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As a follow on from this previous news, CDR Magazine released some info clarifying how Davie will be producing its "Polar Max" icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. So Davie is sending the entire hull construction (and seemingly most of the major equipment inside it) for the Polar Max over...

The Koreans are showing their inexperience and naivety regarding very large scale and long term international defence sales, substantial offsets and pot sweeteners are common place everywhere and Canada is no different. Korea is a relatively new player in the international arms export game, with...

The quality of the image especially on the aft of the ship is low quality and partially looks AI modified (aerials aft look squished alongside the NSM launchers?). Obviously the Italian 5" gun has been replaced by the BAE Mark 45 5", although it kind of looks to me as well that the Italian 30mm...

Given the rigorous talk about as few changes to the original design as possible, removing the VLS is almost certainly out of the cards.

I’m not sure I’d characterize it in that manner, the Koreans have been acting aggressively to the point it’s teetering on desperation, while the Germans are taking a more measured approach. Koreans came out of the gate swinging but the Germans are basically caught up with them at this point.

I'm a bit split on the idea of another base to be constructed in Quebec. On one hand attempting to break into the French population as a recruitment source is a good idea however, I am racking my brain thinking about the strategic redundancies of putting a proper base in Rimouski or Baie-Comeau...

https://canadiandefencereview.com/tkms-and-magellan-to-support-heavyweight-torpedo-production-and-in-service-support-for-cpsp/ At this point, both the Germans and Koreans are offering domestic torpedo support and production as part of their CPSP bid.

As funny as that is, it's not the first time that nations have done this sort of thing. UK Tornado and Phantom aircraft in the 1980's were delivered with cement ballast instead of their radars due to ongoing issues.

Canadian shipbuilding has never been competitive with the established major and even minor shipbuilders internationally, it makes little sense to come to Canada and pay more while getting a product slower compared to having something built in Asia or Europe. It makes sense for the Canadian Govt...

If you think this is going to happen with our Government and its procurement system, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you as well. I don't think there is any universe that Canada becomes anything like a "tier 1 level contributor" in any of these programs unless we start throwing Saudi Arabia...

I find it very amusing that this order for long lead items on additional F-35's was supposed to be discrete (aka the Govt did not want it announced) but it was seemingly picked up by the media and ran with immediately hahahahaha. The Government has let this Fighter Review charade snowball out of...

Expecting the Quebec Government to force public disclosure on Davie is like expecting the Nova Scotia Government will force public disclosure on Irving. Better chance of pigs flying.

Irving does have agreements with in place with Nova Scotia Community College for similar courses I believe. My primary point is for people to adjust expectations that even with upcoming procurement programs involving foreign nations/shipyards, we shouldn't expect some kind of quantum leap in...

Davie talked a huge game trying to muscle their way into the NSS, only to go entirely silent and apparently be unable to even deliver a pair of ferries to Transport Canada after gobbling up a bunch of money from the Quebec Government. At this point, Davie seems less interested in bringing its...

The kind of shipbuilding people see out of Japan, China and South Korea is fundamentally built upon factors that Canada is either unwilling or physically unable to match. Ridiculous government subsidies (enough to make what Canada gives to its own yards look like pocket change) allow many of...

One of the biggest issues with this is the loss of efficiencies/economies of scale with splitting the same order between two different yards on opposite ends of the country, the ability to work together is difficult and I have concerns either would physically want to cooperate too much anyway...

I think it’s important to point out that the RCD came from an era where the RCN was still on a starvation budget, and thus homogenizing the combatant force was almost required to even function. The RCN had to deal with a large logistical and training footprint in the Cold War with multiple...

CDC is an unfunded and constantly changing program, it could disappear as quickly as it appeared. Don’t expect it to come into fruition anytime soon unless you are fine with disappointment. There is almost certainly going to be a gap with the CPF’s transitioning to the RCD, there realistically...

I’m not sure where you are getting this information or hunch from, but I don’t recall Topshee ever talking about actually reusing equipment from the Halifax class. He’s frequently discussed wanting the CDC to have the capability of the Halifax class in a smaller package, but not actually using...

Topshee seems to want to keep the design talent we've generated in Canada sharp, so that seems to be something they are willing to put up with atleast to some degree. This sort of thing fundamentally isn't going to happen without a huge pivot away from the National Shipbuilding Strategy, it...