SUPER HORNET IS OUT. BOEING HAS NO ONE TO BLAME BUT ITSELF.
Reports that there would be a "down selection" in the competition to replace Canada's aging CF-18s have turned out to be true... Sort of. Despite "industry insiders" predicting that the Saab Gripen will be removed from consideration , that dubious honor will go to Boeing's Super Hornet instead. This is indeed a big surprise... If you have not been paying attention. The most striking fact about the Super Hornet's departure is that, at one point, it WAS going to be Canada's next fighter. Well... On an interim basis, anyway . When the Liberal government formed in 2015, they had done so on the promise of cancelling Canada's F-35 purchase. The F/A-18E/F seemed to be the most likely alternative. In 2016, it was announced that Canada would be purchasing 18 Super Hornets as a way of filling a " capability gap ". While these 18 Super Hornets would not be a replacing CF-18s per se , they could have definitely been used a reason t