NATO Secretary General Calls for Defense Spending Increase
In his first major speech as NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte highlighted the critical need to ramp up defense spending and defense production in an increasingly turbulent security environment. Speaking…
Patlon Announces Award of River Class Subcontract
Patlon is pleased to announce contracts valued at over $30 million from Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to supply and quality check hose systems and bellows for the new River-class destroyers being…
HMCS Skeena (I)
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 Jun 1931, she arrived at Halifax with SAGUENAY on 03 Jul 1931 and proceeded to Esquimalt the following month. On 24 Jan 1932 HMCS SKEENA…
FS Fulmar Begins Refit After Canadian Visits
At the beginning of December, the Fulmar patrolled off the archipelago and strengthened its ties with the Canadian Coast Guard. The Fulmar is starting its winter period. The depressions that…
NATO to Enhance Security of Critical Undersea Infrastructure
Military and civilian experts from across NATO met at NATO Headquarters on Tuesday (10 December 2024) to ramp up further cooperation to counter threats to critical undersea infrastructure. They were…
HMCS Vancouver Returns From RIMPAC/WESTPAC
HMCS Vancouver returned to Esquimalt December 5 after her having completed her six-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. During this deployment, HMCS Vancouver and her crew participated in six exercises…