20 avril 2021 | Local, Naval

Canadian Surface Combatants and the statement of requirements fiasco

Sur le même sujet

  • La Garde côtière canadienne inaugure officiellement une nouvelle station de recherche et sauvetage à Kingston (Ontario)

    27 juin 2023 | Local, Naval

    La Garde côtière canadienne inaugure officiellement une nouvelle station de recherche et sauvetage à Kingston (Ontario)

    Kingston, Ontario - La ministre des Pêches, des Océans et de la Garde côtière canadienne, l’honorable Joyce Murray, et le député de Kingston et les Îles, Mark Gerretsen, inaugureront la nouvelle station de recherche et sauvetage de la Garde côtière canadienne à Kingston, en Ontario. Date :               Le 28 juin 2023 Heure :            15 h (HNE) Lieu :               Station de recherche et sauvetage de la Garde côtière canadienne                          Port olympique de Portsmouth (la station est située dans le port)                          93, rue Yonge, Kingston (Ontario) Remarque : La station est située à l’angle sud-est du port. Après avoir tourné dans le port, continuez tout droit jusqu’au bord de l’eau, tournez à gauche (nord), puis à l’est vers le mur de la prison au bord de l’eau. Tournez à droite sur la voie de service en gravier, qui se dirige vers le sud jusqu’à la station de la Garde côtière. https://www.canada.ca/fr/garde-cotiere-canadienne/nouvelles/2023/06/la-garde-cotiere-canadienne-inaugure-officiellement-une-nouvelle-station-de-recherche-et-sauvetage-a-kingston-ontario.html

  • Purchase of new planes to replace 50-year Twin Otter military aircraft now on hold

    16 janvier 2023 | Local, Aérospatial

    Purchase of new planes to replace 50-year Twin Otter military aircraft now on hold

    A project to replace the 50-year-old Canadian military aircraft used in the Arctic is on hold despite the Liberal government’s claim it is committed to…

  • Boeing confirms it is taking part in Canada’s future fighter jet competition

    11 novembre 2019 | Local, Aérospatial

    Boeing confirms it is taking part in Canada’s future fighter jet competition

    DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN Boeing officials tell Defence Watch that the company will indeed be bidding on Canada's future fighter jet program. The firm will offer the Super Hornet for the Royal Canadian Air Force. There had been questions in the defence and aerospace industry about whether Boeing would proceed in the competition as concerns mount the procurement is rigged towards the F-35. But a Boeing official told Defence Watch on Thursday that the company is “100 per cent in.” The firm has submitted to the federal government the required information that outlines how it will meet various security requirements so the aircraft can operate within the U.S.-Canadian system. In July Boeing released a statement that it was still participating in the process but it had yet to make any final decisions on whether to take part in the Canadian competition. “We look forward to continuing to provide comments, reviewing the final RFP, and determining next steps at that time,” Boeing noted at the time. In late August, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and Airbus Defence and Space informed the Canadian government of their decision to withdraw from Canada's future fighter competition. Airbus had been offering Canada the Eurofighter. Last year the European firm Dassault informed the Canadian government it would not be competing in the competition. It had been planning to offer Canada the Rafale fighter jet. The $19 billion competition has been dogged by allegations it is designed to favour Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth fighter. This newspaper reported earlier this year that the requirements for the new jets put emphasis on strategic attack and striking at ground targets during foreign missions. That criteria is seen to benefit the F-35. In addition, the federal government changed criteria on how it would assess industrial benefits after the U.S. government threatened to pull the F-35 from the competition. Saab has also confirmed it is proceeding in the competition, offering Canada its Gripen fighter jet. Airbus and the UK Defence Ministry noted that its decision to withdraw was the result of a detailed review of Canada's request for proposals which was released to industry on July 23. It pointed to the changes Canada made to the industrial benefits package to appease Lockheed Martin as well as the excessive security costs that U.S.-Canadian security requirements placed on a company based outside North America. “A detailed review has led the parties to conclude that NORAD security requirements continue to place too significant of a cost on platforms whose manufacture and repair chains sit outside the United States-Canada 2-EYES community,” the statement from Airbus and the UK Defence Ministry noted. “Second, both parties concluded that the significant recent revision of industrial technological benefits obligations does not sufficiently value the binding commitments the Typhoon Canada package was willing to make, and which were one of its major points of focus.” Bids must be submitted by the spring of 2020. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/boeing-confirms-it-is-taking-part-in-canadas-future-fighter-jet-competition

Toutes les nouvelles