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First CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter Fully Manned by RCAF Crew Lands on HMCS Halifax Frigate
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Very glad to see this...it's been a long time coming.
 

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And plenty of waste in the process
It's been a long hard process for Canada...and yes, there has been inefficiencies and waste...there almost always is to one degree or another.

But they are going to end up with a good helo in the end.
 

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Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced Monday that Steve Brunton, has been selected as the “expert advisor” to assist the government on the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.

Brunton is a retired Rear Admiral from the Royal Navy with extensive experience in overseeing shipbuilding programs and naval acquisitions, the Canadian government noted. He will provide Ministers and senior government officials with independent expert advice on multiple facets of the NSPS. Those areas include “risk and program management, construction benchmarking and competitiveness, and performance and operational improvements,” according to the government.

Brunton, CBE MSc MCGI CEng FIET FCMI, is currently providing strategic program and risk advice to the UK Ministry of Defence, the Canadian government pointed out. In addition, he worked for the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy for 36 years, most of which was spent in the area of acquisitions.

The contract is for one year, with potential one-year extensions up to 10 years. The annual value of the contract will vary depending on the tasks performed by Brunton, according to Public Services and Procurement Canada.

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The federal government has chosen a retired British Royal Navy admiral to be Canada's expert advisor on the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy developed to rebuild both the navy and Coast Guard.

Steve Brunton served in the Royal Navy for 36 years, most of which was spent in acquisitions. He will provide ministers and senior government officials with advice on different areas of the strategy including risk, program management, construction, competitiveness and performance.

"Steve Brunton's extensive experience and expert capability make him particularly well-suited for this work, and provide excellent value to Canada," said Judy Foote, Minster of Public Services and Procurement.

"Engaging him will help us to anticipate and address challenges face on, and to continue to make progress on our commitments on the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy," she said.

The strategy was developed by the government to assist in rebuilding the Canadian industry and providing domestic capacity to rebuild the fleets of both the navy and the Coast Guard.

The program had an initial budget of some $39 billion to build as many as 30 large ships for the two capital fleets.

But the program has moved slowly and build contracts have only been let for two of six classes of ships. The program is also now beset by budgetary problems.

The budget for the Canadian Surface Combatant program had been set years ago at $26.2 billion. But CBC News learned that's nowhere near enough cash for 15 modern warships as planned.

The build portion of that budget was set at $14 billion, but it's now estimated to cost $30 billion, bringing the roughly estimated cost for the whole program to more than $42 billion. Those costs were confirmed Wednesday by navy commander Vice-Admiral Mark Norman in an exclusive interview with CBC News.

This is good news for the RCN. The last time Canada built ships with RN help resulted in the Cadillacs* which were based on design work conducted by an RN engineer on loan to the RCN and proved to be Canada's best warships for 40 years and at the time of their build the best in the world. This can only be a good thing for the Royal Canadian Navy.

*Nickname for the ships of the St. Laurent, Restigouche, Mackenzie, and Annapolis class destroyers due to their excellent living conditions.
 

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Royal Canadian Navy Test-Fires Harpoon Block II Missile Against Ground Target
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The HMCS Vancouver became the first combat surface ship of the Royal Canadian Navy to fire a Harpoon Block II missile against a ground target. The launch took place at a United States Navy firing range, during a Joint Littoral Training Exercise (JoLTEX) between the two navies.
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DCNS Confident its FREMM is the Right Solution for the Royal Canadian Navy CSC Program
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The Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) is the Royal Canadian Navy procurement program that will replace the Iroquois class Destroyers and Halifax class Frigates with up to 15 new ships in about the mid-2020s. Navy Recognition contacted DCNS Canada's head, Olivier Casenave-Péré, to see where the French shipbuilder chances stand as the Canadian Government is considering changing course on the CSC program.
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Two FREMM variants based on the same baseline vessel are being offered by DCNS as Olivier Casenave explains: "We are proposing two variants of our FREMM. A multi-mission variant and an air defense variant. Both will have strong ASW capabilities".
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For the Air Defense variant DCNS is proposing a FREMM fitted with a 4 panel array radar (active electronically scanned) from Thales.
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BAE Systems (Booth 711) has a number of programmes running in Canada, but arguably the most important is its bid to become Warship Designer and Combat Systems Integrator for the Canadian Surface Combatant requirement, for which a selection decision is expected next year.

For CSC the company is proposing a ‘Canadianised’ version of the Global Combat Ship (GCS), which is currently in design for the UK Royal Navy as the Type 26 frigate to replace Type 23s in the early 2020s. The vessel has been designed to be a highly versatile warship that can undertake a wide variety of roles, from high-intensity conflict to OOTW (operations other than war) activities such as humanitarian aid, evacuation and disaster relief, as well as long-distance coastal and Arctic patrol.

From the outset the GCS design was planned with adaptability in mind, allowing the vessel to be easily tailored to meet the individual requirements of different customers. The design has been shaped so that a change to one element has a minimum of impact on other areas. Also, as a brand-new design, the GCS has considerable growth capacity built in to cater for future technology insertion and new missions.

