How screwed up is Canada's military procurement process?
Canada's military procurement. A few hits, but mostly misses. Canada's military procurement strategy lately seems to beg the question: "Does Canada have a military procurement strategy?" Big ticket items, like fighter jets, helicopters, and even a new headquarters seem almost unobtainable thanks to controversy, cost overruns and delays. In the meantime, the Canadian Armed Forces are left wondering when the new equipment will arrive, if ever. How bad is it? Some have compared it to a Monty Python movie. The Sea King replacement: Going on 30 years of searching... The most notorious example, the Sea King replacement, has now been in the works since 1983. It's one time designated replacement, the EH101, was canned by the Chretien government back in 1993, and the program was put on the back burner until the mid-1990s. Finally, in 2004, a militarized version of the Sikorsky S-92 Cougar, dubbed the CH-148 Cyclone, was selected....