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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Canadian naval base gets sonar upgrade
CFB Esquimalt
The capital region's military sector received another boost Wednesday with the announcement that a new $3.8-million facility will be built at CFB Esquimalt to maintain the navy's submarine-detecting sonar system.
The facility will replace an aging building where work on the Canadian Towed Array Sonar System — CANTASS — is carried out for use in patrol frigates and DDH-class destroyers.
"Because the facility will be newer and state of the art, there will be other functions they'll be able to do in the facility as well," said Capt. Craig Baines, base commander at CFB Esquimalt. "But the primary function of it will to maintain these towed-array systems."
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