• Synapsis to equip OFSVs [CANSEC2016D2]

    Raytheon Anschütz has been selected by Thales Canada to supply the Integrated Navigation System (INS) for the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG’s) new Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels (OFSVs), currently being built at Vancouver Shipyards.

  • Adversary experience [CANSEC2016D2]

    Discovery Air Defence Services (Booth 408) has recently passed a number of important milestones.

  • Rebuilding Canada’s navy [CANSEC2016D2]

    Under the umbrella of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS), Canada has embarked on a multibillion-dollar recapitalisation programme that will see the Royal Canadian Navy’s surface fleet replaced wholesale over the next 25 years.

  • Comms lab comes to Ottawa [CANSEC2016D2]

    L-3 Communications plans to open a design, engineering and support facility in Ottawa under the name L-3 Communication Systems – Canada. The new facility will include a communications system laboratory that will provide an integration test bed and demonstration environment for future marine communications architectures for both the surface and submarine fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy.

  • Munition flies in a pocket in water [CANSEC2016D2]

    Nammo (Booth 1001) is showing a revolutionary 30mm munition designed to engage fast inshore attack craft (FIAC)-type surface threats out to more than 4,000m.

  • India launches 105 m OPV for Sri Lankan Navy

    Key Points The Sri Lankan Navy's first 105 m offshore patrol vessel has been launched Service is on track to receive the first of what will be its largest naval vessels by August 2017 Indian company Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has launched a 105 m offshore patrol vessel (OPV) destined for the Sri
  • Typhoon weapons testing gathers momentum

    The final live powered launch of a MBDA Storm Shadow cruise missiles from a Eurofighter Typhoon is due to take place on 13 June as part of on-going efforts to integrate the weapon onto the European combat aircraft. The firing at the Hebrides missile range in the UK is being launched from a Typhoon
  • C-Guard trial demonstrates CANTO torpedo decoy integration

    Terma, DCNS and Chemring Countermeasures have jointly conducted trials of the DCNS-developed CANTO 130 mm acoustic decoy from Terma's C-Guard decoy launching system. Performed from the frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt on 12 May off the coast of Northern Zealand, Denmark, the trial was facilitated by the
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