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Apologies, it was actually a 15% - 20% contingency fund out of the total $60B program figure that the DND was holding to at the time. That is the figure range given by National Defence spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande back in Fall of 2023.

From what I've gathered, the Kingston class could serve longer but the decision has been made to take the money away from their upkeep/refits and dump it into the Halifax class. That is exactly why I think you will not see cuts to the River class order numbers, it is political and financial...

The timelines here really don’t match up in the slightest, they are talking about having CMMC by the mid-2030’s but the program is only in the identification phase now. That is one hell of a potential rush job to get that timeline fulfilled, and it will still result in 5+ years of the RCN with...

Captain Drew Graham (Director of Naval Requirements) recently did a Speakers Event for the Naval Association of Canada and had some interesting information to put forward to the public regarding unmanned and modular payloads for AOPS. All of the information and photos below are taken from his...

Captain Drew Graham (Director of Naval Requirements) recently did a Speakers Event for the Naval Association of Canada and had some interesting information to put forward to the public regarding some developments on the ISTAR program and others relating to the Halifax/River class vessels going...

Captain Drew Graham (Director of Naval Requirements) recently did a Speakers Event for the Naval Association of Canada and had some interesting information to put forward to the public regarding the JSS and an unmanned aircraft program planned for it. All of the information is taken from his...

Captain Drew Graham (Director of Naval Requirements) recently did a Speakers Event for the Naval Association of Canada and had some interesting information to put forward to the public regarding the Kingston class and the future Canadian Multi-Mission Corvette. All of the information and photos...

Forcing existing ships to sub in as inefficient and poorly suited dive ships is incredibly Canadian, but I'd much rather them purchase or build say a pair of converted/purpose built vessels for the task.

The South Koreans are also more than willing to put their domestic programs on the backburner to capture lucrative foreign contracts, Japan not so much.

Japan has a steady procurement pace where new iterative submarine designs are introduced to the fleet, it's laughable to suggest that trying to fulfill a 12 submarine order for a foreign nation with an aggressive delivery schedule wouldn't impact those carefully laid plans. It seems fairly clear...

It is one thing to sign on to build a trio of frigates largely off the shelf for a regional partner vs signing on to build double digit numbers of Submarines entirely in your own yards, throwing off your own procurement plans for years.

A capable looking vessel for the roles required of the Italian Navy however, I don't think such a design would be a good platform for Canada. The very heavy focus on pollution control doesn't work well with our Navy mandates ultimately. CMMC sounds like it is increasingly turning into some kind...

Every public source I have seen specifically mentions that the Protecteurs have 2nd line maintenance capability built in for the aviation aboard.

Ultimately Canada needs to put our own interests first especially as it relates to our domestic sovereign territory. Regardless of how much favour we have with our allies, they aren't going to come running to plug our own shortcomings we are having around Canada itself. Submarines are seemingly...

It's a bit of a shame we never ended up with the CSC being Tribal class III, I'd really like to see how the old crests get reimagined.

I'm personally more concerned regarding our own sovereignty and the very important role that submarines play in that, versus splashing around in the Atlantic with escorts larping as the WWII era RCN. We aren't the only player in NATO, they shouldn't forget that.

Some better shots of Protecteur posted today on Facebook by Seaspan's VP.

Some of the Canadian domestic options look pretty reasonable for use aboard AOPS and other RCN platforms in lieu of Cyclone for many duties, LX-300 built by Laflamme Aero comes to mind. 3m long, 1.5m long and 1.2m high with a rotor diameter of 2.8m, has a tandem rotor configuration with a few...

Didn't they have issues getting the bottle of champagne to break against the hull? I assume that is rolled into the naming ceremony then these days?

Is it normal to christen a ship and name it while not launching it on the same day?