Canadian Forces Never Did Full Examination of the Super Hornet, the F-35 Competitor

Since the beginning of the F-35 debacle, all except for one of the government’s claims to try to justify their decision to sole-source for this aircraft have been refuted.

We all now know that we do not need to buy the F-35 to ensure interoperability; that our industry would gain 3-4 times the industrial benefits through a competitive process than by acquiring the F-35 through the Memorandum of Understanding; that there was no other competition to select a jet to meet Canada’s needs; that, as of today, it is not the best aircraft as it is still in development and that it is not being acquired at the best price since we have no certainty as to what the final acquisition and support costs will be.

The one claim that until now has remained unchallenged is that the military did an analysis and determined that only the F-35 (if it lived up to its design requirements) could meet its requirements. However, the military did not have the information it needed to come to that conclusion.

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