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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...

Donation complete. Good luck !

Some pure speculation by me on this ... as its not clear to me whether MDA has a favourite supplier and/or if MDA has chosen the UAV supplier I believe several sources (about the contract) mentioned that these are "Class-2" UAS platforms. From the internet I read: Class-1: Very...

On this topic of possible drones to be embarked on the new River Class destroyer, and the contenders for the RCNs next generation UAVs, I note this recent Canadian Defence Review article (dated 6-August-2025) on drones for the Halifax class frigate...

More on the prospect of using unmanned aerial vehicles via/with the River Class destroyer, considering the feasibility (which I suspect the Canadian Navy is doing) which I assume may then influence how they structure/configure the destroyer. So I finally got around to reading a small amount...

Thankyou. That is interesting. From that Canadian defense review link I note: and further I note: I am trying to read into that 'requirement' summary that I quoted. When it stated " ... minimize the risk to ... maritime helicopter .. " that suggests to me the drone will be able to do some...

As noted, I believe the MQ-9B Sea Guardian is too large for a warship such a the River Class Destroyer. I surfed the internet a bit more on UAV use with sonobuoys, particularly the relay of raw sonobuoy signals to a warship via UAV. While reviewing press releases on the Canadian military...

I’m curious what Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) might be planned for embarkation aboard Canada’s upcoming River Class destroyers. To date, I haven’t come across any detailed public documentation outlining specific UAV requirements or platform selections...

Unofficial research suggests at least a dozen countries have procurred the MASS Omnitrap passive IR and RF decoy launchers for some of their warships, which in that list includes Canada for the Halifax class frigate. So Canada has peacetime experience with this naval self-defense system, so...

Further to the above, on the topic of Electronic Counter Measures, I am also pondering with the deletion of Raven ECM, what if anything (besides the very expensive expendable Nulka) is Canada planning for active ELECTRONIC defense for the Type-26 River Class? As noted elsewhere in this thread...

I am a big believer in the need of effective Electronic Warfare to improve a warship's chance of survival at sea. I was comparing the Australian Type-26 (Hunter class) to the Canadian Type-26 (River class) and noted for: (1) Australia : 3 x MASS Omnitrop, 4 x quad Nulka active RF decoy...

When searching for information on Aegis AN/SPY-7 implementations, I stumbled across an old article on the planned Japanese AN/SPY-7 procurement, where with my updated knowledge I am reconsidering it in a 'new light'. It provides some of the history of the tribulations of the Japanese AN/SPY-7...

On this C2BMC (Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications) topic, it had me thinking about Communications for the River Class Destroyer. I note C2BMC requires SATCOM for the Aegis equipped warship to participate in C2BMC. I read back in May last year that L3Harris are to...

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...