Recent content by Rainbow1910

CTV reported this morning that the RFP for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project has been sent out to Hanwha and TKMS, with a due date of March 2, 2026. No details yet as they have not been published in the normal channels...

There has been talk about putting another engine into the Gripen for years at this point, but it all comes around to the point that the juice simply isn't worth the squeeze. The jet was never and likely will never be popular enough to justify the substantial regime to design, integrate, test and...

I think we will end up buying all 88 jets, as the economy of scale within the F-35 program is very difficult to beat, the RCAF has their plans entirely built around the F-35 and the aircraft is so heavily interoperable with the US/our allies abroad. I feel a reason its being drug out so long is...

It has been stated that we're trying to extract the maximum possible concessions out of Lockheed Martin through this process, so I'd say it's partially that but also the Govt pushing this off due to the unavoidable optics of such a large purchase of a well known American system.

I am not sure it is worthwhile to attach ourselves to a nation/company who has minimal/no experience building next generation fighter aircraft and large drones to go alongside them, especially if it would require us to compromise by adopting yesterdays aircraft into a mixed fleet. There is many...

Ah my bad, I swore I saw somewhere that AAR was a big selling point for the design. Any AEW&C design for Canada without AAR is effectively useless.

Phoenix has the AAR rig present on the nose in every single render I’ve seen and has been pushing it as one of their primary advantages over GlobalEye. Seems to be set up for probe-and-drogue refueling.

GlobalEye is not vapourware, given how its actively in use by the UAE, being bought by Sweden and considered by many others. The Phoenix Global based platform by IMI/L3/Korea is not proven yet though, so fair on them. Keep in mind I am not privy to the internal of the GlobalEye however, I think...

Joly only has so much sway, and I have serious doubts it is enough to override the current gigantic RCAF bias towards the F-35, the existing contracts and the fact it won the last competition. A lot of this is Joly trying to squeeze LM for additional concessions towards Canada on their contract...

Nothingburger story, Bombardier staff basically say this is only on the table if the Canadian Govt goes the route of picking the Gripen. This local assembly claim has been on the table from Saab for years, this is just trading IMP for Bombardier. If Bombardier and Saab agree privately, without...

One of the many goals of the New Fighter Aircraft Project which procured the CF-18 Hornet was to consolidate the large cold war fighter fleet into a single, multi-purpose fighter. Given that fighter aircraft are generally the most high performance and advanced aircraft in inventory for an...

No modern fighter aircraft force is attritable and replaceable in wartime, you effectively have what you have at the start and you will very likely be unable to get anything else besides whatever meagre production already exists. 6th gen aircraft are going to be very expensive sure, but that...

In a perfect world, the RCAF would be much better off operating either an enlarged single F-35A fleet or a mixed fleet of F-35A and unmanned wingmen/6th gen fighters.

Further desperation from Saab in an attempt to salvage the Gripen E bid for the RCAF, a Canadian assembly site for the Gripen makes absolutely zero sense outside of being a poorly veiled attempt to wrangle political support domestically for their bid. Canada has no existing infrastructure to...

Personally I feel that the adaptability which the VLS aboard the KSS-III provides is more valuable to the RCN than whatever excess sensor/stealth capabilities that the Type 212CD has over the KSS-III. The Koreans are also facing Chinese submarines right on their doorstep alongside the potential...