For this ModProp, the goal is the imaginative use of existing
military resources as opposed to a procurement approach. The failure to provide adequate aerial SAR response
time in the Canadian Arctic is due to southern basing. DND's FWSAR 'solution' relies on faster aircraft. Even if
that reasoning were sound, it cannot be applied to slow-flying helicopters. The only possible military SAR solution
is forward basing which is precisely what Mr. Daly suggests.
Procurement Opportunities – Surveillance and Sovereignty Patrol – April 2011
Northern Sentinel Part 1: Near-New Battlefield Surveillance Aircraft
Among the equipment cuts announced in Britain's Oct 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review is the small force
of RAF Sentinel R1 reconnaissance aircraft providing detailed radar surveillance data to
battlefield commanders. Sentinels are providing recce support to troops in Afghanistan and, from the outset
of NATO's air operations over Libya, Sentinel R1s have operated to enforce
the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
Procurement Opportunities – Surveillance and Sovereignty Patrol – April 2011
Northern Sentinel Part 2: Sidekick – A Side of CF Canadian BACN?
Another potential candidate for an expanded and diversified Canadian Global Express fleet is called
BACN for the Battlefield Airborne Communication Node. BACN, now flying and being ordered by the USAF,
outwardly appears similar to the Sentinel R1 ( it differs only in its antennae fits). Internally, the
situation is quite different. BACN's electronics are adapted to maintaining battlefield data links
– a minor role for Sentinel R1s is BACN's raison d'être.
Canadian Navy – JSS Alternative – Mod Prop –
Oct 2010 (updated Mar 2011)
Bay Class: Used-Ship Buying, a Simple Alternative to DND JSS Plans
The United Kingdom's current Strategic Review includes the proposed trimming of their Royal Navy's
existing assets. One of several major British ships to be discarded will be a member of the Bay class Landing
Ship Dock Auxiliary. This Bay class LSD (A) is described by the British MoD as "... a commercial
exploitation of the Royal Schelde's [or Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding] Enforcer." From
this Enforcer concept sprang two other amphibious warfare classes significant to Canada: joint
Dutch/Spanish LSD IIs, and the new Dutch JSS or JLOS.
Among the equipment cuts announced in Britain's Oct 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review is the small force
of RAF Sentinel R1 reconnaissance aircraft providing detailed radar surveillance data to
battlefield commanders. Sentinels are providing recce support to troops in Afghanistan and, from the outset
of NATO's air operations over Libya, Sentinel R1s have operated to enforce
the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
The United Kingdom's current Strategic Review includes the proposed trimming of their Royal Navy's
existing assets. One of several major British ships to be discarded will be a member of the Bay class Landing
Ship Dock Auxiliary. This Bay class LSD (A) is described by the British MoD as "... a commercial
exploitation of the Royal Schelde's [or Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding] Enforcer." From
this Enforcer concept sprang two other amphibious warfare classes significant to Canada: joint
Dutch/Spanish LSD IIs, and the new Dutch JSS or JLOS.