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GSTS Expands Maritime AI Application Suite
February 23, 2021 – Global Spatial Technology Solutions, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Maritime Analytics company, announced today that it has been awarded a contract under the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program to demonstrate an AI-based predictive maintenance capability to optimize maintenance resources and increase the operational availability of defense assets such as ships or submarines. This…
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Ultra awarded Subcontract for CSC Hull-Mounted Sonar
February 18, 2021 – Ultra is delighted to announce a contract award to commence work on the S2150-C Hull-Mounted Sonar (HMS) system for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program. This award comes soon after Ultra’s recent award of a contract to provide the CSC Variable Depth Sonar (VDS). These subcontracts move the development of CSC’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability from…
Read MoreKeel Laid for Future HMCS William Hall
February 18, 2021 – Today at Halifax Shipyard, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. officially laid the keel for the future HMCS William Hall, Hull Number 433 and Canada’s fourth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS). The keel laying ceremony is a centuries old tradition that marks the formal start of a ship’s construction. Today’s ceremony included the tradition of the welding of…
Read MoreCOVE Stella Maris: Strengthening Atlantic Canada’s blue economy
February 11, 2021 – In Atlantic Canada, the ocean not only creates good jobs, but is an important part of the region’s culture and identity. That is why the Government of Canada is helping the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE) provide high quality marine infrastructure and a collaborative space for ocean businesses to start, grow and prosper. Dartmouth-Cole…
Read MoreHMCS Max Bernays: First Mega Blocks Unite
The first two mega-blocks for the future HMCS Max Bernays were safely and successfully transferred from the Halifax Shipyard Assembly Hall to land level dockside in preparation for final assembly and launch later this year as part of Canada’s combat ship package under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. Halifax Shipyard is the most modern and largest indoor shipbuilding facility in North…
Read MoreIrving Shipbuilding Announces New President
February 5, 2021 – Irving Shipbuilding today announced the appointment of a new President and the retirement of Kevin McCoy who will return to his family in Maine in April 2021. “Kevin McCoy has been President of Irving Shipbuilding since August 2013 and has done a great job building the organization from the early days of the National Shipbuilding Strategy,…
Read MoreWith Rumors of Cancellation, RCN Touts Choice of Type 26 Frigate
February 5, 2021 – Mired in rumors of cancellation, the RCN has finally started trying promote the troubled Canadian Surface Combatant choice of the expensive British Type 26, a type the Royal Navy can only afford eight and Australia hopes for 12. The first major hint was when Canada never joined the Type 26 builder alliance while Australia and the…
Read MoreUltra awarded Canadian Surface Combatant subcontract to provide Variable Depth Sonar
February 3, 2021 – Ultra is delighted to announce a contract award to commence work on the key Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) system for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program – named the Towed Low Frequency Active Sonar (TLFAS). This subcontract moves the development of CSC’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability from the program definition phase into the full manufacture and…
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