General Dynamics Canada announced today that it has added weapons systems maker Raytheon Canada to its team that is aiming to land the $1.1–billion Department of National Defence contract to modernize the combat systems on board the Canadian Navy’s Halifax Class frigates.
GDCanada is the prime contractor for the bid while Raytheon joins Thales Netherlands, Thales Canada and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems on the project.
Canada’s twelve HALIFAX-class frigates, which were commissioned between 1992 and 1996, are now at mid-life and require an upgrade to respond to today’s different kind of naval threats.
Two other teams are also trying to win this contract.
Lockheed Martin leads a team that includes IBM Canada, SAAB, and CAE Professional Services. Lockheed’s late add to its team was L3 Electronics System Canada.
Macdonald Dettwiler of Vancouver, B.C. is the third prime contractor hoping to land the deal.
All three teams are right now busy putting their proposals together. The federal government is expected to award the contract late this year.