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The Halifax-class Modernization/Frigate Life Extension project is now complete.

HMCS Toronto, on the east coast, has now completed the refit portion of its modernization by Irving Shipbuilding Inc. That means all 12 frigates, five on the west coast and seven on the east coast, have completed the refit portion of their modernization, according to the Royal Canadian Navy.

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A ceremony was held today recognizing the completion.

HMCS Toronto will now undergo tests and trials; two other frigates are going through similar reactivation phases, according to the navy.

The HCM/FELEX project included a new Combat Management System purchased from Lockheed Martin Canada, as well as new radar capability, a new electronic warfare system, and upgraded communications technologies and missiles.

The Halifax-class Modernization (HCM) program represents an investment of $4.3 billion and allows the frigates to serve the Navy until the early-to-mid-2030s.

The first modernized frigates re-entered service in late 2014. Currently, nine of the Navy’s 12 frigates are capable of being employed on operations and exercises around the world. Three frigates are in their reactivation phase.