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Seaspan finally awarded the contract for the first Polar Icebreaker: https://canadiandefencereview.com/seaspan-awarded-3-15-billion-contract-to-build-ccgs-polar-icebreaker/ The cost is eyewatering. I hope it includes at least some in-service support...

Yeah, I was thinking of picking one up, to replace my now illegal Ruger PC Carbine, but I figure it's inevitable it gets banned at some point. Someone probably saw Henry and went "lever gun". That's how mentally deficient that crowd is.

Hmm. No SKS though. Curious.

You're not the only one with second thoughts. This in the Globe today (a similar article by he-who-shall-not-be named appeared today as well in another paper): Opinion: It may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S. I wouldn't want to restart that...

Is Industry even allowed to sell sensitive systems without a US intermediary?

This shows to good effect the scalability of the SPY-7 radar. Also good to see Japan continues to stick with this radar, hopefully putting to rest some of the speculation it is not as good as SPY-6. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/03/japans-asev-super-destroyer-fresh-details-unveiled/

To follow up on @GR66 question, with your experience having worked with GA-ASI, do you know if this capability is "bolt-on" to our MQ-9B?. It wasn't clear to me having read the article if the Sea Guardian was a substantially different variant, or just and MQ-9B with some extras bolted on.

Too bad about the Japanese. They seem to be able to pump out subs at a pretty good pace. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/03/japan-commissions-fourth-taigei-class-submarine/

It does seem significant, I admit. I thought I'd read somewhere that he'd also visited some yards in Japan last year. Do we know for certain he hasn't visited others?

I hope you are correct, but these were the musings of a fairly senior Navy friend, who admittedly is not directly linked to the CPSP, but is in the world of naval procurement. Also, while Topshee himself has not visited every yard, staff at the CPSP have.

HMCS Biden HMCS Harris HMCS I have heard similar "rumours" about an earlier announcement, possibly to coincide with the NATO summit in June. However, I have also heard that the current government, for political and strategic reasons, favours a European sub. Personally, I like the Korean subs...

Canada needs to look at establishing something like this. https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/germany-will-set-up-e500-billion-defense-and-infrastructure-fund We could build both military and strategic assets such as pipelines, roads, and railways.

If this article is correct, it seems like about 3-4 years to build, so IOC around 5 years later, especially for a new class, might be a bit optimistic, but it's still clearly the quickest of the options...

Pet was a great posting.

I agree. It seemed like an ambush.

Is it possible to sole source a project this large based on the FRI responses? I would think an RFP would still be needed to flesh out the details...

Bit of Irving marketing, but it's pretty well done. Still waiting for that CSC contract to be signed....

I think we could satisfy the US with something like the following presentation: Look at all the US-built stuff what we have bought recently : F35, P8, Aegis, Spy 7, ESSM, etc..(we could toss Chinook and C130J in there as well, for good measure). Look at what we are planning to buy: E7, Abrams...

I agree, but at least make the commitment public.

Has no one in government calculated the cost of going to 2% versus a 3-4 point contraction of GDP as a result of Trump smacking us with Tariffs? It's no secret he's using this threat to push us to spend more on defence.