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Silvestre

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By Global PFire Power Canadian forces have goes up from under 68000 to 92000 soldiers and seeman. Great for Canadas Professional armies.

29 ships in Canadian Navy. More than eishockey konkurrents Sweden and Finland from Scandinavia. Around 20 vessels in two Nordic warriors.
 

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More Canadian modifications for T97.
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Naval Today said:
An Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) will be named after Margaret Brooke, a Royal Canadian Navy Nursing Sister decorated for gallantry during the Second World War.

The actions followed the torpedoing and subsequent sinking of the Newfoundland ferry SS Caribou on October 14, 1942, in the off Newfoundland.

Jason Kenney, Minister of National Defence, said:

Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships are being named after Canadian naval heroes who displayed outstanding leadership and heroism while serving in the navy during wartime.

On October 14, 1942, during a crossing of the Cabot Strait off the coast of Newfoundland, the ferry SS Caribou was torpedoed by the German submarine U-69. The ferry sank in five minutes. Fighting for her own survival, Lieutenant-Commander Brooke did everything possible to save the life of her colleague and friend, Nursing Sister Sub-Lieutenant Agnes Wilkie, while both women clung to ropes on a capsized lifeboat. In spite of LCdr Brooke’s efforts to hang on to her with one arm, her friend succumbed to the frigid water.

For this act, LCdr Brooke was named a Member (Military Division) of the Order of the British Empire.

In September 2014 Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the forthcoming AOPS will be named to honour prominent Canadians who served with the highest distinction and conspicuous gallantry in the navy. The lead ship was named HMCS Harry DeWolf and the class is known as the Harry DeWolf Class. As noted, a second ship will be known as HMCS Margaret Brooke, while the other four AOPS names will be announced in the near future.

The RCN will employ the AOPS to conduct sovereignty and surveillance operations in Canadian waters on all three coasts, including in the Arctic. The AOPS will also be used to support other units of the Canadian Armed Forces in the conduct of maritime-related operations, and to support other government departments in carrying out their mandates, as required.

The picture is of the Norwegian NoCGV Svalbard, after which the Canadian class is being modeled.
 

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VICTORIA, British Columbia — Canada has begun work on a multibillion-dollar project to ensure it has a submarine capability beyond 2025.

Naval planners are determining the various options for extending the life of the Victoria-class submarines. They hope to finish a report on those options by June for senior officers.
Depending on the capabilities selected and the length of the life-extension for the boats, the cost of the project will be CAN $1.5 billion to $3 billion (US $1.2 billion to $2.5 billion), Royal Canadian Navy Capt. Wade Carter, director of naval requirements, told industry representatives at a closed-door meeting April 7, according to briefing materials obtained by Defense News.

Industry would be needed to "deliver an upgrade package capable of extending the expected life of the [Victoria-class] by 6-18 years," Carter noted. Depending on the technologies and upgrades selected, the boats would operate to 2033 and perhaps beyond.
The modernization work would start in 2020. The Victoria-class subs have a predicted end-of-service life in the mid-2020s.

Some improvements to the submarines have already been identified. For instance, the Navy wants to upgrade the existing electronic intelligence gathering systems on the boats as part of its modernization program.

Canada does not have a domestic submarine industry, so it will turn to foreign companies to oversee such a modernization project, industry analysts said.

Canada purchased the four submarines second-hand from Britain and received the boats between 2000 and 2004. It renamed the former Upholder-class as the Victoria-class.
Babcock of the United Kingdom has expanded its presence in Canada; its subsidiary operates three offices there. Babcock has the contract for in-service support of the Victoria-class submarines, estimated to be worth CAN $1.5 billion.

Brett Johnson, Babcock Canada's vice president for Business Development for Marine and Technology, said the firm would be interested in bidding on any modernization program the Navy decides on for the subs.

Johnson noted that the company has built a supply chain in Canada to keep the submarines outfitted with parts. In some cases, parts are being built in Canada by domestic firms under license from the original UK suppliers. In other cases, Canadian systems are being outfitted on the boats.

