This Week in Defence (07/13/26): Submarine Followup, TKMS Delivery Schedule, Longest Q&A In TNSR History, JSM Purchase, LUV Shortlist, FPV Training, SOS II Progresses, TKMS Rumors

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Happy Monday Everyone!

We are light this week AGAIN. You would thunk with Submarine Followup, NATO, My Largest Q&A yet, and hunting info that it would be a bigger week, but the project and lobbying sections remain light and dry. I aint complaining though. Im only just recovering from last week, which was a rare nesr 20,000 word week for me with a near 8000 word Q&A, and we're looking to probably match that this week!

Anywho, won't ramble on. Let's get into things!

Remember that you can always submit your media and press releases to us at media@truenorthstrategicreview.ca!

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• Read up on the latest edition of CanadaxEurope!

• Also CanadaxIndo-Pacific, which is a thing! How cool is that!

• The latest edition of Steffan Watkins RCN Media and Public Awareness Update is up!

• Let's Talk with Noah (07/10/26): Subs, Subs, Subs, Subs, CDC, Subs, Naming Things, Why Arctic Bases Are Hard, LUV, AOPS Upgrades, Subs (but missiles)

• NATO selects Saab's GlobalEye

• NATO launches new initiatives to accelerate defence industrial cooperation

• NATO Allies launch new project on critical raw materials for defence

• NATO Allies join forces to develop high-end space capabilities

• Eight countries commit to supporting the Canada-led Defence, Security and Resilience Bank

• Sovereign space access for Germany and Canada: Isar Aerospace and Maritime Launch Services sign contract to advance orbital launch capability from Spaceport Nova Scotia

• Fairbanks Morse Defense Establishes Official Canadian Headquarters Following Successful Rolls-Royce Acquisition

• Royal Canadian Navy deploys ships to NATO Mine Countermeasures Mission in Europe

• Maawandoon Awarded IMP Aerospace Contract for Cormorant Indigenous Plan

• Statement by Prime Minister Mark Carney, Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre

• Prime Minister Carney meets with Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz + Canada-Germany joint statement

• BREAKING: Prime Minister Carney secures new defence partnerships at the 2026 NATO Summit, Announces New Investments

• Prime Minister Carney meets with President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs

• Prime Minister Carney meets with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen

• Joint statement from the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, on defence financing

• Canadian Armed Forces selects Telesat Lightspeed for Mil-Ka-band component of ESCP-P Arctic military communications program

• Nova Scotia universities sign landmark agreement to support military learners

• Kongsberg Maritime, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Announce Landmark 76.5 MCAD Marine Innovation Simulation Centre of Excellence in Support of Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy

• Ontario Investing More than $90 Million to Support Expanded Provincial Shipbuilding Capacity

• Top Aces Completes Acquisition of Select Global International

• Joint Statement on Canada’s Status as Co-Framework Nation for Multinational Division-North

• Canada Would Get Twelve Submarines By 2042: TKMS CEO Oliver Burkhard

• Canadore Renews Collaboration with the Department of National Defence to Deliver the Summer Cadet Aviation Program and Promote Awareness of Aviation Skilled Trades Careers

• CCC, Rheinmetall Canada supply aircraft ground support equipment to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps

• Arcfield Canada Congratulates TKMS on Selection as Preferred Bidder for Canada's Canadian Patrol Submarine Project

• Canadian Army Completes First FPV Training Course

• Volatus Aerospace to Showcase Multi-Domain Capabilities at MASS 2026

• The Canadian Armed Forces announces the retirement of the Aviation Physiology Technician occupation

• CAE to transfer U.S. stock exchange listing to Nasdaq

• SkyAlyne signs Canadian Helicopters Limited to support Future Aircrew Training program

• Three new projects to help build a more diverse Canadian space sector

• Canada and Portugal Strengthen North Atlantic Search and Rescue Cooperation

• Rheinmetall takes over InterRoC VII – New impulses for autonomous military convoys

• Meet the investors and entrepreneurs shopping to keep Canada’s defence supply chain sovereign

• Canada's next defence fight won’t be over spending. It’ll be over trust

• Eight countries join Canada in backing defence bank, but major European partners still absent

