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Maybe. There is a long line of customers for their products. I have zero knowledge of their business plans or thoughts on this. I know several other Defense companies who view the CAF as a bad partner due to limited buying and various Canadianization policies. To the point one VP has said...

Well if you keep pissing of LocMart on the F-35...

That is basically a clone of the USA Army Operational/Field and Garrison setup.

Frankly if they had made the SSF smock service common, the Duck Hunter Nylon POS jacket would never have been needed - and tons of money wouldn't have had to been wasted with a new uniform. It really was the cheap knock off of jump boots and the SSF Smock - and embarrassing at all get out to...

Sea Apache is spelled Super Cobra ;) - Hey maybe Bell/Tex will allow Mirabel to build something for them.

It is bizarre since Trump this week had asked Congress for more sanctions against Russia. Quite frankly it would appear that some in my current administration are on the Russian payroll.

Have a rear ramp…

Well keep in mind that various user nations have been asked if they wanted to contribute airframes and pilots to the test pool. Guess the number of takers…

It isn’t access, it’s who is willing to spend, and who has the capabilities. The Israelis have decided to go their own path and fund it (albeit with a lot of FMA from us). When Blocks are done the various projects are prioritized, and if you are a minor player with a unique item, the odds of...

Intentionally… Garbage in, garbage out. Modeling is a great tool if you know what given parameters are. Unfortunately unless you test systems and components to failure with a decent sample size, you don’t really know what can be done. I say this simply as a submarine isn’t a homogeneous...

FIFY.

Very odd - considering Trump just agreed to add more sanctions to Russia (Congress flexing some muscles). The current White House Administration seems to have a left and right hand, that are not controlled by the same personality...

Patriot Upgrade and more of them. https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2025/11/19/us-approves-sale-of-patriot-launcher-upgrades-to-ukraine/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-breaking

No idea, the USAF doesn't fly them currently, and I have zero visibility on what other nations do for that. USAF in the E-3's and USN in the E-2's so I would assume it would continue to be a USAF crew - other than potentially some Space Force personnel due to the overlap.

E7 is coming as Congress wants it, and doesn't have the same faith in Space Based Assets and the E-2 that the USAF pitched. The E7 offers a massive potential beyond what can be done on a MQ-9.

To me the Reg Force should be at 100% (min) War time manning all of the time, from units to schools and staff. I think it is farcical to use the PRes as a bandaid to a broken system. Permanent Class B should be eliminated. To me the PRes should emulate the ARNG down here - able to field...

That isn't what I am saying -- what I am saying is that Canada has a glaring number of deficiencies. I would rather see Canada focus effort on domestic missiles and space based assets (Comms, ISR etc) than trying to create an industry that is already extremely competitive. Canada has a...

20:1 against F-16 and F-15's - both of which are more capable than the Gripen. Probably 40x if being honest in a sheer numbers game - and I admit that Reg Flag isn't the end all be all - as it doesn't take in other issues (GBAD etc), which would likely make the F-35 even more skewed on...

Convening Heavily though ;)

FIFY. To @FJAG 's point the key aspect before anything is what is the Army supposed to be, that really needs to be addressed before any equipment (etc) goes anywhere. Or you will end up with more TAPV type of issues. That is on the CCA and their staff to distill down to what is needed to...