The procurement cost numbers for Canada hasn't changed and both sides are using the same group of numbers. The different cost numbers count different things. Canada wants a 5th gen jet and they have said there is only one 5th gen jet available to them. The rest is a political side show
Canada News Centre - National Fighter Procurement Secretariat announces bid for review of acquisition process
National Fighter Procurement Secretariat announces bid for review of acquisition process
The goal of this independent review is to:
- determine whether the shortcomings the Auditor General identified in the acquisition process have been addressed;
- confirm whether the steps taken in the acquisition process for the period up to June 2012 were in accordance with government policies, procedures and regulations; and
- provide lessons learned and propose recommendations for changes, if any, to current practices and policies for acquisitions of a similar nature
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