The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

[Quirky]

In an interview with the CBC the Swedish defense minister stated that Canada purchasing Gripens is not a prerequisite to setting up an assembly line for the fighters in CanadaQuebec with Canadian partners.
Pal Jonson interview

How many fighters need to be ordered before an assembly line starts making money?

 

[PuckChaser]

In an interview with the CBC the Swedish defense minister stated that Canada purchasing Gripens is not a prerequisite to setting up an assembly line for the fighters in Canada with Canadian partners.
Pal Jonson interview

Saab wants the same corporate welfare treatment Irving gets: free money to pay for the full plant construction/retooling and then they get to keep the profit.

 

[Prairie canuck]

Saab wants the same corporate welfare treatment Irving gets: free money to pay for the full plant construction/retooling and then they get to keep the profit.

That's definitely from the Bombardier playbook. Whether Saab follows that playbook or has it's own is yet to be seen.

 

[JLB50]

If or (should I say) when a major shooting war begins, everyone involved is probably going to frantically put in orders for more aircraft. LM is going to be inundated and despite ramping things up to increase its production capacity for F-35s, further delays are inevitable. If we have the ability to manufacture a secondary fighter in addition to having F-35s, we at least won’t be as badly off as some other countries should a conflagration occur.

 

[IKnowNothing]

One of the big arguments against switching the order I've seen is the combined inneficciency of a split fighter fleet and of making the necessary infra and security investments for such a small number of airframes- my devious hat wonders if those messages have resonated in an unintended way, and the delay is in figuring a dance partner in Europe for 16 F35's. Not even off the lot, still have that new fighter smell

 

[GR66]

If or (should I say) when a major shooting war begins, everyone involved is probably going to frantically put in orders for more aircraft. LM is going to be inundated and despite ramping things up to increase its production capacity for F-35s, further delays are inevitable. If we have the ability to manufacture a secondary fighter in addition to having F-35s, we at least won’t be as badly off as some other countries should a conflagration occur.

When a major shooting war begins it's very likely to be a "come as you are" affair. Losses will likely far exceed any potential production capacity to replace lost aircraft (assuming that production isn't interrupted by enemy action).