How the Canadian Surface Combatant programme can recover from COVID-19 delays
The Global Combat Ship design is also being used for the UK Royal Navy's new Type 26 City-class frigates and the Royal Australian Navy's new Hunter-class frigates. (Photo: Canadian DND)
The DND is also supporting the modernisation of facilities at the shipyard to better support improved Canadian Surface Combatant construction activities to mitigate against any potential delivery issues.
A spokesperson from the DND told Shephard: 'While timelines have shifted at least partly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to work closely with the shipyard and our other government partners to refine the project schedule.'
The CSC programme is in a design phase that has four parts: the requirements setting, preliminary design, functional design and detailed design. The DND spokesperson said that the Preliminary Design Review Exit was
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