- Reaction score
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- Points
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One thing that most folks don’t see is that Bombardier didn’t just find out that the RCAF was looking to replace the Aurora, or that the P-8 was being looked at. They, along with DeHavilland, Boeing, and everyone else, can see the GoC website where this comes up.Back pedaling has begun now in earnest. The Liberals are in trouble in Quebec, according to a recent poll, so the odds of a contract to Boeing have been reduced significantly. Also, apparently, the CP-140 replacement is not as critical as has been previously reported, and is no longer an "urgent operational requirement".
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Industry minister won't say whether new military planes will be a sole-source deal
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne won't say whether the process to replace a fleet of aging military patrol planes will be an open-source bid, as the heads of Canada's two biggest provinces and Bombardier Inc.www.timescolonist.com
So their CEO having a shocked Pikachu face now means either Bombardier hasn’t been checking very public open-source info, or didn’t bid. Given that even the Canadian Press is commenting that Bombardier doesn’t have an actual aircraft to bid with, I’d say it’s the second option.
As I’ve said before, this is a desperate Hail Mary play. I could say that Dimsum Aerospace can also create an aircraft to compete…