Lockheed Martin Canada team takes pole position for Canadian Surface Combatant

摘要

A team led by Lockheed Martin Canada, bidding a derivative of the UK's Type 26 frigate, has been downselected to deliver the design, combat system and ship integration for the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN's) next-generation surface combatant. Canada's Combat Ship Team - comprising Lockheed Martin Canada, BAE Systems, CAE, L3 Technologies, MDA, and Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems - was on 19 October announced by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) as preferred bidder for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) programme. The CSC acquisition projects the construction of 15 ships, to be built by Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to replace the RCN's 12 Halifax-class frigates and three now-retired Iroquois-class destroyers.