David Dunlop, 14 July 2021 The Canadian Press reported that the RCN has initiated the long-anticipated push to replace Canada’s Victoria class submarines. Some would say, too little, too late […]
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 […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 1 July 2021 The first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship was commissioned into the navy last week. And hopefully the second one will come soon. Here is […]
David Dunlop, 28 June 2021 HMCS Harry DeWolf was commissioned into the RCN Fleet 26 June 2021, the first ship to be commissioned for many years. After extensive tests, trials […]
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 […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 8 June 2021 According to the procurement section on DND’s website (Arctic and offshore patrol ships – Canada.ca), the schedule for the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships […]
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 […]
Dr. Ann Griffiths, 6 May 2021 Once upon a time (i.e., 2011), the Harper government included the construction of one heavy icebreaker into the work schedule of what was then […]
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 […]
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 […]
David Dunlop, 30 March 2021 Here is a feature article just published in the Maritime Engineering Journal (No 96, Spring 2021 issue, pages 15-18) on the CSC Project discussing the Personnel […]
Mikaël Perron, 30 March 2021 The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) aims at recapitalizing the fleets of the Coast Guard and Navy but also to rebuild and sustain our shipbuilding industry. […]
Media release, 16 March 2021 Following the recent announcements by Ultra of contract awards for the Hull Mounted Sonar (HMS) and Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) subsystems on the Canadian Surface […]
Mikaël Perron, 15 March 2021 As the newly released PBO reports takes a shot at comparing other ships program to the actual one being pursued, I would like first to […]
Naval Association of Canada, 5 March 2021 The Naval Association of Canada has written a response to the Parliamentary Budget Office’s recent report on the CSC project. Its aim in […]