River-class destroyer (2030s)

	A rendering of the Canadian Surface Combatant
Class overview
Builders	Irving Shipbuilding
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
Preceded by	Halifax-class frigate; Iroquois-class destroyer;
Cost	$77.3 billion
Built	2025–2050
In service	From early 2030s
Planned	15
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile destroyer (DDGH)
Displacement	8,080 t (7,950 long tons) (standard)
Length	151.4 m (496 ft 9 in)
Beam	20.75 m (68 ft 1 in)
Draught	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	CODLOG:; 2 × General Electric electric motors; 1 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine; 4 × Rolls-Royce MTU Type 20V 4000 M53B high-speed diesel generators; L3Harris Integrated Platform Management System;
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi)
Complement	210
Sensors and ; processing systems	Command and control; Aegis Combat System with Canadian Tactical Interface; USN Cooperative Engagement Capability (sensor netting); Integrated Cyber Defence System; OSI Maritime Systems Integrated Bridge and Navigation System; L3Harris Internal and External Communication Suite; Surveillance & weapon sensors; Lockheed Martin Canada AN/SPY-7(V)3 Solid State 3D AESA radar; MDA Solid State AESA Target Illuminator; X & S Band navigation radars; L3Harris WESCAM Electro-optical and infrared systems; Underwater warfare systems; Towed sonar: Ultra Electronics TLFAS (variable depth); Hull-mounted sonar: Ultra Electronics Sonar S2150;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Raytheon AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare suite; BAE Systems Mk 53 Nulka decoy system; Ultra Electronics SEA SENTOR S21700 towed torpedo countermeasures ; General Dynamics Sonobuoy Processing System; Expendable Acoustic Countermeasures;
Armament	Missiles; 2 × quad box launchers:; 8 × Naval Strike Missile; 2 × Mk 49 CIADS:; 42 × RIM-116 Block II; 1 × 24-cell Mk 41 VLS: ; RIM-162 ESSM Block II (quad-packed); RIM-66 SM-2 Block IIIC; BGM-109 Block V; Torpedoes; 2 × twin 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes (auto-loaded):; Mk 54 MAKO torpedo; Guns; 1 × Leonardo OTO 127 mm (5 in)/64 LW Vulcano naval gun with NA-30S MK-2 weapon control system; 2 × Leonardo Lionfish 30 mm (1.2 in) autocannons; 11 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) C6 FLEX or 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Helicopters; 1 × CH-148 Cyclone armed with:; 2 × Mk 54 MAKO Torpedo; 1 × C6 FLEX 7.62 mm (0.300 in) GPMG;
Aviation facilities	Indal Technologies Beartrap; Large Chinook-capable flight deck; Enclosed hangar; Facilities for UAVs;
Notes	Flexible Mission Bay; Rolls-Royce Mission Bay Handling System; Modular mission support capacity for sea containers and vehicles; 2 × 9–12 m (30–39 ft) multi-role boats; 1 × 9 m rescue boat; Medical facilities; Dedicated gym/fitness facilities;

The River-class destroyer, formerly the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), and Single Class Surface Combatant Project is the procurement project that will replace the Iroquois and Halifax-class warships with up to 15 new ships beginning in the early 2030s as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.^[14]^[15]

At approximately 8000 tonnes, the replacement vessels will have almost double the displacement of the existing Halifax-class frigates,^[16] and presumably provide a wide-area air defence capability, anti-submarine as well as anti-ship warfare capability. The design of these ships is currently underway, and both the total number of ships and their capability will be dependent on the budget that is allocated to the project. In 2017, a new defence policy framework, entitled Strong, Secure and Engaged, was unveiled which promised significantly greater resources for the Surface Combatant Project - i.e. in the range of $60 billion. By 2021, the Parliamentary Budget Officer estimated the cost for the program of 15 Type 26 ships as $77.3 billion, "rising to $79.7 billion if there is a one-year delay in the start of construction and $82.1 billion if there is a two-year delay".^[1]

By December 2017, the three submitted proposals were:^[17]

British Type 26 frigate design proposed by Lockheed Martin Canada and BAE Systems
Dutch De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate-based design proposed by Alion Canada and Damen Group
Spanish F-105 frigate design offered by Navantia

On 19 October 2018, the Type 26 was selected as the "preferred design", and the government entered "into negotiations with the winning bidder to confirm it can deliver everything promised in the complex proposal."^[18]^[19] However, after Alion Canada, one of the failed bidders, began litigation in November 2018, the government was ordered to postpone any discussion of contracts until the investigation by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal was complete.^[20] The Trade Tribunal dismissed the complaint for lack of standing on 31 January 2019,^[21] and the Canadian government signed the $60 billion contract with the winning bidders on 8 February 2019.^[22] Alion appealed the decision to Federal Court, but discontinued its challenge in November 2019.^[23]

