Canada To Buy 10 Boeing F/A-18E Aircraft Worth US$5.23 billion

[randomradio]

Belgium is no F-35 consortium partner. Belgium specifically seeks long term operational support.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/07/10/sweden-pulls-out-of-belgian-fighter-battle/

They may not be part of the consortium, but they have written a tender that favours the F-35. That's why all the main competitors are leaving.

You can't have a fair competition if the country favours a particular jet.

 

[RoadRunner401]

1)The U.S. State Department has told Congress that it doesn’t have any concerns about the possible sale of 18 Super Hornet fighter jets to Canada, which it estimates will be worth around $5.23 billion (U.S.).

The price tag includes weapons, spare parts, training, software and other costs associated with putting the jets into service.



2)This deal may have been possible before Boeing complained to the U.S. Commerce Department that Bombardier was selling its C Series jet liners at an unfair price with assistance from federal government subsidies.

The Liberal Government has cut off contact with Boeing and threatened to walk away from the fighter purchase if Boeing doesn't drop the case.

It has also started looking at alternatives to Super Hornets, including the possibility of buying used F/A-18s from Australia. The F/A-18 is basically the same aircraft as Canada's existing CF-18s.

 

[Khafee]

1)The U.S. State Department has told Congress that it doesn’t have any concerns about the possible sale of 18 Super Hornet fighter jets to Canada, which it estimates will be worth around $5.23 billion (U.S.).

The price tag includes weapons, spare parts, training, software and other costs associated with putting the jets into service.



2)This deal may have been possible before Boeing complained to the U.S. Commerce Department that Bombardier was selling its C Series jet liners at an unfair price with assistance from federal government subsidies.

The Liberal Government has cut off contact with Boeing and threatened to walk away from the fighter purchase if Boeing doesn't drop the case.

It has also started looking at alternatives to Super Hornets, including the possibility of buying used F/A-18s from Australia. The F/A-18 is basically the same aircraft as Canada's existing CF-18s.

They should just dump the Hornets, and buy Typhoon or Rafael.

 

[Penguin]

It also pays to get info from official sources, unlike def media sites, see buffoon keyboard warrior exposing himself AGAIN:

Sure and you ignore post 10, while showing up at #28. Troll.

They may not be part of the consortium, but they have written a tender that favours the F-35. That's why all the main competitors are leaving.

You can't have a fair competition if the country favours a particular jet.

The competitors that cannot deliver Belgium specifically long term operational support are leaving, that is right.

 

[Khafee]

Sure and you ignore post 10, while showing up at #28. Troll.

In the NORMAL world, 8 precedes 10.

 

[Dawood Ibrahim]

In the NORMAL world, 8 precedes 10.

10, 8 no 8, 10 WTF!

 

[Penguin]

In the NORMAL world, 8 precedes 10.

In the normal world, when you drop into a thread at #28, your read all preceeding. As I pointed out to said poster in #10 there was a discrepancy between the OP article, and DCSA (which I also checked). Now, you want to start trouble here over that? That makes you a troll. That is so just so .... small.

 

[Khafee]

In the normal world, when you drop into a thread at #28, your read all preceeding. As I pointed out to said poster in #10 there was a discrepancy between the OP article, and DCSA (which I also checked). Now, you want to start trouble here over that? That makes you a troll. That is so just so .... small.

Exposed AGAIN .....Ouch!

 

[Penguin]

Exposed AGAIN .....Ouch!

Indeed you are... troll.

 

[Khafee]

Indeed you are... troll.

Hint: Babur SLCM

 

[razgriz19]

Qatar paid the same price for their Rafales and they also got hundreds of SCALPs and Meteors.

Anyway, I think the Canadians are paying so much in order to use as a bargaining chip in the Boeing-Bombardier dispute.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/boeing-bombardier-trade-dispute-1.4274739

So politics is the reason for this insane price.

That's not the reason. Canada buys equipment with lifetime support. That's the main reason why F-35 was dropped.

"November 2014, the Department of National Defence (DND) released an update on the F-35 procurement that estimated the same total project cost as KPMG, namely $45.8 billion. It arrived at that number using an exchange rate of US$0.92."

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/mic...naffordable-thanks-to-the-low-canadian-dollar

 

[Super Falcon]

It's too too expensive for such small numbers of jets Canada should invest in less worried jet like gripen with similar quality and low cost

 

[Reichsmarschall]

Hint: Babur SLCM

SLCM and when you identified the indian sub in Pakistani waters, and the naval expert, turned out to be only a "navel expert" LMAO

 

[Khafee]

SLCM and when you identified the indian sub in Pakistani waters, and the naval expert, turned out to be only a "navel expert" LMAO

Thank You for remembering. Appreciate it.

 

[randomradio]

The competitors that cannot deliver Belgium specifically long term operational support are leaving, that is right.

What about Boeing? They were the first ones to leave.

That's not the reason. Canada buys equipment with lifetime support. That's the main reason why F-35 was dropped.

"November 2014, the Department of National Defence (DND) released an update on the F-35 procurement that estimated the same total project cost as KPMG, namely $45.8 billion. It arrived at that number using an exchange rate of US$0.92."

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/mic...naffordable-thanks-to-the-low-canadian-dollar

F-35 hasn't been dropped. The Canadians are buying 18 SH as a stop gap. They will hold a tender for 65 jets where the F-35 will participate.