By Dan Middlemiss, 11 July 2024 At the NATO Summit in Washington, MND Bill Blair announced early plans to proceed with a project to replace the navy’s current submarine fleet.[1] […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 12 June 2024 This is a second installment about my trip – sponsored by SAAB – to Sweden in May. In my previous post I discussed […]
By David Dunlop, 4 June 2024 At CANSEC 2024 SeaSpan Shipyard presented its cutting edge design for Canada’s New Polar Class 2 Heavy Ice Breaker project. Also, in another development, […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 24 May 2024 In April I was invited by SAAB to visit Sweden to meet with company representatives and tour their naval facilities – at their […]
By Blair Shaw, May 16, 2024 Just received this news item today [May 14] about the possibility of an offer from Germany and Norway for Canada to join the type […]
By Jeff G. Gilmour, 27 April 2024 In 2010, with great fanfare, the federal government in Canada announced the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) that was intended to strengthen this country’s […]
By Blair Shaw, 10 March 2024 This may interest readers. It’s a statement from Damen Marine themselves. Other news sources are linked below. The statement says: Saab and Damen Shipyards […]
By David Dunlop, 24 July 2023 CDA Institute has developed a “Force Deployment Series” a second roundtable by SMEs national discussion on defence policy with regard to sustaining Canada’s Future […]
By David Dunlop, 7 July 2023 On 15 June, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) hosted one-day hybrid conference “Canadian ASW in the Future Strategic Environment.” There are several articles […]
By Blair Shaw, 2 May 2023 The House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence issued a report in April entitled “A Secure and Sovereign Arctic.” The report gives an […]
By Dan Middlemiss, 9 April 2023 David Pugliese has revealed that the RCN is pushing for up to 12 new submarines for the Canadian Navy at an estimated cost of […]
By Alexander Sikora, 9 April 2023 Earlier this week, the Royal Canadian Navy issueed a release of information regarding their desire to procure up to 12 submarines at a cost […]
By Dr. Ann Griffiths, 8 November 2021 Canadian submarines keep ticking along — and they will have to for a few more years. The government has initiated a study to […]
By David Dunlop, 20 September 2021 The French government has immediately recalled their Ambassadors to the US and Australia amid the Australian government’s decision to cancel the DCNS Barracuda Block […]
Apollo, 6 August 2021 So, the RCN is going to put itself through the submarine acquisition wringer again. Unfortunately, there is a sad history of such programs over the last […]
RCN Public Affairs, 25 July 2021. When HMCS Corner Brook began its undocking on June 13, it became the most modern submarine in the RCN. Corner Brook had been in an Extended Docking Work Period […]
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 […]
RCN Public Affairs, 11 June 2021. HMCS Windsor is one of Canada’s two submarines based out of Halifax. It has been deployed throughout the Atlantic, in support of NATO operations, […]
RCN Media Release, 24 August 2020. Earlier this month the HMCS WINDSOR was undocked in HMC Dockyard Halifax, marking a key milestone in Canada’s submarine program. Undocking, or moving a […]
Did you know that Canada got its first submarines more than 100 years ago, during the First World War – and the first submarines were purchased by the province of […]