^ ^a ^b "The Cost of Canada's Surface Combatants: 2021 Update and Options Analysis". Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "RCN Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) Factsheet" (PDF). Royal Canadian Navy. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gilpin, Bobby (Spring 2024). "Aegis Integration in Canada's Surface Combatant Program" (PDF). Maritime Engineering Journal. 107 (Spring 2024): 13–17. ISSN 0713-0058. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ "L3Harris to Supply Communications System for Canadian Surface Combatant". Naval News. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ "Lockheed Martin Signs SPY-7 Radar Contract for CSC Frigate". Naval News. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "The Canadian Surface Combatant SPY-7 Radar Earns Official Government of Canada Designation". Canadian Defence Review. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "Ultra awarded subcontract to provide TLFAS Variable Depth Sonar for CSC". Naval News. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Ultra to provide Hull-Mounted Sonar for Canadian Surface Combatant". Naval News. 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "Future Canadian Surface Combatants". Royal Canadian Navy. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ Pugliese, David. "Canada commits $200 million to development of next generation of Seasparrow missile". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ Scott, Richard (6 November 2020). "Canada approved for SM-2 Block IIIC missile purchase". Janes.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ "Canada Selects Leonardo Naval Gun Systems for the CSC Combat Ships". Naval News. 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ "Leonardo: New X-Gun 30 Solution and Lionfish Turret with First Naval Customers". Naval News. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ "New ships for navy, coast guard – National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy to cost $38.6 billion". CBC News. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
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^ "River-class destroyer". www.canada.ca. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Canada brushes off outside, fixed-price FREMM frigate offer for Canadian Surface Combatant project". Naval Today. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ Brewster, Murray (19 October 2018). "Lockheed Martin selected as preferred designer for Canada's next generation of warships". CBC News. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Government of Canada delivers on its commitment to the Navy by announcing next steps in fleet procurement" (Press release). Public Services and Procurement Canada. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ Brewster, Murray (28 November 2018). "Frigate design decision faces another delay after latest challenge". CBC News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
^ Brewster, Murray (1 February 2019). "Trade tribunal rejects rival's bid to block warship contract". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^ Brewster, Murray (8 February 2019). "Ottawa makes its $60B frigate project official, even as rival's court challenge goes forward". CBC News. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
^ "Procurement – Navy: Canadian Surface Combatant". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[pbo2021-1] "The Cost of Canada's Surface Combatants: 2021 Update and Options Analysis". Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[RCN-2] "RCN Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) Factsheet" (PDF). Royal Canadian Navy. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[canada.ca-3] Gilpin, Bobby (Spring 2024). "Aegis Integration in Canada's Surface Combatant Program" (PDF). Maritime Engineering Journal. 107 (Spring 2024): 13–17. ISSN 0713-0058. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

[4] "L3Harris to Supply Communications System for Canadian Surface Combatant". Naval News. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

[5] "Lockheed Martin Signs SPY-7 Radar Contract for CSC Frigate". Naval News. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

[6] "The Canadian Surface Combatant SPY-7 Radar Earns Official Government of Canada Designation". Canadian Defence Review. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

[7] "Ultra awarded subcontract to provide TLFAS Variable Depth Sonar for CSC". Naval News. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[8] "Ultra to provide Hull-Mounted Sonar for Canadian Surface Combatant". Naval News. 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

[9] "Future Canadian Surface Combatants". Royal Canadian Navy. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[10] Pugliese, David. "Canada commits $200 million to development of next generation of Seasparrow missile". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[Janes-11] Scott, Richard (6 November 2020). "Canada approved for SM-2 Block IIIC missile purchase". Janes.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

[12] "Canada Selects Leonardo Naval Gun Systems for the CSC Combat Ships". Naval News. 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[13] "Leonardo: New X-Gun 30 Solution and Lionfish Turret with First Naval Customers". Naval News. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

[CBC-14] "New ships for navy, coast guard – National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy to cost $38.6 billion". CBC News. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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[16] "River-class destroyer". www.canada.ca. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

[17] "Canada brushes off outside, fixed-price FREMM frigate offer for Canadian Surface Combatant project". Naval Today. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[cbc2018a-18] Brewster, Murray (19 October 2018). "Lockheed Martin selected as preferred designer for Canada's next generation of warships". CBC News. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[19] "Government of Canada delivers on its commitment to the Navy by announcing next steps in fleet procurement" (Press release). Public Services and Procurement Canada. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[20] Brewster, Murray (28 November 2018). "Frigate design decision faces another delay after latest challenge". CBC News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

[21] Brewster, Murray (1 February 2019). "Trade tribunal rejects rival's bid to block warship contract". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[22] Brewster, Murray (8 February 2019). "Ottawa makes its $60B frigate project official, even as rival's court challenge goes forward". CBC News. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

[23] "Procurement – Navy: Canadian Surface Combatant". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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