Project JUSTAS: Long-term UAV acquisition still moving right

A shortage of personnel, and likely funds, for the MALE (medium-altitude long-endurance) UAV system. First delivery slippping two years to 2014, fully operational in 2017--the possible slippage had in fact already been reported in November 2008:

...defence sources said Tuesday [Nov. 4] that a long-term air force program to purchase high-endurance, unmanned surveillance aircraft for coastal surveillance - known as Project JUSTAS - was being bumped back two years, possibly to 2013-14 [emphasis added]...

Latest story (Ottawa Citizen front page, why?):

Lack of operators clips wings of drone plan
Not enough trained crew for unit

Here's the Sept. 2008 MERX post for Letters of Interest, note this requirement:

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Reconnaissance (ISR), Target Acquisition, and all-weather precision strike capabilities in support of Canadian Forces (CF) operations worldwide...

Earlier:

Poor Peter II: Boy is he confused [more confusion near end of first part of this post]

UAVS: A story in search of fuss [lots of background]

Regarding UAV pilots, posts from 2008:

1) Aurora pilots to fly UAVs for Afstan [the Herons now there]

2) Air Force news

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UAV piloting: This will be done by Air Combat Systems Officers, the new designation for navigators, not pilots. ACSOs will also manage UAV missions.