Industry Consultation Questionnaire: A Positive First Step
And so it begins... Again... The Canadian Government has taken its first step towards (hopefully) restarting its quest to find a suitable replacement for the CF-18. The " CF-18 REPLACEMENT INDUSTRY CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE " was answered by five aerospace companies (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Saab, Eurofighter, and Dassault) regarding their respected fighters. Earlier reports that the Canadian government may sole-source an "interim" Super Hornet buy were met with sharp criticism (not from me) that doing so would break a Liberal election promise to hold an fair and open fighter competition. Selecting a sole-source Super Hornet as an interim solution would make it all but inevitable for a full purchase. Even if a different fighter was selected afterward, the additional costs of operating a diversified fighter fleet would cause financial stress. [NOTE: I believe the interim Super Hornet idea may have been intentionally "leaked" to gauge reactio...