National Defence committee  Since we launched the CN-235--and the CN-235 at that time was series 10, and now it's series 300, and we are in the C-295 now--we have never discontinued the production line. So we have a production line in the range of 20 planes per year. Having a production line available, typi

National Defence committee  First of all, our aircraft is certified under civilian rules. The CN-235 was certified in Canada for all weather types of operations. So at the end, at issue was really to have a stamp. You don't need to believe me; believe the authorities. For the rest, at the end, this is why a

National Defence committee  First, typically you can talk about runways as being less than one kilometre long. You could land on much shorter than that, but typically an unpaved runway of one kilometre is something that we can use. If you want to have additional information, you know that it depends on the

National Defence committee  We are very confident. First of all, as we were mentioning, the first thing is the availabilty of the planes. You will be having availability in the range of 90%. I want to be humble in my answer, but today adapting a modern search and rescue system will multiply readiness, it wi

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  It's too early. We are discussing with several. It would be extremely impolite from my side if—

National Defence committee  In the hypothetical case that there will be a brand-new Buffalo, one of your colleagues was asking me if the pressurization of my plane is.... The Buffalo is an unpressurized plane, to start with, which means you cannot fly above 18,000 feet, if I'm not wrong. So you would have a

National Defence committee  Portugal, for instance. We have it in Brazil. This is the C-295. If you consider the family of products, they are in Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, Ireland, Turkey, of course Spain, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Korea. So we have a very, ver

National Defence committee  The pressurization in the cabin is limited by definition. You cannot have infinite. It is fully certified for passenger transportation. So there is no limitation whatsoever for normal fixed-wing SAR procedures. Simply take into consideration, for instance, that the Buffalo that

National Defence committee  It's not only that. We have a huge supply chain. We are in a position to be extremely attractive for the industry.

National Defence committee  If I understood your question, basically, we have officially answered the letter of intent, which we are presenting to you. It is quite a detailed view on the perspective from the fixed-wing SAR. But you have to understand that it is with full respect of decisions you are taking

National Defence committee  First of all, we like very much the value-for-money approach. I think we are very good when you analyze our products from a value standpoint--value for money. Regarding what you have, you leave in the country. I think that we will be second to none in IRBs and benefits for the co

National Defence committee  As I said, I am a pure foreign industrialist, so the only thing I can do is to make my proposal as good as I can in order to convince you, Canadian officers, that my proposal is good for your country. I am not in a position to comment further.

National Defence committee  It is in Finland. There is a permanent base in the southern part of Finland, but there are some deployments of planes in the northern part of Finland, north of the Arctic Circle.

National Defence committee  Regarding the Buffalo specifically, when I was a boy the Spanish air force used to have Caribous, which were the predecessor of the Buffalo. Our planes have been following the doctrine of the Caribous and the Buffaloes. They are very similar, except they have been designed 40 yea