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Cause our procurement programs are meant for winning votes from a capricious and fickle electorategiving jobs to bureaucrats, not delivering capabilities.
There, FTFY
Cause our procurement programs are meant for winning votes from a capricious and fickle electorategiving jobs to bureaucrats, not delivering capabilities.
We’ll buy the Norwegian and Kiwi P3’s instead.It is starting to feel like we're the only kids not wearing pin-stripe jeans to the dance (to jump back to my junior high days for a comparision)...
First Norwegian P-8A Arrives Home - Overt Defense
A Norwegian P-8A Poseidon touched down in Norway for the first time on February 24th.www.overtdefense.com
Boeing begins assembly of first P-8A Poseidon for New Zealand
Boeing's Poseidon program has reached a new key milestone with the assembly of the first P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft for New Zealand. Boeing P-8A team members and Spirit AeroSystems employees have laid the keel beam for New Zealand’s first P-8A. This process, also called ‘keeling,’ was done at...defence-blog.com
Flight Engineers like this commentWe’ll buy the Norwegian and Kiwi P3’s instead.
The first part of this post that stood out was ‘pin striped jeans’ and a sad face…It is starting to feel like we're the only kids not wearing pin-stripe jeans to the dance (to jump back to my junior high days for a comparision)...
First Norwegian P-8A Arrives Home - Overt Defense
A Norwegian P-8A Poseidon touched down in Norway for the first time on February 24th.www.overtdefense.com
Boeing begins assembly of first P-8A Poseidon for New Zealand
Boeing's Poseidon program has reached a new key milestone with the assembly of the first P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft for New Zealand. Boeing P-8A team members and Spirit AeroSystems employees have laid the keel beam for New Zealand’s first P-8A. This process, also called ‘keeling,’ was done at...defence-blog.com
Then this:
While the momentum behind the initial idea to buy 24 Super Hornets quickly died down after Boeing’s poorly led spat with the GoC, quite a few of us dismissed it as no big deal for Boeing.I note that when the Super Hornet was eliminated from Canada's Next Generation Fighter competition there were... crickets from Boeing. Boeing is also facing the imminent shutdown of the P8 line - in 2025 (U.S. Navy official sees more orders for Boeing P-8A in coming months)
Methinks playing nice is a strategic move on Boeing's part, to encourage Canada to buy more 737s..
(Heck, if Canada is growing defence capital spending, why not retire a dozen Griffons and buy another 10 Chinooks for Edmonton?)
Then this:
C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
The C295 MPA is a multirole maritime patrol aircraft derived from the C295 military transport aircraft. It has been developed…www.naval-technology.com
Harmonize the FWSAR fleet with the « L »RP fleet!
ducks for cover
One suspects a Bombardier bizjet platform (if company still building them at the end of the decade) would be a preferred solution for Canadian gov't:
1) From Bombardier:
Maritime Surveillance
With their endurance, reliability and class-leading range, Bombardier jets are ideal for maritime surveillance.specializedaircraft.bombardier.com
2) Saab seems to have given up its Bombardier airframe Swordfish MPA:
Saab puts marketing effort for Swordfish maritime plane on hiatus
Why is Saab stepping away from its sub-hunting aircraft concept?www.defensenews.com
Mark Collins
The first part of this post that stood out was ‘pin striped jeans’ and a sad face…
I just googled them. Goodness gracious…
I resemble the above mentioned stylin’ guy. Mmmmmmmmm………………Kodiaks.But back in the 80s, you were stylin' if you had a rugby shirt, pin stripe jeans and a pair of (untied) Kodiak work boots on. Imagine...at the dance....Billy Jean starts playin'....your time has come. (* collar up on the rugby shirt, of course)
I resemble the above mentioned stylin’ guy. Mmmmmmmmm………………Kodiaks.