Colin Parkinson
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The 2nd AOP's (future HMCS Margaret Brooke) is off the wall for sea trials, I expect the trials and the hand over will go much quicker this time around.
Well, it is now.Puerto Rico appears to be ice free at this time of year
Oh oh oh! Don’t leave us hanging!The pain they had to go through to get that thing certified was unbelievable. So many issues (non-technical) that just kept jumping up in the way. BZ to the crew, ISI and the shore support staff for sorting it all out and getting it done on schedule!
In honour of the momentous occasion here's a nice article from Forbes that takes a balanced outside of the echo chamber look at the AOPS and Canada's approach to arming it.
Nice New Patrol Ship You’ve Got There, Canada—It’d Be A Shame If Somebody Sank It
BAE needed a SME there to certify the weapon. The SME is based out of the head office. In the UK. COVID. I think you can follow the equation on this one.Oh oh oh! Don’t leave us hanging!
What kinda of issues kept popping up to get it certified??
Except the article missed that the Arctic is only one of the areas they will operate in.The pain they had to go through to get that thing certified ... So many issues (non-technical) that just kept jumping up in the way. BZ to the crew, ISI and the shore support staff for sorting it all out and getting it done on schedule!
In honour of the momentous occasion here's a nice article from Forbes that takes a balanced outside of the echo chamber look at the AOPS and Canada's approach to arming it.
Nice New Patrol Ship You’ve Got There, Canada—It’d Be A Shame If Somebody Sank It
I wonder if Irving will bid? With GoC help? It would be an interesting idea if the gov subsidizes it. With an election coming. One more ship in the que before the start of CSC. But suspect we can't beat the Asian and European builders on price.
New Zealand is seeking industry info to build Antarctic patrol vessel
The government cautions that the ship will traverse “one of the roughest seas in the world,” where waves regularly exceed 33 feet and some are more than 66 feet high.www.defensenews.com
Today the first steel is cut on the 5th Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette, named for prominent Canadian naval hero Lieutenant Frédérick Rolette.
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Canadian and Danish firms collaborate on containerised minehunting payloads
Modular payloads will include Kraken surveillance systems and SH container modules for offshore patrol vessels.
Canada-based Kraken Robotics is co-operating with Danish firm SH Defense (SHD) to design and sell containerised mine countermeasure (MCM) and other subsea surveillance payloads for the naval and commercial marine industries.
These modular payloads will include Kraken surveillance systems and SH container modules for offshore patrol vessels.
‘SH Defense will globally promote and sell containerised subsea surveillance solutions with a variety of Kraken’s surveillance solutions,’ Karl Kenny, Kraken president and CEO, said on 7 June.
He added: ‘In Canada, Kraken, supported by SHD, will promote, sell, deliver, install and service SHD hydraulic, electric and mechanical system modular containerised solutions to the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and commercial industry.’
These solutions could feature in the Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships for the RCN and Canadian Coast Guard.
The use of containerised modules for MCM would reduce the need for preventative maintenance while also meaning that ships can remain in service when equipment requires servicing.
‘New systems can be installed on vessels by fitting them to a module, instead of refitting the entire ship,’ Kraken added, and when a ship is removed from service, the modules can be reused by other vessels.