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Navy/USMC

Canadian Surface Combatant Paused During Objection

Friday, November 30th, 2018

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Canadian Surface Combatant Paused During Objection

Artist's concept of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship. (Image: BAE Systems)

A contract for the next class of Royal Canadian Navy’s ships to Lockheed Martin [LMT] is on hold after Alion Science and Technology Corp. successfully lodged a complaint with the Canadian International Trade Tribunal.Alion alleged to the tribunal that the Lockheed Martin proposal for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), the BAE Systems Type 26 currently being produced for the United Kingdom, “is incapable of bid compliance with certain mandatory requirements of the solicitation.”After receiving the complaint on Nov. 21, on Nov.…

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