Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship fleet to fully operational in 2025, says DND

The Canadian Forces and Department of National Defence has updated the status of a number of its major procurement programs including the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships which it says will be fully operational by 2025.
Under the schedule the first ship is to be delivered sometime this summer to the Royal Canadian Navy but won’t be operational until 2020, according to the update. Other ships will follow over the years with the fleet being declared fully operational in 2025, according to t