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Canada Declines Last Minute FREMM Proposal For Future Frigate

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017

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Canada Declines Last Minute FREMM Proposal For Future Frigate

The Canadian government’s procurement agency rejected a last-minute bid by France’s Naval Group and Italy’s Fincantieri to propose their FREMM frigate to satisfy the country’s new frigate project.Canada closed bids on the bids for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program on Nov. 30. The government previously said there were 12 eligible bidders for this future frigate program but has not disclosed how many actually made bids.The program has a budget of $19 billion for 15 ships (Defense Daily, June 9).The…

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