Continental Defence Corvette

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As discussed at the recent SEAPOWER 2025 these are envisioned to bring the fight to the ice edge in the arctic (PC6 hull form). You can see that these are not likely to be Corvettes, but frigates (FFG's by the looks of things) in the 2500-4000 ton range. Their range is significant so they can do the long endurance patrols including transit from E to W through the NWP.

Their defensive suite is supposed to be roughly equivalent to the CPF's (at a minimum).

 

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Thanks for posting.
Timelines look quick, like tout suite quick.
Any guesses who and where it will be built? One facility or two?

 

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Thanks for posting.
Timelines look quick, like tout suite quick.
Any guesses who and where it will be built? One facility or two?

Way to early to tell. They still don't know a lot. However as the discussion keeps coming up I figured I'd start a post to split it a bit.

The continental defensive picture is starting to be much more clear.

River class form the backbone of the constellation, providing C4 and AAW nodes. CDC will be able to go out to the ice edge and bring the fight there if necessary. Subs provide similar in an underwater capacity. AOPS will do a lot of the shovel work for the RCN, launching and recovering UUV's and other sensors, survey patrols and sensor sweeps. JSS will supply the constellation to keep them on station as necessary.

A Canadian task group going on deployment will likely consist of only River Class and JSS (perhaps a sub working in the same area but not attached to the TG directly). It doesn't feel like a CDC will have the crewing necessary for a long deployment.

No discussion on optionally crewed at this point which I find interesting. Maybe the tech isn't there yet.

 

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Way to early to tell. They still don't know a lot. However as the discussion keeps coming up I figured I'd start a post to split it a bit.

The continental defensive picture is starting to be much more clear.

River class form the backbone of the constellation, providing C4 and AAW nodes. CDC will be able to go out to the ice edge and bring the fight there if necessary. Subs provide similar in an underwater capacity. AOPS will do a lot of the shovel work for the RCN, launching and recovering UUV's and other sensors, survey patrols and sensor sweeps. JSS will supply the constellation to keep them on station as necessary.

A Canadian task group going on deployment will likely consist of only River Class and JSS (perhaps a sub working in the same area but not attached to the TG directly). It doesn't feel like a CDC will have the crewing necessary for a long deployment.

No discussion on optionally crewed at this point which I find interesting. Maybe the tech isn't there yet.

With the AOPS, if they will be doing that sort of UUV and work, will there not be the need for something like a CIW going forward?