Two MCDVs to Simulate as MCM Ships
On July 7th, HMC Ships Moncton and Edmonton departed Halifax for Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1). From July to October 2026, the ships will operate in European waters,…
DHC-8-200 for Greenland Maritime Domain Awareness
PAL Aerospace is proud to confirm the signature of a contract with Air Greenland to support the missionization of two DHC-8-200 aircraft for Maritime Domain Awareness operations in Greenland. The…
NATO Selects Saab’s GlobalEye
At the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, Secretary General Mark Rutte announced that NATO will begin formal negotiations with Saab regarding the acquisition of up to ten GlobalEye Airborne Early…
New White Uniforms
The first High Collar White Tunics have been delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), marking a significant milestone in bringing this tunic into the official clothing system. Previously, many…
Canada and Australia’s Different Submarine Paths
By John Harvey Canada and Australia are natural comparators: sparsely populated, resource-rich, English-speaking Westminster democracies on continent-sized landmasses, with maritime approaches out of all proportion to their populations, economies of…
Shoulder to Shoulder: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Naval Outreach
Between April 20 and May 8, 2026, Canadian warship HMCS Charlottetown and combat support ship MV Asterix sailed shoulder-to-shoulder with American, Australian, Japanese, and French forces in the waters off…
HMCS Cranbrook
Built at Star Shipyards Ltd., New Westminster, B.C., Cranbrook was commissioned at New Westminster on 12 May 1944. She served out of Esquimalt on Esquimalt and Prince Rupert Force. She…
NATO Priorities and Defense Cooperation
The Canadian Minister of National Defense, has concluded a productive visit to Europe, including engagements in Brussels, Belgium, where he participated in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense Ministers’…