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The River-class destroyer, formerly the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), and Single Class Surface Combatant Project is the procurement project that will replace the Iroquois and Halifax-class warships with up to 15 new ships beginning in the early 2030s as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. [14] [15]
The list of those pre-qualified candidates which applied for the Surface Combatant subcontractor positions was released on 18 November 2015. [33] In September 2015, reports emerged that climbing costs would lead to a reduction in the number of Surface Combatants the Canadian government would receive. [6]
Surface combatants (or surface ships or surface vessels) are a subset of naval warships which are designed for warfare on the surface of the water, with their own weapons and armed forces. They are generally ships built to fight other ships, submarines, aircraft or land targets, and can carry out several other missions including counter ...
HMCS Halifax, lead ship of the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project, as seen in 2010 The Canadian Patrol Frigate Project (CPFP) was a procurement project undertaken by the Department of National Defence of Canada beginning in 1975 to find a replacement for the 20 combined ships of the Annapolis, Mackenzie, Restigouche, and St. Laurent classes of destroyer escorts.
On 8 February 2019, the Canadian government awarded Lockheed Martin Canada a C$185 million contract to design a fleet of up to 15 warships based on the Type 26 (the Canadian Surface Combatant), with a total program cost of $60 billion. The amount of the contract will increase as the design work increases.
Surface combatants; Based on the BAE's Type 26 frigate, [73] Irving Shipbuilding, Lockheed Martin Canada, and BAE Systems are expected to begin work on the Canadian Surface Combatant, sometime in 2024 [74] [75] [76] with a delivery date slated for early 2030. The CSC project is the largest and most complex shipbuilding initiative in Canada ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Tuesday it would boost its defence spending by an additional A$11.1 billion ($7.25 billion) over the next decade to procure six 'optionally crewed' warships and ...
The Halifax-class frigates underwent a mid-life extension program that began in 2010 and was completed in November 2016, [a 7] and it was revealed in the October 2011 announcement of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy that the RCN would procure up to 15 vessels under the Canadian Surface Combatant project to replace both the 12 ...