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Navy CNO kicks off new ‘containerized capability campaign plan’
This new strategy will mark a key element of Adm. Caudle’s broader modernization vision and Fighting Instructions.defensescoop.com
Navy's Drone Ship Plans Get Shaken Up Again
The Navy wants to spend less time prototyping and focus on fielding already mature uncrewed vessel designs, which contractors might operate.www.twz.com
New USV plan
The Navy isn't going to select a ship to operate.
It is going to contract with operators to supply the capability
"the new strategy laid out today “is a replacement for MASC, absolutely,”"
"MASC “was tailored towards a very specific mission and a very specific ask from the Fleet, [and a] very specific quantity."
“As we look across how the Golden Fleet capability, or the Golden Fleet concept, has matured, and we look across where we could use these vessels as part of CNO’s [Chief of National Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle] tailored offsets and tailored forces, we bring ourselves to realize there’s a number of missions that we could immediately use these vessels for,” Gassler said. “That is, that is part of the strategy now, is that we will now have a scalable way to procure vessels that meet specific mission profiles.”
I detest the "Golden" label. But I love the implied inherent flexibility and speed of response.
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Presumably the navy could contract with multiple operators with multiple solutions.
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WRT the containers
"“There should be no reason why I can’t place a modular container on the back of our ships and carry an array of capabilities to any region in the world."
"Released in February, Caudle’s fighting instructions and associated “hedge” framework are designed to pivot the Navy from primarily relying on large, exquisite platforms toward more adaptable force packages that can be speedily reshaped as new conflicts and priorities emerge.
"Containerization will enable these aims, as it can allow the Navy to rapidly configure suitable ships with modular payloads — including drones, weapons and sensors — to confront localized threats without requiring a massive carrier strike group or other hefty fleet deployments."
""Consider Venezuela, when the Ford Strike Group left the Mediterranean, where was the other strike group to take her place? Imagine the flexibility we can do if, instead of a strike group replacing her, we’re able to provide [U.S. Southern Command] with other maritime options, like one of my new frigates paired with containerized, unmanned options,” Caudle said.
Tailored force packaging will not replace the Navy’s general-purpose fleet, according to the CNO. Instead, the notion is that it will supply military decision makers with “greater degrees of freedom” and help the Navy to “punch above its current weight class.”
"At the McAleese conference, Caudle urged members of America’s maritime and defense industry to “get clever” with ideas about what the Navy can containerize in the near term, such as directed energy weapons and drone swarms
"“I want to containerize everything,” Caudle said. “That’s why I kicked off the containerized capability campaign plan to get after this challenge at scale.”"
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So Canada joins the RN and the USN and hires a contractor to supply a fleet of work boats and surveillance systems .... someone with experience preferably? Someone, oh, I don't know, that has previously supplied fleet services to the Navy?
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If weapons go into seacans then the delivery of weapons becomes a logistics problem.
Who are the experts in delivering seacans at sea to ships and maritime structures like rigs and windmills?
The people that operate the Offshore Support Vessels and Fast Crew Supply Vessels.
This is an old problem made new again.
Fighters never liked to waste effort or money on logistics.
Logistics were always available from the civilian market.
But.
You always ran the risk of your Waggon Train not being where you needed it to be because your civilian contractors didn't sign up to be shot at.
But.
That problem disappears if you have no civilian contractors to be shot at.
If your "Waggons" have no drivers then there is less risk of them not driving into the storm.
Head Office will only squawk if one of their autonomous vessels gets destroyed, in which case they will send you the bill.
The containers of weapons and sensors are yours and carried at your risk.
Logistics privatized.
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Surveillance
26 proposals assessed in Atlantic NET undersea programme
Twenty six compliant industry proposals have been assessed during the first formal tendering phase of the Atlantic NET programme, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed, following parliamentary questions about the status of emerging undersea surveillance systems.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
If this is a viable proposition what is to prevent the private sector, which already surveys the terrain, the waters, the air, the ionosphere and space, from providing a Space to Seabed, including Terrestrial and Underground information, from providing a comprehensive, AI curated, system of Satellites, Pseudo-Satellites, HALE and MALE UAVs, USVs and UUVs together with emplaced ground sensors and supplying a complete package to governments for the use of Fighters?
MDA as a service supplier integrating ISR assets? The Forces aren't the only interested consumers. Farmers, Fishers, Shippers and entrepreneurs of all sorts would be interested in the same data and analyses.
Surveillance privatized.
Intelligence and Reconnaissance are probably downstream responsibilities of the surveillance data consumers.
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Comms
The ubiquity of the Starlinks solution suggests that Comms have already been privatized.
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Security
Privatized for a very long time.
Ontario
26,000 Police Officers ca 2023
1,749 RCMP ca 2025
6,400 OPP
18,000 Municipal Officers
156,000 Licenced Security Guards ca 2025
I would like to compare the CAF footprint in Ontario but that would include the multitudes in Ottawa, Kingston and Downsview.
The active effort could probably be reduced to 2 CMBG
Let's call it 5,000.
So,
5,000 soldiers
26,000 police
156,000 security guards
And the security companies have room to grow.
Pearson security is the combined responsibility of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, the RCMP, Peel Regional Police and CATSA.
Calgary Airport security is entrusted to the Calgary Airport Authority, the RCMP, Calgary Police, CATSA and Paladdin Security
Vancouver Port security is the responsibility of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, CBSA, RCMP, Vancouver and Delta Police, and mulititudes of private security companies, 29 by one count.
Now,
Rheinmetall is providing services to infrastructure: ports, airports, rail and oil and gas.
Rheinmetall Canada Inc. – Surveillance solutions for the oil & gas industry
Tailored to meet the customer’s operational requirements, Rheinmetall is offering unique security and surveillance solutions to the oil and gas industry.
www.rheinmetall.com
PSS – Persistent Surveillance System
Rheinmetall’s Persistent Surveillance System provides effective and intelligent surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to protect critical assets.
www.rheinmetall.com
And that is morphing over into the military side as drones become an issue to be managed like bird strikes. The technologies are similar.
Drone defence toolbox
Rheinmetall's drone defence toolbox helps to protect civilian and military infrastructure, and is applicable for various threat environments.
www.rheinmetall.com
What authority can be devolved to those civilian operators?
Could the Canadian Railway Police be working models?
CN Police Service | Safety | Delivering Responsibly | cn.ca
Proud of our long history in railway policing that dates back to early 19th century, the CN Police Service commits to making CN the safest Railway in North America by protecting its people, property and resources and by ensuring the safety and security of the communities that CN serves.
www.cn.ca
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And you can add all the bank guards, night watch, and security folks in car parks, offices, malls, construction sites.......
CAF bases and head quarters
Patently not jobs for Fighters.
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And then there is this development
When the virtual becomes real
"CAE is actively expanding its expertise from traditional flight simulation into the operation and control of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The company is leveraging its training and simulation technologies to provide comprehensive solutions that include simulator-based training, mission planning, and in-service support for drone operators"
CAE and Callian working with drones?
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What roles are left for the Fighters?
