Team Vigilance launched this rendering of the Vigilance class OPV
Fincantieri’s Canadian=headquartered Vard Marine Inc. naval structure and marine engineering subsidiary unveiled its design for the Vigilance-class Offshore Patrol Vessel at this week’s CANSEC occasion in Ottawa. Vard Marine is a part of Team Vigilance which is launching the Vigilance-class as a candidate to switch the Royal Canadian Navy’s Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels. The different Team Vigilance members are Heddle Shipyards, Thales Canada, SH Defense, and Fincantieri—
The U.S. Coast Guard’s 110 meter Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter relies on Vard Marine’s VARD 7 110 Offshore Patrol Vessel design. Vard has since then developed a 115-meter subsequent technology offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV) design, the VARD 7 115 NGOPV.
The Team Vigilance shipbuilding associate, Heddle Shipyards, says it’ll leverage the crew’s broad expertise to comprehend the underutilized capability at its Ontario shipyards to satisfy the longer term wants of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Established in 1987, Heddle Shipyards is a Canadian-owned firm and the fastest-growing Canadian shipyard on the Great Lakes.
Shaun Padulo, President and CEO of Heddle Shipyards, stated: “Ontario was once the epicenter of shipbuilding in Canada. We have the capacity needed to deliver the Vigilance Class Offshore Patrol Vessel. With the support of our Team Vigilance partners, we will harness this capacity to support the second pillar of the National Shipbuilding Strategy and activate Ontario’s manufacturing and industrial sector to support the NSS.”
Thales position shall be to supply Combat Systems Integration (CSI) and Electronic Systems Integration (ESI) for the Vigilance class OPV, whereas SH Defense, a part of the Svendborg, Denmark, headquartered SH Group, is the developer of the Cube interchangeable mission modules for air, floor and subsea capabilities.
Fincantieri’s Canadian=headquartered Vard Marine Inc. naval structure and marine engineering subsidiary unveiled its design for the Vigilance-class Offshore Patrol vessel at this week’s CANSEC occasion in Ottawa. Vard Marine is a part of Team Vigilance which is launching the Vigilance-class as a candidate to switch the Royal Canadian Navy’s Kingston Class Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels. The different Team Vigilance members are Heddle Shipyards, Thales Canada, SH Defense, and Fincantieri—
The U.S. Coast Guard’s 110 meter Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter relies on Vard Marine’s VARD 7 110 Offshore Patrol Vessel design. Vard has since then developed a 115-meter subsequent technology offshore patrol vessel (NGOPV) design, the VARD 7 115 NGOPV.
The Team Vigilance shipbuilding associate, Heddle Shipyards, says it’ll leverage the crew’s broad expertise to comprehend the underutilized capability at its Ontario Shipyards to satisfy the longer term wants of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Established in 1987, Heddle Shipyards is a Canadian-owned firm and the fastest-growing Canadian shipyard on the Great Lakes.
Shaun Padulo, President and CEO of Heddle Shipyards, stated: “Ontario was once the epicenter of shipbuilding in Canada. We have the capacity needed to deliver the Vigilance Class Offshore Patrol Vessel. With the support of our Team Vigilance partners, we will harness this capacity to support the second pillar of the National Shipbuilding Strategy and activate Ontario’s manufacturing and industrial sector to support the NSS.”
Thales position shall be to supply Combat Systems Integration (CSI) and Electronic Systems Integration (ESI) for the,Vigilance-class OPV, whereas SH Defense, a part of the Svendborg, Denmark, headquartered SH Group, is the developer of the Cube interchangeable mission modules for air, floor and subsea capabilities.
The Vigilance class shall be shall be designed, constructed, and geared up in Canada. In a press release launched June 1, Fincantieri stated its contribution shall be “strategic, providing its leadership in the construction of high-tech ships, system integration, supply chain and program management.”
At this stage of the sport, the one picture launched of the Vigilance class is fairly conceptual. Meantime, Vard final 12 months launched a video of the the VARD 7 115 NGOPV which can, or might not, give some clues as to what’s to come back within the Vigilance however does present the capabilities of the SH Defense Cube.