"We've looked at every piece of kit that goes on board the submarine that needed to refitted and we looked at whether we had to source it back to the UK because there is no one in Canada that can create something comparable," Johnson said. "Or can we create in Canada the same capability and produce that part, either under license or create the part if it's a new piece of kit?"

Other foreign firms have also received work on the submarines. Northrop Grumman was selected by Canada to provide in-service support for the MK-49 inertial navigation systems and navigation data distribution systems on the boats. That contract goes until 2017.
A Canadian-based subsidiary of Ultra Electronics of the UK is conducting maintenance work on the towed-array sonars on the Victoria class. That work will continue until 2016.
Industry sources said the proposed modernization program for the Victoria class is expected to provide a variety of work for domestic and foreign suppliers.
Over the years, the boats have been limited in their availability to the Navy because of technical issues.

High-pressure welds had to be replaced and cracks were found in some of the valves on the four subs. Steel piping also needed to be replaced because the boats were put into storage in the United Kingdom with water in their fuel tanks. The Chicoutimi was damaged by a fire in 2004 that killed one officer. The submarine Corner Brook struck bottom off the west coast of Vancouver Island in 2011.

In addition, there have been delays in installing equipment, such as the weapons fire control and communications gear.

"The introduction of the Victoria class has been fraught with many issues and faced a number of setbacks,'' a May 2009 report produced by the Navy acknowledged.
The Navy, however, believes that the corner has been turned on the submarine fleet.
Spokesman Lt.-Commander Alain Blondin noted that three of the boats are now operational. A fourth is in its extended maintenance period at facilities in Victoria.
"Our priority is to show value for money," he said.

Martin Shadwick, a strategic studies professor at York University in Toronto, said it would be difficult for the Navy to convince the Canadian government to embark on a program to buy new submarines. The cost would be extremely high and submarines, because of the past issues with the Victoria class, are viewed with some skepticism by the Canadian public, he added.

"A modernization program would be the easiest to sell," he said. "That way the Navy could keep its submarine capability going while at the same time continuing to prove the value of the boats to the country's overall defense strategy."

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Naval Today said:
Royal Canadian Navy’s HMCS Iroquois officially concluded its service on Friday, May 1, in a paying-off ceremony at HMC Dockyard in Halifax, receiving a farewell salute from current and former sailors, soldiers, airmen and airwomen.

Commissioned on July 29, 1972, Iroquois sailed with the RCN’s Atlantic fleet, conducting domestic and international security operations. Notably, the warship was part of Canada’s first response after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Iroquois was part of the RCN Naval Task Group that departed Halifax on October 17 of that year to conduct anti-terrorism operations in the Arabian Sea.

Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Commander RCN, said:

For nearly 43 years, HMCS Iroquois has protected our coastlines, responded to the calls of our allies and helped to make the world a safer place.

Iroquois, an area air defence destroyer, served on Maritime Forces Atlantic missions protecting Canada’s sovereignty in the Atlantic Ocean and enforcing Canadian laws in its territorial waters. It also deployed on missions to the Persian Gulf on anti-terrorism operations, and on counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea.

Forty -three years is a very good run.

But the Canadians have nothing to replace it with, and of the original four Iroquois class, they only have one destroyer left now, Athabaskan, DDG-282, which was also initially commissioned in 1972.

She will have to retire soon as well, and the Single Class Surface Combatant (SCSC) plan, which is meant to replace both the last Iroquis DDG and the twelve Halifax FFGs with fifteen FFG or DDG sized vessels.

That program will not start building any ship until at least 2018.

In January of this year, Canada announced that Irving shipbuilding would be the prime contractor for the SCSC. The cost is currently to be is $26 billion (Canadian). The company has indicated that it will build the vessels at its yard in Halifax.
 

