By Dan Middlemiss, 24 April 2023 As it promised, the Australian government has released its much anticipated Defence Strategic Review (https://www.defence.gov.au/about/reviews-inquiries/defence-strategic-review). The report paints a sobering assessment of the current […]
By Moderator, 16 June 2022 There are many things that are discouraging in the world these days. But from the perspective of the Canadian Armed Forces, the slow progress on […]
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. […]
CNR Fan, 21 December 2021. According to The Canadian Press, the Defence Department’s top procurement official is warning of new delays in the delivery of already overdue warships and other […]
CNR Fan, 16 December 2021. According to The Canadian Press, the federal government’s plan to build new ships for Canada’s navy and coast guard has been impacted by more skyrocketing […]
Dan Middlemiss, 12 February 2021 On February 5, 2021 Irving Shipbuilding announced the appointment of a new President, Kevin Mooney, and the retirement of Kevin McCoy.[1] Mr. McCoy had enormous […]
Naval Association of Canada, 10 February 2021 In anticipation of the forthcoming Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) report on the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), the Naval Association of Canada (NAC) has […]
The Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) has published another great paper by Ian Mack. It’s called “Another Way to Buy Frigates.” As the title suggests, there are ways other than […]
Over the past few years, Canadian Naval Review has published a number of articles about the National Shipbuilding Strategy. Of major interest to analysts (and taxpayers) is the cost of […]
There was an interesting article in The Globe and Mail last week that talks about Chantier Davie Shipyard in Quebec. The article is extremely unflattering. It describes how Davie is […]
Radio Canada’s le téléjournal ran an investigative report Tuesday and Wednesday on naval ship procurement. The opposition parties are claiming that government incompetence could lead to massive overspending under the […]
Ken Hansen’s article “Can the shipbuilding strategy withstand and economic recession?” on 15 October 2011 makes sobering reading. Unfortunately, the announcement of the two National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy ‘winners’ does […]
Moderator’s Note: This article originally appeared on the Information Dissemination website, dated Wednesday, 24 August 2011. It is especially relevant for Canadian readers because of the projected reductions in the […]
Peter Haydon has seized on the need for a significant government response to the current economic crisis to make a powerful case for initiating a stabilized ‘made-in-Canada’ programme for the […]
The economic crisis has become a catalyst for a variety of national and local infrastructure projects. Although this makes sense, the scope could be much broader. To those of us […]
The unexpected press release announcing the termination of procurement processes for two new types of ships for the Canadian Coast Guard and navy was no doubt a heavy blow. And […]
The announcement on Wednesday by Representative Murtha that the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee will approve funds for five more ships to this year’s defence programme, at least one of which […]
Here is a ‘brain teaser’ to wrestle with over the Holidays! A recent article in the U.S. press described three different theoretical future fleet plans for the USN. One fleet […]
Our earlier discussion about the sensibility of addition another SSN to the appropriations this year, and the lack of clear direction on surface fleet plans, seems to have more substantiation […]
The Government is presently debating whether to buy two or three of the Joint Support Ships, and how to resolve its bidding dilemma. Both teams, led respectively by SNC-Lavalin Profac […]
