Thank you for the question. Yes, clearly this aircraft has been in the conceptual design phase since the mid to early nineties. It obviously will come online for full production sometime in the next number of years, and we're scheduled to take possession of said aircraft around 2016.
You can see, because of the extensive and high-tech nature of the aircraft, because of the on-board equipment, because of the stealth nature of the aircraft, which is unique to its abilities.... As has been mentioned now a number of times at this committee, it's the only--and I stress, the only--fifth-generation aircraft on the market. So the production has been lengthy and extensive.
Again, this has benefited Canadian aerospace to be part of that development. As my colleague Mr. Clement has said, Canada has been part of that. Canadian aerospace has been involved since 1997.
To that end, these aircraft quite simply are the best on the planet, and we want the best aircraft for our Canadian Forces. We expect a lot of them. They have many demands on them, as does their maintenance crew. We believe they deserve this level of support and they deserve that type of aircraft so they can complete their mission safely and come home safe to their families, with the job done.