BAE Systems believes that the GCS is well positioned for the Canadian requirement. From a programme point of view, the UK’s Type 26 is in the final stages of detailed design, with the first steel to be cut next year. With Canada around three years behind the UK in the procurement cycle, the CSC design could benefit considerably from input from the Type 26.

According to Ric Elkington, business development surface combatants for BAE Systems Canada, the CSC offering is in the “sweet spot of the development cycle”.

In terms of capability, Elkington believes that the GCS is “pretty close to what Canada wants”.

The vessel has a flight deck large enough to handle a CH-147 Chinook helicopter, while the reconfigurable mission bay can accept containerized loads to allow the rapid re-rolling of the vessel. Such loads might include aid/rescue packages, underwater vehicles or boats.

BAE Systems has held conversations with more than 300 Canadian companies as it draws up a potential local team to answer the CSC requirement for eight ships.

Canadian companies have already been contracted to supply into the first three-vessel batch for the UK’s Type 26 programme, including W.R. Davis here in Ottawa. Rolls-Royce Canada in Peterborough is providing the mission bay handling system, while L-3 MAPPS of Montreal is supplying the integrated platform management system.
 

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, Defense News5:03 p.m. EDT June 15, 2016

VICTORIA, British Columbia - As Canada considers a purchase of Super Hornet fighter jets from Boeing, Lockheed Martin is threatening to cut Canadian companies out of work on the F-35.

But defense analysts and industry sources say such punitive measures could take years to follow through with and might ultimately backfire against the U.S. defense giant.

Lockheed Martin went on a public-relations push last week and on the weekend, telling Canadian media outlets a decision not to buy the F-35 would put in jeopardy hundreds of millions of dollars of contracts that could be awarded to Canadian firms for work on the aircraft.

The ruling Liberal Party government is looking at the acquisition of 20 to 30 Super Hornets as an interim measure to deal with what it says is a gap in Canada’s fighter aircraft capability. Canada currently operates the F-18 but those aircraft are aging.

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to power last fall, pledging not to purchase the F-35, an aircraft he says is unnecessary for Canada’s needs, and too expensive. As debate continued in Parliament about the potential Super Hornet purchase, Trudeau claimed June 7 the F-35 “does not work and is far from working.”

Lockheed Martin has responded with the warning about the consequences of Canada not buying the F-35.

"I don't want it perceived as a threat, but we will have no choice: If Canada walks away from F-35, expect to relocate work in Canada to other purchasing nations,” Steve Over, the company’s director of F-35 international business, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Similar statements were made by Lockheed officials to Reuters news service and the Globe and Mail newspaper.

Jordan Owens, a spokeswoman for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, said Canada would make its decision on a fighter jet based on its security needs. “Despite Lockheed's eagerness to send a spokesperson from Texas to Ottawa in order to game out hypothetical scenarios in the media, Canada remains a member of the Joint Strike Fighter program,” said Owens.

Canadian participation as a partner in the Joint Strike Fighter program has allowed around 110 domestic firms to secure (CAN) $825 million (US $610 million) in contracts over the years. Lockheed says if Canada doesn’t buy the F-35, the company will honor existing contracts but once those run out, the work would be shifted to other firms in nations still involved in the program.

Lockheed, however, could face significant difficulties following through with that plan, say industry officials and analysts.

“According to the agreement, as long as Canada remains a JSF partner it is fully entitled to have its industry bid and get contracts,” said Alan Williams, the former assistant deputy minister for materiel at Canada’s Department of National Defence, who oversaw Canada’s involvement in the F-35 program. “There is no stipulation that Canada has to purchase the F-35.”

Any attempt to cut Canadian firms out of work while the country is still a partner and contributing its payments to the program could spark legal action, he noted.

Defense analyst Martin Shadwick, along with industry sources, said Lockheed Martin has to tread carefully if it wants future work in Canada. “They could wind up doing themselves some real harm not only on the F-35 file but on anything else they are trying to sell in the Canadian market,” Shadwick said. “Governments have long memories on these types of things and they would not be enamoured of a corporation who took a scorched-earth approach.”

He noted, for instance, that Lockheed Martin hopes to win business on the Canadian government’s upcoming (CAN) $26 billion ($20 billion) frigate replacement program.

In addition, Lockheed might have problems finding foreign firms -- in the short term, at least -- to produce systems for the F-35 at the same quality and price that Canadian companies provide, added Shadwick.

Lockheed Martin spokeswoman Cindy Tessier said it is the firm’s position that Canada’s involvement in the F-35 program is “based upon Canada’s stated commitment to the procurement of 65 jets.”

The previous Conservative government had committed to purchasing 65 F-35s but put that on hold because of increasing costs and technical issues with the aircraft.
 

TerraN_EmpirE

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Colt Canada rep at a RCMI dinner giving a peek at what the Canadian forces are looking at and how they got there. They are also working with the USMC and British MOD.The Aim is Trackingpoint like scopes with integrated power rails on Polymer cased telescoped ammo rifles.
 
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