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  • Determining how to upgrade the Griffon helicopter a focus for RCAF this year

    January 25, 2018 | Local, Aerospace

    Determining how to upgrade the Griffon helicopter a focus for RCAF this year

    DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN More from David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen It's going to take a while to do but the RCAF plans to extend the life of its Griffon helicopters out to the 2030s. “The project will replace obsolete cockpit instruments and avionics with components that are supportable to the mid-2030s,” the RACF noted. Adaptation and integration of existing avionics and electronic flight instruments in the aircraft will enable an extension of the life of the Griffon. Griffon flight simulators will be modified to conform to the fleet. Finally, the project will ensure integrated logistic support, supply of initial spares and training. The anticipated timeline is as follows: 2018 – Definition Approval (Definition is what should be done to meet the capability need, to determining how the preferred option will be implemented) 2020 – Implementation Approval, Request for Proposal Release, Contract Award 2024-2025 – Initial Operating Capability for Life-extended Griffons 2026 – Final Delivery It should be noted that this project has been delayed from its previous schedule. In 2015, the RCAF put definition approval for 2016. In addition, implementation, issuing of an RFP and awarding a contact were all to be done in 2018. Final delivery of the upgraded helicopters was to have taken place in 2024 under the old schedule. http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/determining-how-to-upgrade-the-griffon-helicopter-a-focus-for-rcaf-this-year

  • Canadian military finances technology to collect social media data despite claims it was shutting down such efforts

    January 19, 2023 | Local, Other Defence

    Canadian military finances technology to collect social media data despite claims it was shutting down such efforts

    Defence firms and other companies were given almost $10 million to develop new ways to analyze social media and sift through accounts.

  • Thales to provide seven more GM200 MM/C radars for Dutch Army

    April 16, 2024 | Local, Land

    Thales to provide seven more GM200 MM/C radars for Dutch Army

    The Netherlands' Command Materiel and IT (COMMIT) has finalised an agreement with Thales to purchase seven GM200 MM/C radars.

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