January 25, 2024 | Local, Naval
Liberal government has invoked a shroud of secrecy around a controversial warship project estimated now to cost around $80 billion.
July 20, 2022 | Local, Aerospace
Le Canada aura bientôt officiellement sa force spatiale militaire. Mais attention : ceux qui s’imaginent des soldats en mission dans un champ de bataille céleste vont vite revenir sur terre : « Ce n’est pas aussi excitant que les séries de science-fiction », avertit le futur commandant de cette force, le brigadier général Michael Adamson.
October 28, 2022 | Local, Naval
Today, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) officially welcomed His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Margaret Brooke into naval service with a commissioning ceremony. This ceremony marks a significant achievement for both the RCN and the Canadian shipbuilding industry. The introduction of a second Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) delivered under the National Shipbuilding Strategy, which sustains thousands of jobs annually in Canada, will enhance the RCN's ability to enforce sovereignty and meet the future defence challenges in Canada's offshore and Arctic waters. A ship's commissioning ceremony is both a long-standing naval tradition, and, a special event for the ship's company – proud sailors who – have just returned from the ship's first deployment where they assisted communities in Atlantic Canada affected by Hurricane Fiona. The commissioning of HMCS Margaret Brooke included a symbolic presentation of the commissioning pennant, as well as the symbolic presentation of the “keys to the ship” to the Commanding Officer, Commander Nicole Robichaud. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2022/10/his-majestys-canadian-ship-margaret-brooke-commissioned-into-service.html
September 24, 2019 | Local, Naval
DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN The Canadian government is looking for buyers for the OTO Melara 76mm guns removed from the Royal Canadian Navy's Iroquois-class destroyers. All Iroquois-class ships have been decommissioned, and systems that were strictly associated with that class, have been declared surplus, according to the Department of National Defence. The five 76mm gun systems and associated spare parts from these ships were declared surplus in 2015 and 2016 and are moving through the disposal process, noted DND spokesman Andrew McKelvey. But the DND has decided not to provide the guns to museums. Instead they are being sold. Two of the guns were sold last year to the French Defence Ministry for undisclosed amount. The sale of the other guns is being coordinated by Public Services and Procurement Canada. The guns are up for sale to Canadian allies or approved buyers within the defence industry. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/guns-from-iroquois-class-destroyers-up-for-sale