Cost of U.S.-supplied equipment for Canada’s new warships triples to $3.6B

Ottawa Citizen: The increase in cost is mainly for what is called non-major defence equipment and includes a U.S. navigation system and U.S. command systems. A new torpedo is also being acquired as well as control systems for U.S.-built cruise missiles to be installed on the Canadian ships. The equipment was not part of the initial original order and has been added by Canada. The order of equipment is for the first three ships to be built…