Vanguard Magazine

industrial base. These solutions support Ca- nadian jobs and touch every region of the country, drawing on a diverse and broad- based supply chain, creating and sustaining even more jobs across Canada while provid- ing stability in our communities. The Canadian Surface Combatant pro- gram is reinvigorating Canadian ship- building, engineering and design jobs for the next four decades, within an industry sector vital to Canada's sovereignty. Lock- heed Martin Canada is partnered with BAE Systems, CAE, L3Harris, MDA and Ultra Electronics, already employing a combined 10,000 Canadians in 45 facili- ties throughout the country while engag- ing a Canadian supply chain of more than 4,000 small and medium sized businesses. Recent Supplier Successes BAE as CSC designer BAE is transform- ing how new ships are designed. Visualiza- tion technology developed by BAE offers virtual prototypes of the vessel, enabling a deep understanding of the function of the ship well before manufacturing begins. MDA awarded the first CSC production contract to provide the Laser Warning and Countermeasure System that will protect the ships against laser and optical guided threats. This long-term project will employ highly skilled engineers and technical staff in five of MDA's sites across Canada, Rich- mond, BC, Brampton and Kanata Ontario, Montreal, QC and Dartmouth, NS. Rolls Royce is expanding its Centre of Excellence for Naval Handling equipment in Peterborough, Ontario to meet the sig- nificant domestic and international export opportunities created by the Global Com- bat Ship program, enabling the company to sustain significant growth of the Cana- dian economy well into the future. Ultra to provide variable depth sonar as well as hull-mounted sonar as part of CSC's anti-submarine warfare capability. www.vanguardcanada.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2021 27 Sponsored Content Our partnership is about securing Canada's national interests and its future. What better way to move forward and help drive the economy than by strengthening it together from within? Ultra Group also confirmed a significant additional strategic commitment to Cana- da, committing potentially in excess of $20 million of new investment to transform its Dartmouth NS site into a global sonar cen- tre of excellence. The production of the Canadian Surface Combatants will result in billions of dollars of economic activity over the life of the pro- gram and these economic benefits will bring advancements in Canadian technology and manufacturing all along the supply chain. And that's what motivates our team – the significant impact these projects have for Canadian workers and their families. Our partnership is about securing Cana- da's national interests and its future. What better way to move forward and help drive the economy than by strengthening it to- gether from within? Whatever the mission, we can expand what's possible when we move forward together.

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