MV Asterix Back in Esquimalt With Returning WESTPAC Ships
MV Asterix arrived in Esquimalt December 18th with frigates Vancouver and Ottawa. Since departing in early August, the Halifax-class frigates and the naval replenishment unit visited seven countries including Japan,…
Free Daily Parks Canada Admission for Veterans
Parks Canada will be providing free daily admission to active CAF members, Veterans of the CAF, and their immediate families. Spending time in nature is beneficial to one’s health and…
Canada Orders Remotely Piloted Aircraft System
The federal government announced December 19, 2023 is to to acquire a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) capability for $2.49 billion. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) will provide the…
NATO Agrees on 2024 Budgets
Allies agreed NATO’s civil and military budgets for 2024 at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Wednesday (13 December 2023). The civil budget is set at €438.1 million,…
NATO’s New Defence Industrial Production Board
On Wednesday 13 December, senior representatives from across the Alliance gathered at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to hold the first meeting of the Defence Industrial Production Board. The Board is…
NATO Holds Seabed Warfare Symposium
On Wednesday 6 December 2023 around one hundred experts from across the Alliance and partner countries gathered at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to discuss national and NATO perspectives on seabed…
Halifax Shipyard Launches Canada’s Fifth AOPS
The Royal Canadian Navy’s fifth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Frederick Rolette, was launched today, December 9, 2023, at Halifax Shipyard. The launch of the fifth…
Russian Article on State of Canada’s Navy
Commander of the Canadian Navy: “The fleet cannot detect the incursion of new Russian submarines into its waters” November 30, 202335 Due to political divisions, questionable procurement decisions and chronic…