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I doubt it. There may be some kind of release stating the RFI is closed, but since no decision will have been made yet, I don't see any kind of big press release on March 1st. Even if there is a decision to sole source it will take some time to paper that up. Trying to predict what DND will do...

I don't think so. That date marks the closing of the RFI. The project office will presumably take all that data and come up with recommendations that will form the basis of the RFP, unless they come up with a recommendation to sole source. All this will take many months in any case. I don't know...

Good progress on SPY-7: https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sna-2025/2025/01/live-tracking-test-demonstrates-spy-7-capability-and-scalability/ Looks like we chose well with this radar system.

Agree. I wasn't trying to suggest this exact vessel - just that it is possible to fit a lot of capability into a ship of this size.

The Italians have a nice little ship with a lot of capabilities in 2400 tons. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/01/italys-future-ppx-opv-a-technical-overview/

Not sure how you would categorize the "slushbreakers". PC5+ perhaps (PC5 hull, PC4 bow).

Some video from the Seaspan X account of the ship moving to the launch point:

Not exactly related to this thread, but interesting to see the specifications of the new German navy Type 127 "frigate". Pretty formidable. The only weakness I can see in the relatively short range (4000 nm), but that's probably adequate for the German Navy's mission. Of particular interest is...

Germany has added to their Type 212CD order, bringing the order book for type to 12 (Germany 6, Norway 6). Of interesting in the article was the statement that Germany should have 5 active submarines at all times, which suggested a fleet size of 15 (using a 3:1 ratio). Either way, if Canada was...

Ruger 10/22!! Jesus! WTF is the matter with these people. That steps well outside of the "assault style" ideological bans and into straight up confiscation of all firearms.

Sadly, it's true: Prime Minister’s itinerary for Friday, December 13, 2024

I would be nice to see a similar picture of Protecteur in the next few weeks.

According to the link below, the range is actually somewhat higher (1200 KMs, or about 650 NM). I think ours have the larger tanks and from what I have heard quite a number of features that were subsequently incorporated into the Block 2 versions...

I would say this is a very positive report on the F35s first "combat" deployment. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2024/focus-us-made-f-35-stealth-fighter-demonstrates-unmatched-combat-capabilities-in-israeli-strike-against-iran

Clearly that is great, but my comment was specific to mess life. Wouldn't a healthy mess life be conducive to crew cohesiveness and morale?

Interesting - the Law of Unintended Consequences at work. Not having served aboard a ship, I can imagine a healthy mess life is good for morale. Is that a concern at all?

I didn't realize the RCN was using Starlink.

Waiting to see if JSS1 (Protecteur) gets launched this month, as promised. There seems to be very little in the way of updates available for this program. Perhaps someone familiar with this program can chime in and give us an early Christmas present? :)

Did he catch the brass? I did not notice that. You have better eyes than me.

There are a few things that stand out. Based on the slim profile of the weapon, and the relative lack of muzzle rise, I would guess this is a .22. Also, though I agree it was targeted, I'm not sure how professional this guy is. If he was, he would have tested that pistol before using it, and...