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Wow...just posted about the retirement of the HMCS Iroquois...and the plans to start building replacement for them and the Halifax FFGs in 2018...now this:

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OTTAWA, May 1 (Reuters) – Canadian officials said on Friday a C$26.2 billion ($21.5 billion) program to build 15 naval ships could end up below target and over budget, the latest challenge to Canada’s troubled military procurement process.

In 2010, the Conservative government announced the program to replace three destroyers and 12 frigates with 15 modern warships.

But officials told a briefing that the plan was now to build “up to 15 vessels” and the exact number would not be known for another few years.

Construction is set to start early in the next decade and end in 2040.

“Do we think that the C$26.2 billion is going to become the sort of ceiling cost in the time frame we’re talking about? Perhaps not,” one official said, on condition of anonymity.

Canada’s official spending watchdog said in November 2013 that C$26.2 billion was not enough to buy and properly equip the 15 ships. Nova Scotia’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc will build the vessels and oversee the project.

Military projects are notorious for running over budget and defense experts say inflation on shipbuilding projects can easily run from 5 to 7 percent a year.

“We do have to constrain this,” the official said.

“Do we land with fewer ships, as is happening with our allies?”

In a clear sign of Ottawa’s intentions, he cited a separate plan to build Arctic patrol ships. Ottawa said in January it would increase the budget by more than 10 percent and cut the number of ships to five from an initial six to eight.

Canada has experienced a string of military procurement problems since the early 1990s, variously featuring search and rescue helicopters, fighter planes, trucks, close combat vehicles and submarines. - See more at:
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Canada's blue water navy capabilities are taking hits with these decisions and problems
 

FORBIN

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Look like Danish FFG.

I have read another article, in 15 new ships some be a AA warfare variant Iroquois successors if he replace 16 DDG/FFG by 15 it is very good.
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A small number of vessels will be equipped with the ability to provide area air defense (to counteract the larger threats).
 

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Canada accepts first six Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclones

The Royal Canadian Air Force has accepted delivery of its first six Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone maritime patrol helicopters, marking a major step forward for the Sea King replacement programme that has a “torturous history”.

Two more helicopters are due to arrive at the Shearwater operating base in Nova Scotia this December, and the full tranche of 28 Cyclones will be in place by 2021, Canadian defence minister Jason Kenney said at a ceremony 19 June.

The first six choppers arrive amid a hurricane of displeasure in Canada over the handling of the various Sea King replacement efforts, the latest of which – the Cyclone programme – started in 2004 but was beset by technical issues, delays, cost growth and contract revisions.

In fact, an earlier Sea King replacement was aborted in 1993, at a cost to Canada of about $500 million. The total value of the Cyclone acquisition is $7.6 billion, including $1.9 billion for development and production of 28 helicopters and $5.7 over 20 years for in-service contractor support.

The twin-engine, medium-lift Cyclone is derived from Sikorsky’s civil S-92 and is designed for shipboard maritime surveillance and rescue operations on Canada's east and
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coasts.

It will replace 27 long-serving Sikorsky CH-124 Sea Kings that have been in constant operation since 1963 and are the oldest aircraft in the RCAF inventory.

Public works and government services minister Diane Finley says it gives her great pleasure to finally put the Sea King “workhorse” out to pasture.

“I’m not one to mince words. The Cyclone has been a complex procurement – one that has seen its share of challenges,” she explains. “In fact, this procurement has had a torturous history.”

The Block I Cyclones were delivered in time to meet a revised schedule that was put in pace in January 2014. The fleet will be fully operational by 2018.

The ministers have confidence that the six aircraft are ready to deploy from a Halifax-class frigate at the next opportunity. Enough pilots, aircrews and maintainers have been trained to meet early operational objectives.

Over the past few months, the fleet has conducted 60 test missions consisting of about 300 takeoffs and landings from HMCS Halifax.

Despite reports to the contrary, the defence minister says the helicopters do meet the operational requirements of an amended contract with Sikorsky and are ready for operational use. “They’re ready for full utilization now,” he says.

The Sikorsky-led cyclone team includes
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Canada and L-3. The helicopters are checked out at Sikorsky’s facility in West
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