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Couple of things I have against the Apache's as a attack helo for the CF: 1. Purchase costs. The AH-64D costs around $56.25 million dollars US, according to the latest prices. Compare that with the AH-1Z SuperCobra price of around $12 million dollars US, the Eurocopter Tiger unit cost of around...

Twin Otter is going back into production, so that issue is moot. If you haven't figured it out, the C-27J Spartan is the favourite for the FWSAR project, but the design does have some bus in it that needs work.

Doesn't every new airplane design has had issues? I remember the issues with the first C-17's: the wings were too weak and overweight. McDD later was able to fix the issues so that it is now the roaring sucess it is. And engine development is on track apparantly. They already tested the engine...

Not really. Airbus SAS is the division of EADS suffering from problems. Airbus Military, a completely seperate division from Airbus SAS, is not the one suffering from issues. However, I will conceed that publically, they are not much of a contender. Edit: Why? Because under Forgeard, EADS was...

More of one got fired, and the other took a fall for the team. Forgeard was forced out due to allegations of insider trading, while Humbert resigned as he felt as co-CEO of EADS, he was the leader of the Airbus team, he is ultimately responsible for any failures of the team. Their replacements...

Still open. Turkey was to acquire new build Cobra's under the King Cobra programme, but the Turkish government canned the order due to fiscal issues. The -W model entered LRP in 2003, while the -Z about to enter full-rate production, with initial operating capability in mid-2009. All airframes...

The AH-1Z Super Cobra uses the GE T700 Turboshaft engines, the same type found in the EH-101, and Cyclones that are already in service or will shortly enter service with the CF. On top of that, it is mechanically the same as the Bell UH-1Y, down to the tail, engines, transmission, and rotor...

The problem is that when the Hind was introduced, the Russians were forced to change the tactics they used in terms of helicopter warfare (the Hind was not very maneuverable, so the Russians changed the tactics so that Hinds operated in groups, converging on a target from all angles). In all...

Isn't the Cyclone a little big to be acting as helicopter gunships?

Zoomie, are you aware of how the rotor problem is being resolved for us? Has AgustaWestland provided the fix or are there procedures developed to work around the issue?

On top of that, no one has ever re-comissioned a warship of this complexity after a long period of being decomissioned. Purchasing right after the Brits were about to retire them would have been more sensible, but the decision to wait for so long was political (government had to tighten its...

Or, he is saying that Canada should be a desperately poor third world nation...

The way I see it, the CF will be operating in the future the following helicopters: Boeing CH-47 Chinook AgustaWestland EH-101 Sikorsky Superhawk (Cyclone) Bell Model 412 Of those, we will be operating 3 different engine types: PWC PT6, Lycoming T55, and General Electric T700 series (two...

The rear grip is texturized?

The problem was that originally, the Gun Registry was supposed to be self-funding by a registration fee. However, some wise-guy in the government decided to waive that registration fee, so that meant money had to be pumped in to replace the funding that the registration fee would have provided...

Another 26% responded "What For?", while only 6% responded "They shouldn't be taking part." Sounds like the majority of the people who did not agree do not understand why the CF joins in such exercises. And aesop: Good luck and good hunting!

The LAV III is actually a distant cousin of the Swiss Mowag Piranha. First user was of course, the Swiss Army, and Swiss built examples were exported to Chile, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland and Spain. General Dynamics licensed the design for production in North America. The current LAV III, for...

http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=bc_home&articleID=2303930 From the myTelus poll, 67% of people who responded are glad that the CF joining the exercises. Good luck to all ships present.

More issues with JSF: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19570919-601,00.html Looks like we have a potential F-22 Raptor customer instead...

I tend to follow the Naval League of Canada's paper, Canadian Naval Requirements for the 21st Century by Peter Haydon of the University of Calgary proposal for fleet sustainability. I tweaked the numbers a bit for my proposal of how to escort such a proposed carrier. It's getting a bit dated...