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When you have a launcher you can do lots of things with it. Surviellance drones, UUV's (though probably those are better through the torp tubes), decoys whatever works.

Never present a throwaway COA. Ever. That's bad planning (as I found out at a very inoportune moment in my career, lesson learned... lol). Though sometimes your third COA looks very similar to one of the other two. No, Canada isn't looking for ballistic missiles, but we are looking for land...

Based on the DIS then sure, jobs. Does that translate into seats we'll have to see. Why are we all talking like this is a bad thing? Because we were burned before? It's different than finding a Canadian supplier to do something new on someones kit. This is Canadian suppliers to reproduce and...

For $60 billion you're damn right Cabinet decides the winner. This is entirely what we elected these people for, to make the big decisions for good or ill. And with a budget line that big, I would expect nothing less than a cabinet decision. As far as RCN needs. Both submarines already meet...

Yah, they increased the SIP. Overall the total number of signalers over last year is higher, but because of the SIP increase the percentage is lower. Its really hard to recruit for signals if it isn't SIG TECH, IS TECH or LINE TECH.

BAE Mk 45 mod 4 likely. As far as Lionfish replacement goes there are plenty of options. Unfortunate as I'm a big Vulcano fanboy.

Large clips are holding the blocks together for alignment until they can be welded. Sort of like ship surgical staples. So stitched is a good analogy.

Version of the same periscopes that the Koreans use IIRC. Safran makes good stuff.

Not even remotely close to the SIP. 5800 people is about 1500 less than the entire recruiting targets for this entire year. Are you referring to 5800 short of our approved staffing levels for total members in the CAF? Because if that's very different than "target numbers". CAF targets are...

It will be a clean sheet design. You don't just convert a diesel over even it is larger. The experience gained in making diesel submarines though, that's going to show.

It's not installed yet for B jetty.

What that reporter doesn't understand that service and support, and technology transfer ARE combat elements. Because they directly related to ship availability rates and a domestic industry that can support and service in wartime when we are potentially cut off from Europe or Korea. The thing...

No, the navy reviewed all the submarines with their requirements in mind. Took the two that met them. The requirements for operational abilities were specific enough but broad enough. For example they didn't tell anyone how to get the indiscretion rate they wanted (AIP, batteries whatever)...

Even know what? That they need domestic sustainment? That they know how to operate submarines? Not sure what you're driving at.

It's clearly a weapons program. But given that both submarines meet the requirements the RCN wants for combat capability then you need other factors to outscore the other guy. It's a tight race. If the navy was more specific in its requirements then maybe there would more differential between...

Maybe? But honestly I would prefer them to build their icebreakers and CCG ships at a higher clip. If there is another RCN ship to be built after Preserver then it should be more JSS.

Increasing productiveness is one of the ways we compete with the world. Canadian productiveness is terrible. I applaud Seaspan for going this direction. It's only going to improve their shipyard.

Piranha 10x10 and LAV 10x10 are basically the same thing, and since no LAV 10x10 has been built yet I'm pretty sure the Piranha will be the baseline design. Like I said though, we'll have a good look at the Piranha and probably know what we are getting into overall.

RFI (Request for Information) isn't a bid, industry submits their feedback. Things like "this is actually impossible" or "we can meet the requirements in a different way". Plenty of times the RFI get re-released because the ask was too much or ignorant of current availability. Or it was...

Irving costs are not out of control. Not even close to it. We've barely paid anything. I think you'll find that once the bills start showing up the Parliamentary budget office estimates for the RCD will be shown to be way off. Especially as DND is now starting to break down contract costs for...