ANDREA MIGONE, ALEXANDER HOWLETT, MICHAEL HOWLETT By the Editor – Naval procurement decisions are expensive and feature complex multi- actor and multi-year processes characterized by conflict. The authors compare the simultaneous decisions of Canada and Australia to proceed with the Type 26 frigate despite controversy over costs in both countries. A 20 minute read. Introduction Recent Canadian and Australian efforts to purchase a large number of warships to replace aging fleet assets provides an excellent set of comparable case studies of large and complex procurement processes in which two na…
