Canadian frigate program

Irving Shipbuilding will start cutting steel in , CBC reported. The weight and cost of the 15 ships are primarily growing because Canada is loading them up with capability, Choi said. The ships will also have X- and S-band navigation radars, will be able to participate in cooperative engagements with the U. Navy meaning it will be able to shoot at targets sensed and relayed by U. Navy assets. That ship would be a significant downgrade over the capability offered by the Type 26, said Bryan Clark, a retired U.

Navy submarine officer and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. He said looking at new options makes sense, given the ballooning cost of the program. It would also benefit from the U. So when we do buy a ship, we need to buy the [cutting-edge] kind David B. Larter was the naval warfare reporter for Defense News. By David B. The event marks the start of a long-term naval maintenance and upgrade program that will keep the Halifax-class frigates operational until the arrival of the Canadian Surface Combatant CSC in the s.

Facebook Twitter Stumble linkedin Pinterest More. Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur. Xavier is based in Paris, France. Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade. Related Articles. It uses Inertial, GPS and terrain-reference navigation and imaging infrared homing with a target database aboard the missile.

It is also fielded by the Polish Navy coastal defense batteries and has been selected by the navies of Malaysia and Germany. NSM was also selected in as the winner of the U. It will be fitted aboard the Littoral Combat Ship and the Constellation-class frigates. If Tomahawk missiles end up in the CSC weapons package, this would be quite significant.

Canada would become the second export customer for the missile and the only navy, with the US Navy to deploy it from surface vessels.

Naval News contacted Raytheon for comment but we have not heard back yet. On paper, the two missiles are direct competitors and redundant:. ESSM is a medium-range, all-weather, semi-active radar-guided missile used in surface-to-air and surface-to-surface roles. The will be launched from the Mk41 VLS.

The Weapon System has the capability to intercept and thereby neutralise the full range of current and future threats including combat aircraft and the new generation of supersonic anti-ship missiles.