What's Canada Buying?

* F-35 TUG O' WAR (1)" . ongoing questions of what to do about Canada's military procurement system will remain on the political radar. In particular, the highly charged debate over whether Canada should buy the F-35 stealth fighter will re-emerge as defence officials wrap up a review of the stealth fighter and its competitors in the coming weeks."

* F-35 TUG O' WAR (2)"With rumors that the fighter jet "reset" process might finally be winding down soon, I thought I'd make some wild speculations as to what might happen."




* F-35-TUG O' WAR (3)"THE CANADIAN COMPETITION TO REPLACE THEIR CF-18 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IS MOVING ALONG.SLOWLY; BUT MOVING."

* F-35 TUG O' WAR (4)MEANWHILE, SOUTH OF THE BORDER, ".The Pentagon's chief weapons tester warned in a report obtained by Reuters and published on Thursday that a possible 13-month delay in F-35 software development, coupled with maintenance and reliability problems, could delay the Marine Corps' plans."



* ".On Sept. 9, a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashed into the Arctic Ocean, killing the pilot, the captain of the coast guard icebreaker Amundsen and a University of Manitoba scientist.The Transportation Safety Board says investigators are still working to determine what caused the crash, an investigation that could take as much as a year.Until the investigation is complete, it won't be known whether mechanical problems were to blame, or if there was some other reason."

* WANTED: - a bit more detail

* WANTED:SOMEONE TO " in accordance with for a three (3) year period from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017 with two (2) one year options to renew the Contract."

* "THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE HAS."
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