Germany, Norway and Canada have started joint planning for the Type 212CD submarine programme, moving ahead with plans for closer naval cooperation in the Arctic, North Atlantic and Baltic regions.
Officials from the three countries met representatives of TKMS, Kongsberg and Multiconsult in Kiel for a four-day meeting at the end of July.
They discussed the next stages of the programme, how the countries will work together and preparations for negotiations to formalise the partnership.
The meeting was the first joint planning session involving all three countries under the 212CD programme. It came three weeks after TKMS was selected as Preferred Supplier for Canada’s Canadian Patrol Submarine Project.
If formalised, the arrangement would expand the existing bilateral programme into a three-country NATO cooperation involving Germany, Norway and Canada.
Canada joins Type 212CD planning
The countries are now working on ways for their navies, defence procurement organisations and industries to cooperate as the programme moves forward.
The planned partnership could allow the
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