• Defence Investment Update: Record Spending in Europe and Canada

• Canada is spending on defence tech. Markham wants to build it

• Business Brief: On Halifax, ‘Canada’s defence city’

• Red Deer radar contract brings high hopes for defence investments

• How Dominion Dynamics is building Canada’s first line of Arctic defence

• Major Arctic security conference kicks off in St. John’s

• MCDV deployment to focus on mine countermeasures

• CAF members take centre stage with Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo

• Evolving on the mat at 1 CER

• Leading the charge to build an Edmonton base rugby team

• Mission Ready: Equipping the Forces - New submarines for the RCN

• When crisis strikes: Inside NATO’s largest medical exercise

• Exploring Counter UAS with the Advanced Naval Capabilities Unit

• Joint Operations Symposium 2026 explores Canada's evolving security environment

• Canada’s first steps in peacekeeping: The Canadian Armed Forces in Cambodia, 1954–1955

• Defence Team members honoured for excellence in communications

• Employees gather to celebrate the Aircraft Services Directorate transition to the Canadian Coast Guard

• Where readiness meets reality: Inside a Northern emergency department

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This Week in Defences Project and Lobbying Updates are supported by Dominion Dynamics Aurion platform. Aurion is an open data platform designed to increase transparency across Canada's defence procurement ecosystem.

• The RFP for the dry docking refit of CCGS Jean Goodwill has been updated with new documentation

• We now have an RFP for the Space-Based Optical Capability of Surveillance of Space II!

• The RFP for In Service Support for the Medium‑Long Range Aircraft Platform for Environmental Research has been updated with new documentation

• The RFP for Fixed-Wing Aerial Platforms has been updated with new documentation

• The NPP to inform industry of an upcoming ITQ for our first JCUAS project, the Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) National Array has been updated, but it seems to just be the OG document reposted.

• The RFI for Light Forces Enhancement Phase II has been updated with new Q&A

• MSS Ltd has been awarded a new $110,376.00 contract to provide Small Fixed-wing VTOL Drone bundles to the NRC’s Center for Drone Innovation (CDI)

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• CADEX Defence has filed a new record with Northern Arc Public Affairs looking to engage the Federal Government on the Firearm Country Control List (FCCL) and Munitions Supply Program (MSP)

• CAE has filed a new record with Prospectus Associates looking to engage the Federal Government on multiple topics including Canada's potential contributions to global security, Defence Procurement Policy, support for the aerospace sector, Funding including the Strategic Innovation Fund, and Procurement Opportunities

• Lockheed Martin Canada has filed a new record with Vantage looking to engage the Federal Government on multiple topics including Lockheed Martin Canada's potential role in the Defence Industrial Strategy, the Canadian Surface Combatant Program, Future Fighter Capability, Plans for the modernization of NORAD, and potential Investment opportunities

• Dominion Dynamics has filed new record with GT & Company looking to engage the Federal Government on multiple topics including the companies capabilities and offerings, Economic development of the Arctic region with respect to transportation and dual-use infrastructure to meet Canada's defence requirements in the North, the potential contributions of Canadian-controlled defense companies to Canadian sovereignty, and the Defense Industrial Strategy

• Calian Group has filed a new record looking to engage the Federal Government on multiple topics including potential funding and procurement opportunities

• Top Aces has filed a new record looking to engage the Federal Government on multiple topics including funding opportunities, the Defence Industrial Strategy, including the Strategic Partnership Framework and procurement opportunities

• Accipiter Radar Technology has filed a new record with Policy Concepts looking to engage the Federal Government on the companies capabilities and offerings

• Draganfly has filed new communications detailing meetings with Wendy Hadwen, Ty Curran, and Nicolas Verrault

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• Prime Minister Carney took my LUV story for this week. He did this specifically to keep my on my toes. He refuses to let the local defence boy rest with an easy rumor section.

• To followup, with the new LUV limited tendering, a contract is now expexted to be awarded by the end of the year

• Expect Limited Tendering to grow in use over the next few months as projects that can be done through it quick get pushed up the list.

• Expect a new Automotive commitment coming out of TKMS CPSP package, in a way at least...

• Speaking on TKMS. No I dont know their entire bid book. No, I don't know about NSM.

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