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The story in summary form. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/sub-support-contract-creating-canadian-controversy-04563/

The cost of saving Gaia . . . or  . . .  bend over Ontario, Dalton wants to make you suffer for your eco sins. Over that period, about 4.8 terawatts hours (TWh) of surplus wind power was delivered to the grid, power the IESO promptly exported.  One TWh is enough to power over 100,000 average...

Quite the sad procurement saga . . . http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/canadas-ch-148-cyclones-better-late-than-never-05223/

This might eventually provide some answers. Ottawa hires consultant to study if Sikorsky can deliver promised helicopters By James Cudmore, CBC News Posted: Jun 25, 2013 8:25 PM ET The decades-long project to replace Canada's 50-year-old Sea King helicopters has hit another snag, with the...

I have a memory of both parties agreeing to update the original spec to a new Fly By Wire design.  I seem to recall we got that upgrade as "a gimme" for accepting sched slippage. When you factor in that the Cyclone is the H-92 which is based on the well known S-92, something went sideways. The...

anyone know the background on this ? How much of the delay is the helicopter and how much is the mission equipment? How much of the delay is Sikorsky screwing the pooch and how much is DND spec changing, ECR/ECP dicking around?

A most excellent summary of the economic perils of green energy . . . . this story should be  glued on the tower of every Wind Turbine in Ontario and tacked on McGuinty's forehead. "Energy insiders have long known that the notion of ‘renewable energy’ is a romantic proposition – and an economic...

Related . . . http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/ring-my-bell-new-helicopters-for-canadas-coast-guard-014679/ S-92s for the Diefenbaker?

Magnificent target.

Interesting interview . . . http://vimeo.com/68632129 The changes the F-35 will bring to the future of combat aviation are touched on and there are hints of the sensor capability to assist ground forces in their situational awareness.

you might find this an interesting read . . . http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/MG1200/MG1258/RAND_MG1258.pdf

How would an enemy pilot know when the Blue guys have expended all their missiles?  They can count the shots but they won't know how many F-35's or F-22's are in the area . . . all that LO technology at work. Brave Mig/Sokhoi driver who would go in hot pursuit of aircraft he can't sense just...

No plans for Canada to acquire B models, just the A type.

or  different way to look at it is that the old technology planes can't communicate fully with modern, technically advanced planes. So which aircraft has "the problem"?  :nod:

Best combination of performance capabilities, price, long term support and upgrades and inter allied operability.  The JSF brings a lot of superior technology, especially the combination of LO and situational awareness/EODAS stuff that will provide RCAF pilots with the best chance to go in...

Caption contest.  Because you know this is a very, very awkward moment. "How did you end up sending weapons to Syria?"

Image from the FSA . . . . anyone know what this is?

the latest Global Warming consensus  -  100% of the climate models are wrong. My computer models say it should be rapidly warming up The actual data says it is not. Gradually models will yield to the dictates of data.

Pointman skewers  . . . .  "Even at home in areas of their own supposed expertise, the alarmists weren’t safe. The solid job of statistical work that Ross McKitrick and Steve McIntyre did to debunk Mann’s paper, which derived the iconic hockey stick, is a notable case in point. Using nothing...

Could be,  but it will likely depend more on the analysis results and how they are presented.  The results should include the comparable costs, capabilities and limitations for all the aircraft involved and if they do it properly, the conclusion will be obvious without someone in the Secretariat...