CF airlift procurement: Airbus is getting desperate
Both Boeing and Airbus have full-page colour ads in the May 8 Hill Times aimed at our politicians and political media.
Boeing's for the C-17 points out:
...its unmatched ability to support troops and deliver humanitarian relief virtually anywhere, anytime...
Go, DART, go!. I think we should ditch DART and give money to experienced relief organizations instead, but no votes there--and the Conservatives promised to double the size of DART.
Airbus, for its part, takes the following line, appealing to traditional Canadian parsimony in defence purchases:
A400M: Get more -pay less!
Canada wants a new tactical military transport aircraft. There is also a demand for a new strategic airlift capability. The A400M does both without finding new tax dollars to buy and maintain tow separate aircraft fleets [Airbus' emphasis]...the A400M will be delivered on time and ready for service in 2009...
In a pig's eye. The plane has not flown yet and it will have an all-new engine (PWC should have won the competition for this on merit but the Euros gave it to a Euro consortium--why should we reward this behaviour?). In any case the A400M simply does not have the trans-oceanic range and payload to be a good strategic lifter for Canada.
Nothing from Lockheed Martin touting the C-130J. Confidence?
Cross-posted to Daimnation!
Boeing's for the C-17 points out:
...its unmatched ability to support troops and deliver humanitarian relief virtually anywhere, anytime...
Go, DART, go!. I think we should ditch DART and give money to experienced relief organizations instead, but no votes there--and the Conservatives promised to double the size of DART.
Airbus, for its part, takes the following line, appealing to traditional Canadian parsimony in defence purchases:
A400M: Get more -pay less!
Canada wants a new tactical military transport aircraft. There is also a demand for a new strategic airlift capability. The A400M does both without finding new tax dollars to buy and maintain tow separate aircraft fleets [Airbus' emphasis]...the A400M will be delivered on time and ready for service in 2009...
In a pig's eye. The plane has not flown yet and it will have an all-new engine (PWC should have won the competition for this on merit but the Euros gave it to a Euro consortium--why should we reward this behaviour?). In any case the A400M simply does not have the trans-oceanic range and payload to be a good strategic lifter for Canada.
Nothing from Lockheed Martin touting the C-130J. Confidence?
Cross-posted to Daimnation!
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 5:14 p.m.
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Lockheed are probably keeping their heads down until after the Census they are running for us :)
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