The Canadian program seems to point out the difficulties that are being experienced by many programs world-wide, a product not just of the mistakes made by the company that produces the product, but also the mistakes made by the national military people who run their side of the project.
Having been involved with the Cormorant procurement in Canada, one of the most difficult hurdles is that the project was managed by a civilian bureaucrat, with a government office making sure that the Canadian worker was going to get their fare share of work for the money spent. Mistakes by the military people is often the easy finger to point and I for one don't like it. The military has its flaws, but when it comes to a requirement, they meticulously look at every option and plan accordingly. Money does hinder the procurement in that everyone wants a piece of it, including politicians! Really, it comes down to an RFP being so watered down to meet what industry can provide with the most spin-offs being the overriding issue, not performance. When it comes to performance, the military will get a machine and work within those limitation, and fix later. Joe VCR working at GE will still be employed. I'm not against this but it is what it is. Keeps people employed, not necessary give the military the perfect helicopter.