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6v53taddec, thanks for posting the pics - they are amazing looking machines - first I've seen of the actual, delivered vehicles.  I am going to have to find more pictures for the PC desktop.

I am just anxious to see how this plays out now that the PM has endoresed the plan.  I can see how he will approach the extra 1000 troops - press the Allies for them.  Good luck with that. But what are the possible solutions to solve the two equipment issues?  Obviously we are not going to be...

Look, here's my position.  If Newfoundland or any other province is making extra cash to add to their bottom line then that is great, the less money they get handed to them from Ottawa the better.  But what Williams wants is to make extra cash from the oil AND have more cash from Ottawa.  That's...

My family is from Newfoundland and my parents are living there now.  So, I try to keep on top of what's going on with Newfoundland politics as much as I can.  Newfoundlanders love a vocal, straight forward style from their politicians.  It makes it appear that they are being sincere and can be...

Well, I have to admit that I am surprised.  This contract was issued 3 years ago for delivery in 4 years.  If you add 30 months to that then that means that the first a/c will be 6.5 years from the date the contract was issued.  That's pretty pathetic.  I thought a company like Sikorsky would...

There certainly is nothing controversial about replacing 40+ year old aircraft - except that the media "needs" to spin it that way so the editors will approve their stories.  I thought 17 was not enough either but some of the "H's" are being retained and they do have 4 C-17's to carry some of...

I'm not sure if I would call this "sexy" but it certainly is a beautiful ship.

Are there any pictures around of any of these airframes? We are 1 year from 1st delivery so there must be something that can be shown to the public?

IIRC I believe I read somewhere that they are going to be in theatre starting at the next rotation - which is in Feb/08?  Here's another question - does anyone know of another military that has these trucks with the armored cabs?  Can you point me to pictures?

The same story that was carried by Bloomberg made note that the company lawyer stated that the reason that AW dropped the lawsuit was because they want to be able to bid on two upcoming CAF helicopter projects:  attack helicopters for the Chinooks and possibly more SAR helicopters. First place...

If this DRP news is true then that is the most interesting bit of news in a while.  I never did like the idea of 1 hull for 2 different purposes.  And I wish that we would build something proven for a change.

It will be similar to what was done for the Iltis replacement.  The MilCOTS Chevy's went to the reserves and the G-Wagons went to the regular Army. By the way if you check on the MSVS Project Office site, these MilCOTS trucks still sound pretty capable.  They just are not intended to be...

PWGSC has today released the RFP for the MilCOTS version that the reserves will get.  Here is the link to the announcement. http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=361109

Geo is right.  It looks like the Norwegians have been able to queue jump and acquire aircraft that are already under construction.  Why is it taking so long for our government to sign a contract for C-130J's and CH-47's?

Couldn't agree more.  The Europeans have changed into a collection of countries that have lost their will to fight for anything short of direct invasion.  The Soviets were the last enemy that they truly felt threatened by and had they invaded then the Europeans would have fought like they had...

Bosnia/Kosovo/FRY should all have been European dominated missions from the very beginning.  The U.S. is right to want to withdraw it's troops.  Like G2G I was surprised to hear that it still had some there.  This is a conflict located in Europe and there is enough money and enlisted men in...

LMAO!! You are going to take heat for that one.  But I did get a chuckle.

77,000 tonnes would be over 150 million pounds!!  So, no - it can't carry that much weight.

O'Connor has not been all that bad. He may have stuck his foot in his mouth a few times but look at how often he has had a microphone in his face.  I don't see too many other ministers on TV as often except for a few, Baird, McKay, Flaherty, the PM.  O'Connor has been in charge of spending a...

Here's the Boeing media release regarding the transfer to Canada. http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q3/070808c_pr.html