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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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Reconsidering the Type 26 Plan

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. […]

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