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Friday, May 04, 2012

The Consequences of A Delay in the Halifax-class Frigate Modernization

[HMCS Ottawa (Halifax class)]DND’s Chief of Review Services has warned that a $2.8 billion dollar modernization effort for the navy’s Halifax-class frigates could be running into trouble.

The audit found the project to modernize the Halifax-class frigates, the backbone of the RCN’s surface fleet, is sailing into troubled waters. “Planned delivery of 12 modernized frigates within 75 months could be at risk,” noted the audit.

The Defence Department hopes to have work on the ships completed by December 2016.

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