F35项目经理对参加加拿大战机竞标保持乐观

加拿大上届政府承诺采购65架F35,新当选的总理表示要展开公开竞标来选定加拿大下一代战斗机。
目前晨枫等看好非肥电选项
预计今年春天的竞标会吸引  F35 沉默大黄蜂F18E  台风  阵风 瑞典狮鹫NG（JAS）等参加
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is expected to be part of Canada’s upcoming fighter jet competition, a U.S. general said. Canada’s commitment to buy 65 of the stealthy fifth-generation aircraft is in question after a new administration came into power pledging to launch a fighter jet competition seeking cheaper alternatives to the Lockheed Martin Corp. design. Before being elected prime minister, Justin Trudeau last year was clear with his dissatisfaction with the status of the country’s military acquisition program to replace its CF-18 aircraft made by Boeing Co. “The Conservative government never actually justified or explained why they felt Canada needed a fifth-generation fighter,” he told the National Post newspaper. “They just talked about it like it was obvious. It was obvious, as we saw through the entire process, that they were particularly, and some might say unreasonably or unhealthily, attached to the F-35 aircraft.” Even so, Air Force Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan said he thinks the F-35 will be part of that contest. “Canada is still a partner in the program; they have not change their status,” Bogdan told reporters last week in his office in Arlington, Virginia. “What I believe will happen is that sometime this spring the government will decide to have a competition. I also believe that the F-35 will be part of that competition, but it’s up to Canada to decide that. “We clearly understand governments take time to make tough decisions like this,” he added. “We’re watching what happens and we will respond to the needs of Canada.” The F-35 is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons acquisition program, estimated to cost $391 billion to purchase a total of 2,457 aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy alone. Eight countries have committed to help develop the F-35, including the U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway. Also, Israel, Japan and South Korea plan to buy production models of the aircraft. Read more about what Bogdan had to say about the status of the F-35 program at Military.com.
F35项目经理博格丹将军说，F35会参与竞标，等待加国做出最终决定，目前加拿大仍参与F35的测试和研发工作加拿大上届政府承诺采购65架F35,新当选的总理表示要展开公开竞标来选定加拿大下一代战斗机。
目前晨枫等看好非肥电选项
预计今年春天的竞标会吸引  F35 沉默大黄蜂F18E  台风  阵风 瑞典狮鹫NG（JAS）等参加
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is expected to be part of Canada’s upcoming fighter jet competition, a U.S. general said. Canada’s commitment to buy 65 of the stealthy fifth-generation aircraft is in question after a new administration came into power pledging to launch a fighter jet competition seeking cheaper alternatives to the Lockheed Martin Corp. design. Before being elected prime minister, Justin Trudeau last year was clear with his dissatisfaction with the status of the country’s military acquisition program to replace its CF-18 aircraft made by Boeing Co. “The Conservative government never actually justified or explained why they felt Canada needed a fifth-generation fighter,” he told the National Post newspaper. “They just talked about it like it was obvious. It was obvious, as we saw through the entire process, that they were particularly, and some might say unreasonably or unhealthily, attached to the F-35 aircraft.” Even so, Air Force Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan said he thinks the F-35 will be part of that contest. “Canada is still a partner in the program; they have not change their status,” Bogdan told reporters last week in his office in Arlington, Virginia. “What I believe will happen is that sometime this spring the government will decide to have a competition. I also believe that the F-35 will be part of that competition, but it’s up to Canada to decide that. “We clearly understand governments take time to make tough decisions like this,” he added. “We’re watching what happens and we will respond to the needs of Canada.” The F-35 is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons acquisition program, estimated to cost $391 billion to purchase a total of 2,457 aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy alone. Eight countries have committed to help develop the F-35, including the U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway. Also, Israel, Japan and South Korea plan to buy production models of the aircraft. Read more about what Bogdan had to say about the status of the F-35 program at Military.com.
F35项目经理博格丹将军说，F35会参与竞标，等待加国做出最终决定，目前加拿大仍参与F35的测试和研发工作