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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...

Spain is stuck between a rock and a hard place, where they need the F-35B to replace their aging Harrier fleets aboard their amphibious vessels, but they don’t want to buy an American aircraft. They could retrofit drones to them but it’s nowhere near the same capability. Portugal has flip...

The Finnish design doesn’t meet the requirements to maximize Canadian equipment content and involve domestic Canadian design teams, which is one of the reasons why Topshee seems to be pushing for the adoption of a new ship design.

Interim NDP leader Don Davies has come out and urged the Prime Minister to adopt the Gripen, that joke basically writes itself.

I think I mentioned before that it’s much worse than even a rumour, it’s totally unsubstantiated with no even sort of hint as to where it came from. A split like that would be utterly nonsensical as people have described previously. I hope the RCAF does get greenlit for additional fighter...

Because stealth is a gamechanger for fighter aircraft survivability and is basically the basic starting point of any nation serious about their defence in 2026. Stealth isn't a binary on and off switch, it's integrated into every design aspect of the F-35 and makes detection by enemy ground...

The Danish 76mm guns/mount stockpiles seem to be from likely the 1970's to 1980's, and very likely seems to have been a combination of improper maintenance or breakdowns due to age. From what I can see, the mounts/guns off the Halifax are partially original as BAE Systems received a contract to...

The problem likely isn't on OTO Melara, but on the Dane's given they reused very old models and seemingly didn't properly maintain the mounts/ammunition. It's very telling that the Danes went out and purchased brand new 76mm guns and mounts for their ships after being thoroughly embarrassed in...

This is why we all should be careful about getting caught up in the mentality that everything we do is bad, and everything other parties do is much better. The Nordic countries get an exceptional amount of good press for many of their warships and naval procurements, but the reality is there is...