Collectively, the Team Vigilance partner companies bring impressive capabilities and experience to bear in naval ship design, Canadian and global shipbuilding, the integration of combat and offboard systems, modular payload systems, and life-cycle solutions.  As a partner company, Heddle Shipyards will leverage Team Vigilance’s broad experience to realize the underutilized capacity at our Ontario Shipyards to meet the future needs of the Royal Canadian Navy.   

Designed, built and equipped in Canada, Vigilance will be the cornerstone of the second pillar of Canada’s National Shipbuilding strategy and support thousands of jobs in Ontario shipyards and across Canada for decades to come. 

Cost-effective and forward-looking, the Vigilance Class will fulfill critical operational needs through a combination of organic and modular capabilities, enabling core naval missions such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, subsea infrastructure protection, mine countermeasures, resource conservation, and maritime interdiction operations. The Vigilance Class will provide the sailors of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve with the modern tools they need to protect Canada’s vital interests at home and abroad.