21 January, 2022

Canada picks Britain's Type 26 design for future frigate program. 

A consortium led by BAE Systems has been tapped to provide the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN) next generation of frigates. On Friday, Irving Shipbuilding, the Canadian Surface Combatant Prime Contractor for the Canadian Government, awarded the contract to Lockheed Martin Canada, to build 15 ships based on Britain's Type 26 frigate, at the company's Halifax Shipyard as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy with BAE providing the variant modifications.

The final award went to the consortium led by BAE systems with its partners CAE, L3 Technologies, MDA and Ultra Electronics, and Lockheed Martin Canada.