Replacing CF-18 project progresses

Replacement aircraft CF-18 fighter continues at the beginning of 2013. The Department of Public Works has announced that five manufacturers sought to renew the fleet of Royal Canadian Air Force contributed to the progress of the project by issuing a series of comments on a questionnaire designed to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their gear respective.

Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, EADS Eurofighter and Saab. Five potential manufacturers to a single winner. In its project to replace old aircraft CF-18 fighter, the Canadian government advance not counted.

At the end of last week, the Department of Public Works has received comments from various manufacturers on the design of a questionnaire designed to assess the capabilities and specifications of the various devices.

"We are currently reviewing the comments from manufacturers and we aim to distribute a revised questionnaire as soon as possible," said an email with a spokesman for Public Works.

Response of manufacturers is expected three weeks after the final submission of the first questionnaire.

A second questionnaire during the year

Later in the year, probably in the spring of 2013, a second questionnaire on the costs and potential benefits for Canadian industry will be developed and reviewed by a panel of independent reviewers and sent to various manufacturers to collect comments.

This request for information for the industry benefited from the advice and supervision of the panel of independent reviewers, which must ensure that the assessment work options are conducted rigorously and impartially, it also ensures the results released to the public are complete and easy to understand.The members of this panel are Mr. Keith Coulter, Mr. Philippe Lagasse, James Mitchell and Mr. Rod Monette.

In December, Ottawa announced a series of measures to ensure proper compliance with the total cost of production, following the publication of a report by KPMG evaluating the purchase of F-35 to $ 45 billion and not 9 billion as claimed by the government.