Madam Chair, it sounds like they chose the F-35s just because they are stealth aircraft.
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Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, it sounds like they chose the F-35s just because they are stealth aircraft.
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, the associate minister has to admit that there are planes other than the F-35s that can do that.
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, if they are indeed operating on the basis of reality, what does “fifth generation” mean to military procurement professionals?
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, everything depends on the term “fifth generation”. The Auditor General pointed out that the term “fifth generation” is not a description of operational requirements.
Can the Minister of National Defence confirm that it was a fiction in terms of their need for the F-35s?
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, if they did not know that the F-35s would meet all of the requirements, why did they choose them?
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, they cannot even tell me which of the 28 mandatory requirements the aircraft do not currently meet.
More specifically, do the 360-degree view pilot helmets meet the requirements right now?
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, in short, they do not know which requirements the F-35 does or does not meet at this time.
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, I asked the hon. minister to tell me what requirements the F-35s have failed to satisfy so far.
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, the minister knows that is not true because at a press conference on July 15, 2010, he announced that they had already made a decision on the F-35s. It was your press conference. I will move on to something else.
Answer me this: as far as the mandatory requirements in the statement of operational requirements developed by the Department of National Defence are concerned, how many requirements did the F-35 fail to meet?
Business of Supply May 9th, 2012
Madam Chair, the minister just said there was a process in place, but it is clear there was no process. It is clear. They had already decided to buy the F-35s before even sending the statement of operational requirements to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Why?