 April 2021 CNN has recently reported on Russia’s massive build-up of its military in the Arctic region. The Cold War bases are being retrofitted and new bases […]
David Dunlop, 5 April 2021 Canada’s top government military procurement official is weighing in on last month’s PBO watchdog report on the rising costs of the CSC Frigate program and […]
