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I puzzled a bit over whether the River Class destroyers might come with C2BMC functionality, and I basically came to the conclusion that any decision could be the result of politics, initial costs, and lifetime maintenance costs. But I came to no conclusions as to whether C2BMC (Command and...

I have been puzzling over some Aegis aspects and functionalities in regards to the River Class Destroyer, and so to lay the ground work for my future understanding, I researched a bit the evolution of Aegis. This is my summary and it pulls information from various unclassified sources and it...

I thought i would speculate a bit on the River Class Destroyer, Aegis, and CEC/C2BMC , especially in light of some occasional press mention of NORAD and the USA talk of a Golden Dome. While reading up on Aegis, and learning a bit about Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) which I understand...

Recent news are reporting (again) on MDAs contract for a Laser warning system. According to Spaceq.ca and Naval Technology notes: and autoevolution notes: This puzzles me. This is old news !! It reads to be consistent with what was announced previous (without the $60 million dollar...

Further to this, I am still puzzling over the fact sheet for the River Class Destroyer where it refers to a "Sonobuoy Processing System - General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS)" While I believe there are fixed wing and helicopter variants of the UYS-505 and UYS-506, I keep asking myself, are...

I read that the Canadian River Class destroyer may procure the NA-30S fire control radar, to use with the Leonardo 127/64 vulcano gun. I also read that on some classes of warships, the NA-30S firecontrol can be used to control the Leonardo 76mm gun. So out of curiousity I did a search on this...

i am thinking this may be a "moot" point. I am very much "out of date" here. Surfing I learned that the Halifax-Class Modernization (HCM) program may have included a Shipboard Electro-Optical Surveillance System (SEOSS) from L3 Harris. Key features: - High-resolution EO/IR cameras (day/night...

Having typed the above, other than the Mk20 EOSS, I do not believe any other L3 Harris EOSS has been certified to interface to Aegis. i do not believe the ruggedized L3 Harris MX-10 MS nor MX-15 MS are certified for interfacing to Aegis nor are they fully certified to milspec. Hence there would...

I spotted this 13 year old video, on the "generic" 127/64 LW gun (and not specific to the Vulcano) variant. Still, given I had not seen this video before, I thought it of interest. In particular, reading of the 127/64 LW has improvements over older 127/54 compact was of interest to me, where...

I also thought to see if I could produce a list of warships either with, or planned to be fitted with the 127mm Vulcano gun. There is a lot of speculative and conflicting information on this, so it is difficult to be accurate. My list currently includes: - the Canadian River Class destroyer -...

As noted in the quote, internet documents suggests the Canadian River Class is to have the Sea Sentor torpedo defense system. I was curious as to which other warships in the world may have (or planned to procure) the Sea Sentor 'torpedo defense' system (I believe known as S2170 in the UK) and...

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/81e965776959d5312208e6b7f8edc824b94ac25e ... this is a link to a Japanese language yahoo article on the AN/SPY-7 japan is procuring, and after conducting a Google translation, it is one of the articles that have lead me to question ( by deduction and...

I attempted to learn more about the AN/SPY-7 and its modules, and have not been very successful thus far, as the unclassified sources (and I looked at more than a few) tend to contradict each other in terms of dimensions and weight (and to a lessor extent functionality). One area where I did...

Further to the above, in regards to the 30mm Lionfish, which is a new gunnery system, my understanding from surfing is that it is currently planned to be fitted on: - 2 x Italian PPX OPV (offshore patrol vessel)(one lionfish per warship) - possibly as soon as a ~year 2028 commissioning of the...

On the topic of the 30mm Lionfish guns planned for the River Class Destroyer, I noted in this wiki reference (to FREMM frigates) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FREMM_multipurpose_frigate and also in some other references, where Italy, in the latest permutation of their building of FREMM...

Not specific to RMA, but I note: https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/how-spy-7-radar-provides-simultaneous-target-tracking-and-continuous-surveillance-for-naval-and-land-based-systems This is just one of a few news sources which are noting the AN/TPY-6 radar, deployed in Guam, is...

In a December 2023 article, Naval News purportedly reported that Japan’s ASEV would likely use a rotating SPY-7 configuration rather than fixed-face arrays. I have not seen that article, and I suspect that is speculation at this stage (still ??? ) . I note it purportedly states the ASEV and...

There is a wiki on the Ultra Marine SSTD (also known as "Sea Sentor" in the export market) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSTD The wiki (referencing a UK Defence Journal article) claims the system consists of * an acoustic passive towed array * a towed acoustic countermeasure (flexible) * a...

Navaltoday reports "Defense company Ultra Maritime has received a CA$89 million contract from Lockheed Martin Canada to supply three shipsets of surface ship torpedo defense (SSTD) for the River-class destroyer (RCD) program."...

As noted, out of curiousity, I took a look at the US Department of Defense contract site for aspects that could be River Class destroyer related. Here is another somewhat 'obscure' one I stumbled across (14-June-2024), where < my speculation > this could be for IFF (identification friend or...