Canada announces it got offers from all three eligible bidders: Boeing, LM and Saab.
https://twitter.com/securitysplat/statu ... 2237128704Since you get prompted with an unsecure page warning (old SSL cert which Chrome doesn't like anymore) on the Canadian site, I'll paste the relevant part below:
Project at a glance
Acquiring advanced fighter aircraft to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force’s existing fleet of CF-18 fighters
Procuring 88 advanced fighter jets, associated equipment and weapons, set-up training, sustainment services
Contract value $15 to 19 billion
Next steps
Evaluate proposals and negotiate agreement from 2020 to 2022
Anticipate contract award in 2022
First replacement aircraft delivered as early as 2025
On July 31, 2020, the Government of Canada received bids from all three suppliers currently eligible to participate in the future fighter competitive procurement process:
Swedish Government—SAAB AB (publ)—Aeronautics with Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG, MBDA UK Ltd., and RAFAEL Advanced Defence Systems Ltd.
United States Government—Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company) with Pratt and Whitney
United States Government—The Boeing Company with Peraton Canada Corp., CAE Inc., L3 Technologies MAS Inc., GE Canada and Raytheon Canada Limited Services and Support Division
An eligible supplier team may withdraw from the suppliers list at any time by notifying the Government of Canada in writing. The following teams have withdrawn from the competition and are therefore no longer eligible to participate in the process:
France-Dassault team—withdrew on November 8, 2018
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland team with Airbus Defence and Space GmbH—withdrew on August 30, 2019
https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/a ... 8-eng.htmlIn the tweet below there's a cheeky promo pic set from Boeing. 12 AMRAAM + 2 Sidewinders at once. Not usually operationally relevant, but it's certainly the most missile truck-like of them all.
"Along with submitting a bid today, Boeing has released two new images of the F/A-18E/F Block III in Canadian colors and configured with 10 AMRAAMs, 2 Sidewinders, an IRST pod and conformal fuel tanks."
https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1 ... 5869930497