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Not sure I'd be so quick to throw shade at Brazil. Sure we are a more advanced nation, but I think some introspection about how troubled Canadian industry can be should be in order. There should be a realistic discussion about the viability of this proposal, we should not allow it to be clouded...

The fact that aerospace is an exceedingly difficult and specialist field to get involved with? Military aerospace with products like modern fighter aircraft are another entire world away from the civilian aerospace industry, there is a reason why so few nations are able to even assemble somebody...

Dangling of domestic jobs in front of a Canadian politician is akin to doing the same with a big juicy steak and a hungry dog.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/saab-sweden-canada-fighters-f35-9.6987069 In just the span of a few days, we're already seeing flip flopping from "purchasing Gripens is not a prerequisite to setting up an assembly line for fighters in Canada with Canadian partners" to saying "it doesn’t make...

They've pledged the 10,000 jobs figure specifically regarding the Gripen and its related industry, not as a part of a larger cooperation agreement. They've pledged 3,000 jobs specifically regarding GlobalEye production as well, are they double counting these two together? There is definitely...

Great to see Saab seemingly changing their bid already, when it seems only a day or so ago this factory was predicated on the RCAF placing an order. This very much is sounding to me like a pitfall in the waiting for the Canadian Government set by Bombardier and Saab together, follow along for a...

People bring this up all the time, but I think the sheer complexity, time and money required to re-engine an aircraft is lost on many folks. Saab is seemingly plagued by long standing problems just producing enough Gripen E/F models as it stands now, and we expect them to go through all of the...

Except the Gripen is subject to the whims of the US, considering it is using an American engine that can be veto’d by the US alongside countless bits of ITAR compliant equipment throughout the design.

https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/ruestungsdeal-uboot-bundesregierung-100.html TKMS is seemingly unhappy with the British Government for putting their support behind Saab and Hanwha for the Polish and Canadian submarine replacement competitions respectively, as Babcock (British...

Considering the Swedish airforce is already behind on their own acquisitions with multiple customers in the pipeline and a potential near decade long wait before Canada is ready to deliver its own aircraft, that strategy comes off as questionable for all parties involved here.

So now Sweden is going to fill any gaps in the RCAF if we walk away/cut back the F-35 procurement? With what exactly? Sure as hell not with the Gripen E, given how Sweden just recently took delivery of their first aircraft, Brazil's orders have been delayed off their original schedule and there...

It's almost like retired RCAF officials are some of the only people who can speak out on behalf of the RCAF for the F-35 without the potential of punishment for interference? If you want to call people shills, the amount of high ranking former Canadian officers hired by the US MIC basically...

The dastardly and evil Lockheed Martin shills versus the courageous and righteous Saab defence industry lobbyists.

It's almost like Ukraine is desperately throwing out LOI's and purchase attempts for whatever fighters they can without a lot of rhyme or reason? That's why I didn't put much stock in their Gripen LOI and said it was unrealistic, because fundamentally if they are doing this, we aren't special...

You never will, Saab is notorious for not wanting to speak about specifics around the Gripen E/F especially with regard to operational costs. They often cite older figures for the C/D model, or nothing at all as it is unflattering to undermine the marketing of the aircraft as "cheap and...

While I agree with the article generally, I will point out that Billie Flynn was recently employed by Lockheed Martin as a test pilot for the F-35 alongside a global advocate for the F-35 program more widely. There is potential biases here, even if Flynn was an experienced RCAF pilot and officer...

Topshee recently mentioned in an interview with Noah that he wasn't interested in procuring another Kingston class, as effectively they are something we could get the same capability by purchasing/seizing pre-built civilian offshore vessels when required, hence the pivot to corvette combatants.

We literally don't owe the Swedish anything here, they lost the fighter competition itself and all that is going on is discussions from Government from Carney's review of the contract. Nobody has promised anybody anything, and Saab's proposals are just that, proposals. If they want to call us...

I dearly hope so, it will be incredibly amusing if this whole marketing push by Saab turns out to be a move by the Govt to push LM into additional concessions lol.

There is a difference between a perfect timeline and a remotely workable timeline, do you think waiting potentially around a decade from agreement for domestic Gripen E delivery is a good idea when the airframe is just about workable in todays threat environment? It sounds flat out irresponsible...