Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses. I think recently we have all been so moved by what is happening in Ukraine that we see the vital importance of the work that you do every day to make sure the men and women of our armed forces have the equipment they need to function and thrive.
I'm going to try my best not to get into the contract itself, because I understand there are still two finalists and we can't favour one over the other. We can't say things about the F-35s that we can't say about Gripen E.
One thing I want to ask is, when does the Department of Defence determine that you need capabilities outside of the generic plane that would normally be sold? For example, the U.S. military would use the F-35 Lightning, too. When would we determine that the Canadian Armed Forces would require something different from the generic plane being used by other allies?