Current Projects

Ukraine's navy has enjoyed remarkable success in the Black Sea, largely through innovative use of anti-ship missiles, Unmanned Surface Vessels and other assets. It has managed to confine Russia's Black Sea Fleet to protected harbors, and the sinking of capital ships like the Moskva has deprived the fleet of much of its situational awareness and air defense capabilities. The loss of the Moskva has further restricted the Black Sea Fleet's ability to target Ukrainian cities, civilian infrastructure and military installations with cruise missiles, which caused considerable loss of life and some damage to Kyiv's warmaking capacity in previous years. 

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However, the Black Sea Fleet still retains a number of Improved Kilo-class attack submarines, which are capable of firing Kalibr cruise missiles at surface vessels and targets on land. The Improved Kilos likewise provide the Black Sea Fleet with much of its underwater situational awareness, as the fleet otherwise possesses few vessels suitably equipped with sonar and other anti submarine warfare equipment. This is particularly important given Ukraine's exploration of autonomous underwater vessels (AUVs) as a new vector to attack Russian warships sheltering in port. 

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The Amiens Group is developing a proposed package of towed sonar, acoustic monitoring equipment and commercially available AUVs to be provided to Ukraine to enhance its ASW detection capabilities. This would save on maintenance and flight hours for Ukraine's limited stock of ASW helicopters, and conserve them for delivering the required hard-kill capabilities against detected subs, or confirming suspected enemy submarine activity. It would also synergize with Canada's own efforts to rapidly and affordably regenerate its ASW capabilities, in order to defend our coastlines and Arctic territories.