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North Shore news has an article entitled " South Korean shipyard sweetens its submarine sales pitch to Canada " (dated 11-Sep-2025). In that article I found this of interest: Cynic that I am, I would be surprised if a decision is announced by the end of 2025, as I believe history shows these...

I was curious and using unclassified press, compared some (not all) aspect of the German TKMS Type-212 CD and the South Korean Hanwha Ocean KSS-III batch-II. This was my own thoughts, and I have not covered all aspects - for there are more technical, support and political aspects here. Lineage...

i note a new article dated 4-September-2025 that TKMS signed memorandum of understanding with an Indian defence company for provision of the TKMS Type-214 class submarine. From what i speculate, Canada wisely shortlisted the Type-212CD (instead of Type-214) as the Type-212CD is more suited to...

Speculation on Sonar for the Canadian Submarine Procurement Program For this post, given the German TKMS Type-212 CD and also the Korean KS-III batch 2 are now on Canada's short list, this is the research (and in cases my speculation) that I found in regards to the Sonar systems for these...

It has recently been announced that Norway has decided to procure new Type-26 frigates from the UK. The news is a bit thin on details, but i suspect the Norwegian variant will be very very similar to the UK Type-26 implementation. ... Still, my hope is that having three NATO countries with the...

For this post, given the Type-212 CD and also the KS-III batch 2 are now on Canada's short list, this is the research (speculation ? ) I found in regards to the Electronic warfare systems for these submarines, where presumably Canada may, or may not, go for identical EW systems. TKMS Type-212...

Now - in regards to the IDAS (Interactive Defense and Attack System). I did find the references to the IDAS (Interactive Defense and Attack System) missile of interest, which was a program going back decades, placed on hold in 2014, and development and testing then restarted in 2024. It...

I read some more and i have some more thoughts on this in consideration of the German TKMS Type 212CD being on the short list of contenders for a future Canadian class of submarine. More specifically, I've been reading on the differences between the German HDW 216 submarine design and the...

Have any HDW Type-216's been built ? Am i correct that this is just a concept design? ... If concept, I suspect there is an inherent risk for Canada to followup. i suspect the price for 12 submarines will be expensive as it is ... and adding the risk for development costs could make such a...

This is an old thread, but there is recent news. A Canadian government announcement: Government of Canada advances to next step in Canadian Patrol Submarine Project procurement dated 26-Aug-2025 And an extract from that article: ... As near as I can read, there was no announced change in...

From an 8-August-2025 US Department of Defence notice of contract awards: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4270261/ Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $18,601,447 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost type modification to a...

I believe the Canadian Navy, and indeed the River Class Prime contractor, will be taking a close look as to how this Halifax Class program UAV unfolds ... assuming of course that commercial interests do not get in the way of applying lessons from the Halfax class frigate UAV to the River Class...

Yes that was an interesting read. I found the part about "an easy upgrade path" from S-100 to S-300 of one of the very interesting aspects also. With the larger size of the S-300 over the S-100 comes some real benefits (24 hours of endurance would be amazing). Further some more capable...

What I managed to find was this PDF press release of schiebel (dated Dec-2024). https://schiebel.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ In that press release it notes Schiebel Camcopter S-100 successfully demonstrated an MDA Space radar during a one week trial at the Foremost UAS Test Range in Western...

Further to this topic of drones for the Halifax class (where I believe the same drones could end up being used on the River Class destroyers), when searching on this topic I stumbled across this article: BREAKING: The Government of Canada announces MDA and the S-100 for the Royal Canadian Navys...