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Sustaining Sovereignty: Logistics, Presence and Operational Effectiveness in Canada’s Arctic, Daniel Roy

Navigating the Arctic, David Gray

Starshell, Winter 2026

NAC Briefing Book for the RCN's Strategic Review

NAC Guest Speaker Event with RAdm Jason Armstrong

Procuring the Canadian Patrol Frigates, Garison Ma

Rebalancing the Surface Fleet, Andrew Erskine

Starshell, Fall 2025

Integrating Autonomous Capabilities in the Royal Canadian Navy, Trevor Robinson

Starshell, Spring 2025

Optimizing Military Housing, Damien Ciotti

Harbouring Talent, Recruitment and Retention of Technicians in the RCN, Mai Guo

Visions for Canada's Future Corvettes, Brian Santarpia

Visions for Canada's Future Corvettes, Kate Todd

The Canadian Naval Encyclopedia

A New Defence Policy Vision The Case for Shifting Focus to the Pacific, Matthew Hardy

Starshell, Winter 2025

An Alternative Crewing Model - Mark McShane

Life-Cycle Costing Explained: Warships are expensive but not all comparisons are accurate. See how the LCC model works on a Ford F150.

Starshell, Summer 2024

NIOBE Paper #20: Feasible but Unrealistic The Quixotic Quest for a Canadian Nuclear Submarine, Norman Jolin

In Extremis: NAC's strategic analysis of Canada's maritime security situation and requirements

Starshell, Spring 2024

David ‘Duke’ Snider wins the Admirals' Medal

NAC Interview with Commander Angus Topshee

Starshell, Winter 2023

NIOBE Paper #19: China’s Submarine Force

Marine Careers Expo

“The Best VR in the Whole Flaming Navy”

Starshell, Spring 2023

China's Marine Scientific Research in the Arctic: The History and Legal Framework

Conference Report on Arctic Maritime Security

Starshell Fall 2022

Starshell: Summer 2022

Submarine Procurement: Widening the Aperture of Options, Vice Admiral [Ret'd] Robert Davidson

NIOBE Paper #17: Does the RCN need Submarines?

NIOBE Paper #16: Personnel Vulnerabilities in the RCN

NIOBE Paper #15: Fleet Decarbonization, Lieutenant-Commander Linda Hodgkins

Starshell (Fall 2021)

A Canadian Patrol Submarine: What are the Options? (Norm Jolin)

Understanding China's Maritime Power

Strategic and Operational Considerations for Canadian Naval Shipbuilding (By Tim Choi)

2021 Admirals' Medal - Mr. Peter Ward

A Response to Tim Choi (By Alan Williams)

Spring/Summer Starshell

NAC National 2021 AGM

A Narrative History of the NSS from Conception to the CSC RFP By Dave Perry

The National Shipbuilding Strategy and the CSC: A NAC Report

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