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If we do get a third JSS, I don't think it was ever in doubt she would be named Provider.

The contract is sitting around the $1B mark now (plus whatever isn’t covered under it and is charged to the Govt by FFS) I think? People talk about buying Asterix and even having a sister ship built but according to the 2020 PBO report on her, Davie wanted $724m for the Govt to purchase her upon...

If anything, whatever is procured out of ISTAR should be expected to see use aboard the AOPS long before embarked helicopters make their transition to the class.

Generally fairly standard as far as support vessels go, it's a bit on the smaller side but unlike some nations, we're running an all in one vessel instead of a split tanker and stores fleet. They are currently designed to carry just shy of 8,000t of marine diesel and just over 1,300t of aviation...

Protecteur is looking to be launched soon apparently, hopefully there is no delays.

For anybody not aware, the story of Robert Hampton Gray and his heroism is something to consider even among the other members of the DeWolf class. Gray was born in Trail, British Columbia and would join the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) in 1940, serving as a fighter pilot in...

We'd be better off replacing the Hawk with an actual trainer instead of a full fighter, especially given its pricetag and the logistics of such a thing.

Future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray was launched today.

Are you trying to tell me that you didn't want the RCAF to operate a 4th gen fighter that was going to be apparently built at IMP Aerospace in Canada? Surely nothing can go wrong with Canada entirely building a fighter aircraft?

CMS-330 is aboard CSC, it’s a further development designated as CTI (Canadian Tactical Interface) that works as an interface with AEGIS to handle other systems aboard like ASW. One of the big pushes lately for equipment that is already integrated is to save on integration time, effort and...

There has been no confirmation officially but the scuttlebutt I've heard points to a pair of 21 cell launchers that will be fitted in the areas where the British and Australians have their Phalanx mounts, take a liberal dose of salt with that though. It makes no sense to continue using ExLS...

I can almost guarantee this will not happen, considering the total lack of any ability of any Canadian shipyard to build submarines, now or at any time in the reasonable future. The South Koreans have apparently offered some aspects of work share for Canadian industry like the construction and...

As was mentioned elsewhere, these "buoy tenders" aren't small nor especially easy to construct vessels. It's a 100m long, 9,000t and Polar Class 4 ice strengthened vessel with an order of potentially up to SIXTEEN vessels in total. That isn't something that would be or really could be contracted...

I would guess Naval Strike Missile or Harpoon would be fitted given the future/current adoption of those systems vs an entirely new procurement of a foreign missile system. NSM is very light as well which makes it fairly easy to fit aboard in an ad hoc manner, albeit with a fair bit less range...

I think it's a bit patronizing to say "Dad gave us the keys" when we bought the damn car ourselves after years of arguing with them about being permitted to even entertain the idea being allowed to drive in the first place. Niobe Day was chosen because it was the day we received our first...

Indeed, I feel Canada should be founding our own traditions and acting like the independent nation that we ultimately are. I've always found it somewhat amusing that many are nearly fetishistic about defending traditions that are simply imports from our time as a colony, especially when you...

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-arctic-russia-china?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=NP_social Topshee making some interesting comments regarding the AOPS and its potential future roles across the world during an interview Sunday at the Halifax International...

There is a variety of 127mm shells that are absolutely deadly to drones, people often forget that there is a lot of overlap between countering drone threats and countering small boat threats. Western navies have been well equipped and trained to counter the latter, and are generally fairly well...

It wouldn’t make a lot of sense to do either in my opinion, CAMM and RAM from either ExLS or launchers have better range and capability against most threats vs a 40mm gun. The firing angles from that area would be questionable unless you raised the gun significantly, which might have issues with...

As per the RFI, the required timeline is contract awarded by 2028, delivery of first submarine by 2035 and IOC by 2037 at absolute latest.