Memorandum of Understanding Among the Government of Canada, the Government of the Republic of Finland, and the Government of the United States of America Regarding a Trilateral Framework for the Production of Arctic and Polar Icebreakers and other Capabilities

This MOU outlines the Participants' mutually developed framework to enhance their collective capacity to design, produce, and maintain arctic and polar icebreakers, as well as other capabilities, by collectively increasing information exchange, industrial collaboration, and operational know-how. The Participants recognize that the production of icebreakers and other capabilities extends beyond the shipbuilding industry and into the value chain comprising shipyards, engineering companies, marine equipment manufacturers, turnkey suppliers, system suppliers, and software providers, as well as other capabilities. This MOU further states the nonlegally binding trilateral intentions and timeframe needed to achieve mutually established milestones.