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This 100%, it seems fairly obvious to me that the reason why the Orca's have been permitted to keep doing their training missions is that they physically cannot operate outside of coastal British Columbia. I would put good money on a more seaworthy and capable successor being tasked on other...

PC-6 is not “almost nothing”, it’s only one classification down from the AOPS (minus the bow) and matches the new CCG Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel. 70 cm to 120 cm of ice throughout the summer and fall isn’t anything to sneeze at, especially for an actual combatant.

Topshee specifically stated relatively recently that he wants CDC to be rated to PC-6 standards for operations north around ice.

From what I recall, the RCN/Govt is well over the $1B mark for the MV Asterix contract with an additional $100m~ wiggle room costs per year, due to a bunch of weasel clauses which Federal Fleet uses to nickel and dime the government for items not covered in the contract. I don't particularly...

If Federal Fleet tries to push the same contract they hoisted the Canadian Government with, they’ll quickly find minimal customers for a slapdash, heavily used conversion.

My numbers include the Martha L. Black-class which while they do work on the Lakes, are much larger than any USCG counterpart vessels and are also extensively used in the Atlantic while also having been sent to the Arctic before as well. Much of the USCG Lakes fleet is made up of smaller ice...

It is something to consider that the US is far behind nations like Canada regarding the icebreaker fleets at their disposal, so it checks out for them to take measures to fix this long overdue gaping hole in their fleet. Outside of their dedicated littoral and Great Lakes fleets, the USCG only...

Spain, Italy and Germany all signed up for additional Eurofighter orders primarily because all three nations have significant workshares of aircraft production within their borders. This factor is not relevant at all for Canada as we have no fighter production ongoing inside the country...

I find these claims a bit silly given that multiple other airforces have also moved over to single fighter F-35 fleets and this has seemingly never been a real concern. Buying, maintaining and operating a wholly different fighter design "just in case" one of these issues comes up seems like very...

I think its basically an impossibility that the RCAF will operate a mixed fighter fleet anytime soon, given how much the RCAF desires the F-35A and ultimately, the fact all of the alternatives have significant issues to various degrees (interoperability, cost, combat viability, production rates...

They proposed one a long time ago but it went nowhere, they haven't done anything recently with engines that I am aware of. Profits aren't there with the Gripen to justify the integration, testing and fielding.

I quite like the conformal aspect of the “Phoenix” compared to the GlobalEye, especially as it has in air refueling integrated into the design from the start. It’s a bit baffling why GlobalEye lacks it. L3 is a big partner as well, although the connection to Israel very well could cause a bunch...

I don't believe for a minute that it costs only $7,000 per flight hour for a Gripen E, especially given Saab is notorious for not releasing much information and "flight hours" can be easily modified to make them as flattering as one wants.

Given how much the corvettes has basically ballooned into a bespoke, all Canadian PC6 rated miniature Halifax class frigate, either the River class is going to see its production numbers cut or these corvettes will be purchased in very small numbers (4-6).

Hell Canada did this ourselves to a pair of Chilean submarines just prior to the outbreak of WWI, effectively "stealing" them from a US shipyard and purchasing them via cheque outside American waters.

Regarding this, I think the following images are from CANSEC 2025 and showcase the size of the bunks on various Korean designs of the KSS line, while also showing some of the amenities like HVAC and entertainment systems in each bunk. The vessels look pretty comfortable, I would be nice to see...

I do not think Canada should be or is especially interested in a lot of the other South Korean offerings pitched here however, the submarine deal itself seems very good and only gets better seemingly by the day.

For those who can't see the video; The smaller corvettes look pretty sleek, there seems to have been a deliberate effort put into stealth shaping and potentially some requirements for cold water operations. It looks to feature a 57mm Bofors, 16 VLS cells of some description, likely 4-8 NSM...

The corvettes seem very far off, especially with a lot of the talk about them being domestically built with large percentages of Canadian equipment. With how many foreign orders are coming down the pipe seemingly for the Type 31, it seems doubtful that we'd be able to procure any before the...

Mostly because Norway is robbing UK Type 26's directly off the production line with basically no changes from what it looks like, so the UK will be in for some further hard times with their already busted Type 23 fleet.