No airside property anymore. Everything was sold off and pretty much all occupied, even the Cold War era hangars. Even at that, I'm not sure there would be enough property to handle those big critters.
If we want the entire military in major centres to help recruiting, the costs in land and salaries to keep privates out of food banks would be eye watering. I know some have mentioned that place like Borden are close enough. When you are dealing with urban youth who view anything north of Bloor St. as the far side of the moon, it might not be.
Has the UN been called yet about the “only one Starbucks in North Bay“ situation?
Except like now, they didn't have an aircraft to offer as an alternative to the C-17...so not necessarily guaranteed the sale, since they had nothing to sell.
My comment was meant as sarcasm lads... (I may be dry, bur surely not do dry my sarcasm isn't noticeable?)
Do we not need to replace the executive fleet?
I think it's a good idea, personally.
Embraer didnt and doesnt exactly do things without Brazilian government money and theres not a lot of evidence that the Canadian government has ever been interested in Canadian planes at least recently.Except like now, they didn't have an aircraft to offer as an alternative to the C-17...so not necessarily guaranteed the sale, since they had nothing to sell.
If they had run out the clock and we ended up not able to buy the C-17, we'd probably have gone with the A-400M...an aircraft some countries are looking to divest from their fleets (not sure why) but don't do anything as good as a C-17
It blows me away that a company like Bombardier can design the most environmentally friendly aircraft in the world, with some of the longest ranges of commercial airliners and business jets, and design an airliner that made Boeing have an aneurysm...yet it can't design a simple plane that does what they know we are looking for.
If Brasil can say "Seems to be a need for aircraft with a rear cargo ramp that can transport a decent amount of cargo, but isn't anywhere near as expensive as a C-17...let's design and market a plane to serve that market"...and yet bombardier can't seem to be bothered...
They are getting as much out of this project as they put in
Rock solid performance with CPF and Bell helicopter foreign sales to other governments.
Rock solid performance with CPF and Bell helicopter foreign sales to other governments.
So its success stories can be documented on one sheet of Fax?
Don't go dissing the House of Saud and their GDLS London adventures.
From the National Defence Act
First order of business after the usual Admin.
DND as broker of goods and services
And that is how you finance the CAF.
PSPC buys Canadian Goods and Services, "sells" them to DND at zero dollars, DND "sells" or "donates" them to accredited foreign and international buyers and "buys" goods and services in return. And is allowed to charge a small service charge or commission. Based on the FMS standard 5 to 10% is probably appropriate.
What is the Extension for the DND Sales Department?
