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That would not be a bad thing for the junior operators to get the experience on Aegis ABs. I would also expect that the more Senior Operators along with SWCs/ASWC/ OPSOs/ORSs/CPO2s/PO1s as well be going down for more intensive ashore AEGIS training and possible some sea time on US AEGIS ships as well?Got invited to a AEGIS briefing in Halifax, it appears that junior operators will be sent on OUTCAN to serve aboard USN ships to gain the experience they need which makes sense.
Further the defencehub article, while listing the SEWIP Block-2 (SLQ-32 variant) as the ESM, and the Nulka system as a missile decoy system, it also lists the Raven ECM as being fitted on the River Class with an FMS procurement path and Aegis Integration path. I have not read any unclassified sources claiming Raven being interfaced to Aegis in the past. If one looks at the info graphic sketch, the antenna for the Raven, which could be observed in earlier speculative sketches of the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), are not observable in the most recent Canadian Department of Defence sketches. One could speculate that means (1) such Raven ECM antenna simply was not included in the sketch, or (2) the Raven ECM antenna has changed for this (and possibly other?) classes of warships, or (3) Raven ECM is not included as part of the River Class destroyer procurement, or (4) I have a misunderstanding as to the Raven antenna appearance.
I tried via google searches (unsuccessfully thus far) to determine which of the L3Harris WESCAM Electro-optical and infrared systems is planned for the River Class Destroyer. I note a WESCAM MX10MS was sold to Thailand navy for Krabi offshore vessels (I think about 10 years ago). There is also the MX15MS (which is about 3x the weight of the MX10MS). And perhaps there is a different more recently developed (or under development? ) L3Harris WESCAM device planned to be fitted?