Redigerer River-klassen (Canadian Surface Combatant) (avsnitt)

== Design ==
I desember 2017 var de tre innsendte forslagene:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/06/canada-brushes-off-outside-fixed-price-fremm-frigate-offer-for-canadian-surface-combatant-project/|title=Canada brushes off outside, fixed-price FREMM frigate offer for Canadian Surface Combatant project|date=6. desember 2017|work=Naval Today|access-date=2021-05-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207115842/https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/06/canada-brushes-off-outside-fixed-price-fremm-frigate-offer-for-canadian-surface-combatant-project/|archive-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>

* Britisk [[Type 26 Global Combat Ship|Type 26 fregatt]] av [[Lockheed Martin|Lockheed Martin Canada]] og [[BAE Systems]]
* Nederlandsk [[De Zeven Provinciën-klassen|De Zeven Provinciën-klasse]] fregattbasert design av Alion Canada og Damen Group
* Spansk F-105 fregatt tilbudt av [[Navantia]]

=== Valg av design ===
19. oktober 2018 ble Type 26 valgt som «foretrukket design».<ref name="cbc2018a">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/frigate-designer-canada-defence-1.4869268|title=Lockheed Martin selected as preferred designer for Canada's next generation of warships|work=CBC News|last=Brewster|first=Murray|date=19. oktober 2018|access-date=2021-05-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019165501/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/frigate-designer-canada-defence-1.4869268|archive-date=2018-10-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/news/2018/10/government-of-canada-delivers-on-its-commitment-to-the-navy-by-announcing-next-steps-in-fleet-procurement.html|title=Government of Canada delivers on its commitment to the Navy by announcing next steps in fleet procurement|publisher=Public Services and Procurement Canada|date=2018-10-19|access-date=2021-05-12}}</ref> Alion Canada, en av de tapende budgiverne, påklagde avgjørelsen i november 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/frigate-lockheed-delay-citt-alion-1.4923364|title=Frigate design decision faces another delay after latest challenge|work=CBC News|last=Brewster|first=Murray|date=28. november 2018|access-date=2018-11-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129024831/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/frigate-lockheed-delay-citt-alion-1.4923364|archive-date=2018-11-29}}</ref> Dette førte til en etterforskning av Canadian International Trade Tribunal, som avviste klagen i januar 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trade-tribunal-warship-alion-1.5002298|title=Trade tribunal rejects rival's bid to block warship contract|last=Brewster|first=Murray|work=CBC News|date=1. februar 2019|access-date=2020-10-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202013244/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trade-tribunal-warship-alion-1.5002298|archive-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> og den kanadiske regjeringen signerte kontrakten på 60 milliarder dollar i februar 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/frigate-lockheed-martin-federal-court-1.5010673|title=Ottawa makes its $60B frigate project official, even as rival's court challenge goes forward|last=Brewster|first=Murray|work=CBC News|date=8. februar 2019|access-date=2019-02-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208121429/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/frigate-lockheed-martin-federal-court-1.5010673|archive-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> Alion anket avgjørelsen til en føderal domstol, men avbrøt i november 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/proactive-disclosure/supplementary-budget-b-2019-2020/other-issues/procurement-navy.html|title=Procurement – Navy: Canadian Surface Combatant|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=2019-10-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029085008/https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/proactive-disclosure/supplementary-budget-b-2019-2020/other-issues/procurement-navy.html|archive-date=2020-10-29}}</ref>