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MBDA to supply Sea Ceptor weapon system for Canadian CSC frigates by Robin Hughes & Richard Scott MBDA announced on 19 April it has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to equip the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) new single class of 15 Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) multimission frigates with the Sea Ceptor air-defence weapon system. The specific date of the award and the contract value were not disclosed. Lockheed Martin Canada is the team-lead and design authority for the development and integration of the combat management system (CMS) on the CSC vessels and, as such, awards c...

Report: Canadian Surface Combatant fleet to cost at least C$77.3 billion February 26, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic A fleet of fifteen Type 26 frigates planned to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy will cost C$77.3 billion (about $62 billion), a new report shows. Type 26 design, courtesy of BAE Systems The report, The Cost of Canada’s Surface Combatants: 2021 Update and Options Analysis, examines the cost of the existing CSC program, which is intended to replace both the current fleet of Halifax-class frigates and three decommissioned Iroquois-cla...

Article content We should set up a Royal Commission into the shortcomings of the National Shipbuilding Strategy – except, of course, the ships would be built before it concluded anything. Such is the nature of galloping – or more accurately, prancing – bureaucracy in this country. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or John Ivison: Report on Canada's shipbuilding strategy leaves a sinking feeling Back to video The Auditor General’s report into the shipbuilding program landed Thursday and concluded that the departments of National Defence, Fi...

Navies that don’t evolve are doomed to defeat, and America is no exception. Here's What You Need to Remember: The most controversial question will be whether the Navy will opt for an unmanned aircraft instead of one with a human in the cockpit. Either way, expect stealth to be a significant part of the design, as well as sensor fusion in which large numbers of sensors combine to present a pilot with comprehensive situational awareness. The U.S. Navy has been the most powerful naval force in the world since 1943. But that supremacy is being challenged as Russia, and especially China, field ...

the new information is coming to light now, because lawyers for holmes are asking authorities to hand over a package that holmes had sent to his psychiatrist. this package was discovered in the university's medical campus mailroom on monday. and it included a letter that contained references to shooting people and drawings of a gunman and his victims. according to cbs news. we now know the package was addressed to dr. lynne fenton, the director of student mental health at the university of colorado. a resume posted on the university's website says fenton sees between 15 to 20 graduat...