How Whiskey Destroyed a Ship: The Green Hill Park Tragedy
On March 6, 1945, a series of powerful explosions rocked the center of the port city of Vancouver, located on the Pacific coast of Canada. Window glass was blown out…
Russia Slams Western Arctic Military Prescence
Western countries are building up their military presence near Russian borders in the Arctic in order to better position themselves to get at the region’s rich natural resource base, Russian…
River Class Destroyer (Canadian Surface Combatant)
Overview The River-class Destroyer (RCD) Project, formerly known as the Canadian surface combatant project, is the largest and most complex shipbuilding initiative in Canada since World War II. The Royal…
StandardAero to Repair US Navy 501-K34 Turbine Engines
Under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract worth over $80 million from the United States Department of Defense (DOD), StandardAero will repair 501-K34 Turbine Engines used by the U.S. Navy surface…
HMCS Vancouver North Korea Patrol Enroute to Japan
JMSDF Announcement 1. From early to mid-November, Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS VANCOUVER conducted monitoring and surveillance activities against illicit maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean-flagged vessels prohibited…
HMCS Charlottetown in Exercise Neptune Strike 24-2
HMCS Charlottetown participated in Neptune Strike from October 24th-30th in the Mediterranean Sea while deployed as Flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). Neptune Strike is a series of…
First Two Canadian MQ-9B UAV Under Construction
Progress is underway for the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) project! The first two MQ-9B aircraft have entered production at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) in San Diego. These…