Canada begins process to procure 12 conventionally operated submarines

Canada is taking the first steps towards the purchase of 12 conventionally operated, under-ice capable submarines and beginning the process of officially including the business in this acquisition.

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11 July 2024

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Canada is a country with the most critical coastline on the planet – underwater surveillance capabilities are of the utmost importance to our security and self-governance.

As outlined in our defense policy update, Our North, Strong and Isolated, due out in April 2024, our Arctic is now warming four times the global average, creating a large and vulnerable region that is vulnerable to foreign More available to actors who have growing roles and are regional. Army’s ambitions. By 2050, the Arctic Ocean may shift the most productive distribution direction between Europe and East Asia.

Canada’s Northwest Passage and the broader Arctic patch are already more available, and competitions seek access, transportation routes, herbal sources, essential minerals, and labor resources through additional general and regular attendance and work. They are exploring Arctic waters and seabeds, examining our infrastructure and gathering understanding. Within the maritime domain, Russian submarines are conducting extensive probes around the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific Oceans and China is hastily expanding its underwater fleet.

In response to the growing security demands of our North, strong and isolated, the Government of Canada is dedicated to exploring options to renew and enhance our submarine fleet, in order to prevent Canada from coming and receiving warnings and threats on our maritime approaches. To be allowed to keep an eye. , We created this loyalty because Canada’s Stream 4 Victoria-class submarine fleet is becoming rapidly aging and expensive to maintain. Canada needs a new fleet of submarines to protect its government from growing security concerns.

Recently, Minister of National Defence, the Honorable Bill Blair, announced that Canada is taking the first steps towards purchasing 12 conventionally operated, under-ice capable submarines – and Canada is officially beginning the process of engaging in the trade. Used to be. This acquisition. This is an impressive step forward in establishing Canada’s renewed vision for defence, our North, strong and isolated.

During the Canadian Patrol Submarine Venture (CPSP), Canada will receive a large, modern submarine fleet, allowing the Royal Canadian Forces to covertly come in and intercept maritime alerts, monitor our maritime approaches, detect energy and hang off our coasts. Will be allowed to challenge the ability of. , and challenge sustained deterrence on all 3 coasts.

As part of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), the Nationwide Defense Section is currently in the process of meeting with manufacturers and potential partners. An appropriate request for knowledge will be posted in 2024 to obtain additional data on the procurement, development, supply and operational functions of potential bidders building submarines for Canada. It will also explore obtaining RFI data that may allow assessment of the status quo of submarine maintenance capability in Canada. This purchase will allow Canada to forge closer ties with its allies and partners and establish a strategic partnership that will not only supply the submarines themselves, but will create a stronger relationship between Canada and its strategic partners to assist in the training of workers. Can go and exchange knowledge.

Canada’s key submarine capability requirements will be stealth, lethality, endurance and Arctic deployment – ​​meaning the submarine must have long-range survivability and sustainment. Canada’s new fleet will seek to provide a new set of security requirements that will enable Canada to confront, monitor, deter, and, if necessary, defeat adversaries in all three of Canada’s oceans, with allies. Can make a meaningful contribution and enable the Government of Canada to deploy. This fleet is in another country to assist our allies and partners.

The purchase of 12 submarines is critical to the defense of our three coasts, and the government is looking to work with business to find a partner that can send world-class submarines to Canada.

“As a country with the longest coastline in the world, Canada needs a new fleet of submarines – and today, we have announced that we will move forward with this acquisition. This new fleet will enable Canada to defend our sovereignty in a changing world and make valuable, high-level contributions to the security of our partners and NATO allies. We look forward to delivering this new fleet to the Royal Canadian Navy.”

Honorable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defense

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• As the patch becomes more available, the security situation in the Arctic and the North is changing. We are seeing more Russian work in our approach, and a growing number of Chinese dual-purpose research vessels and monitoring platforms gathering information about the Canadian North, made available, through Chinese language legislation, to the Canadian response. China’s army.
• A Renewed Concept for the Defense of Canada The Government of Canada introduced new defense spending of $8.1 billion over five years and $73 billion over twenty years. It builds on historic investments by the government to support our armed forces participants, strengthen Canada’s defense operations and respond to the world’s challenging situations.
• In addition to the projects funded in our North, Strong and Isolated, Canada also identified ten objectives for which we can explore options, including:
  • renewal and expansion of our submarine fleet;
  • Getting brand new cars suited for snow, ice and tundra;
  • enabling our Arctic and offshore patrol vessels to embark and perform operations with our maritime helicopters at sea;
  • to make additional contributions to the underlying air and missile defenses of Canada and North America;
  • achieving ground-based air defenses to protect essential infrastructure;
  • acquiring long-range air- and sea-launched missiles;
  • Modernization of our artillery works;
  • upgrading or replacing our tank and armored car fleets;
  • establishment of a solar armored car manufacturing program; And
  • To achieve a set of surveillance and hit drone and counter-drone tasks.
• Recently, Canada has been saying that it is moving to engage in business renewal and expansion of Canada’s submarine fleet – namely, the purchase of 12 conventionally operated, under-ice capable submarines.
• 4 Victoria-class submarines were purchased from the British government in 1998, and brought to Canada over a 4-week period from 2000 to 2004. The first 3 submarines—Victoria, Windsor and Nook Brook—were later commissioned into RCN carriers. His arrival in Canada is upcoming. The fourth, Chicoutimi, was brought to Canada in 2004, but was not commissioned into the RCN carriers until 2015 due to a fire in 2004 and the need for further work.
• The Government of Canada is committed to modernizing and operating the Victoria-class in the mid to late 2030s.

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