15 October 2021
by Richard Scott
Under Project Strongbow, the Halifax-class frigates will obtain a tactical radio route discovering and alerts assortment, evaluation, fusion, and exploitation strategic functionality. (Canadian DoD)
Canada is investing in an improved communications intelligence (COMINT) and alerts intelligence (SIGINT) functionality, often called Project Strongbow, for the Royal Canadian Navy's (RCN's) 12 Halifax-class frigates.
Under a CAD40.9 million (USD32.5 million) contract, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is to provide a brand new COMINT/SIGINT answer that can substitute the out of date AN/SRD-504 VHF/UHF tools suite. The new functionality is anticipated to be delivered from 2023, and is projected to stay in service for no less than the following 15 years.
Project Strongbow will present tactical radio route discovering and alerts assortment, evaluation, fusion and exploitation strategic functionality to the Halifax-class frigates. The requirement promulgated by Public Works and Government Services Canada referred to as for a system combining new predominant mast antennas (with house and weight to not exceed that apportioned to AN/SRD-504) along with under decks processing and a below-decks human machine interface. It additionally specified a modular design structure based mostly on business, off-the-shelf (COTS) elements so as to facilitate upgrades and expertise insertions through-life.
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