Quebec’s Global Reach Meets Korea’s Submarine Powerhouse
On February 11, 2026, Quebec’s international ambitions met one of the world’s most advanced shipbuilding operations when the Honourable Christopher...
A Strategic Industrial Alliance Takes Shape for Canada’s Submarine Future
In the race to secure Canada’s next-generation undersea capabilities, industrial partnerships are becoming as critical as platforms themselves. The latest...
DIA or Not – Complex Military Project Outcomes Will Remain Uncertain
To be uncertain is uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous – Chinese Proverb I have written before...
Robotics Below Deck: Seaspan Taps Alberta Innovation to Transform Blast and Paint Operations
On Canada’s West Coast, inside the cavernous facilities of Seaspan Shipyards, a new generation of shipbuilding technology is taking shape...
What the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project means for Canada’s Industrial Base
When Canada launched the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), the initial debate understandably focused on technical naval capabilities such as...
Canada’s Submarines: Building the Fleet Behind the Fleet
As Canada moves closer to a decision on its next submarine capability, attention is turning to the realities that will...
C4ISR & Beyond 2026 Highlights
A very experienced and capable Master of Ceremonies RAdm (ret’d) Casper Donovan opened the 12th annual C4ISR and Beyond at...
The Last Word: A Wartime Footing Calls for Naval Shipbuilding Strategy 2.0
In August 2008 when I was given the task of developing what would soon become the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy...
Canada’s Need for a Grand Strategy
The following piece is drawn from Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Brian Santarpia’s address to the Canadian Seapower 2025 Conference in Calgary...
From Lab to Fleet: TKMS Launches a New Canadian Engine for Defence and Dual-Use Innovation
Canada’s defence and security innovation ecosystem is rich with ideas, talent, and world-class research. Yet one of the country’s persistent...