Thank you for that question.
On unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, we've seen over the last few years how critical they can be in any battlefield setting. They have fulfilled the initial mandate given to them to do the dangerous, dirty, and dull jobs where you don't have to put a person at risk. They've done that well.
I think we've seen the technology come forward very quickly. It's exploding in many sectors. We've seen micro drones through to the big drones. There's an absolute plethora of airplanes out there right now and they cover a wide spectrum of different kinds of capabilities. So this is certainly a tool in the tool box; it's a capability that we need to have, because it does provide us with the ability to have persistent surveillance over either land, or, as we see right now, the maritime domain, where we're experimenting with small tactical drones to extend the view of ships.
I think they play an important role in having capabilities to collect information and provide the commanders on the ground with the best information possible, either to avoid risks, whether it's IEDs or other threats, or to take action as part of that intelligence-gathering process. They're very valuable. As we move toward our procurement of long-term capability in the CF, I think you can expect to spend a lot of time making sure that it's the right capability for both domestic operations and international offshore operations.