Canada's Public Services and Procurement has spread $7 billion in maintenance and repair contracts for Royal Canadian Navy frigates across three shipyards
Last week, as the U.S. and its NATO partners conducted the largest drills in the alliance's history, the Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Tyne tracked a Russian frigate as it passed through the English Channel.
Thomas Callender, a Senior Research Fellow for Defense Programs at The Heritage Foundation, has released a report saying the U.S. needs a 400-ship Navy in order to win in conflict.
The Canadian government has announced that BAE Type 26 design has been chosen for its $60 billion Surface Combatant project to replace the navy's aging fleet of frigates.
