Signing of CH-47F Chinook contract looks closer
Not exactly in "fall of 2008" (lots of background at link) but better late than never not too bad if things work out. From a Google translation (note the "Canadianization")...
Ottawa to sign the contract to purchase 16 Chinook helicopters...of this story in Le Devoir.
The proposed acquisition of aircraft rescue will be submitted to cabinet in January
The contract for the purchase of 16 helicopters Chinook military transport should be signed by the federal government early next year. Negotiations between Ottawa and the multinational Boeing just enter their final phase and all details should be settled before Christmas...
...Ottawa will spend more than other countries for its new Chinook since asked Boeing to build a helicopter more versatile, able to travel to combat zones, to fly in extreme conditions and make the rescue [combat search and rescue?].
For example, the Canadian Forces want a tank twice as big. Several defense equipment would be added, including a missile sensor systems and response. A more powerful battery would be installed on the helicopter, as well as sophisticated weather radars. Stabilizers flight would be added as a device to be used to easily climb on board the survivors of a disaster...
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 10:38 a.m.
1 Comments:
The question is whether the delays to date will prove fatal. Le Devoir's early 2009 timeline falls afoul of the machinations in Parliament. Which could easily dissolve, forcing a new election and a new government.
A Liberal/NDP government will be all too happy to kill the program and spend it on rewards for their political supporters, since it can't deliver helicopters before Canada leaves Afghanistan.
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