Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  It was called the joint air capability technology project.

Public Accounts committee  In terms of the joint project office, it was created in the mid-1990s under the Americans, because they were pursuing a lightweight fighter replacement for a number of fleets, F-14, F-15s, F-16s, and their Harriers used by the United States Marine Corps. They stated the requireme

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. Effectively, in that early options analysis piece, before you go to government for approval in principle to begin a project, we ask, in this case the air force, to identify their high-level mandatory requirements, what they really need that particular platform to be a

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it is.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, sir. Our understanding is about $800 million for foreign military fees and other things. You'd also forgo the royalties that come to Canada when the U.S. government sells planes through FMS to other non-partner countries.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, sir. We receive royalties on those sales.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I manage the contracted support for the CF-18 fleet, so all the spare parts and repair and overhaul annually.

Public Accounts committee  Annually, we have spent, over the last ten years, $200 million per year. Now, that is not the total operating cost of the CF-18. That is the portion that I manage.

Public Accounts committee  Sir, yes, we could calculate that for you and get back to the committee.

Public Accounts committee  We've always expected that the F-35, due to its complexity, would cost more. And as I testified here last year, knowing that we'd spent about $200 million annually for the F-18, I'd estimated $250 million to $300 million in my last testimony. So we expect that it will cost more.

Public Accounts committee  Thanks, sir.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. The MOU was key to provide the opportunity for Canada to continue to have access to critical and detailed and highly classified information on the joint strike fighter program. We had verified prior to renewing that MOU that the F-35 remained a valid option going for

Public Accounts committee  Thanks for the question. The vast majority of our acquisitions, because of cost, have been military, off-the-shelf, proven solutions that are already in existence and normally in service with another nation. That reduces our risks enormously. Costs are very specific, and there'

Public Accounts committee  Yes. Thank you, Deputy. Mr. Chair, thanks for that opportunity. The joint strike fighter program office work is based on hundreds of thousands of hours of detail work by experts, project managers, engineers, test experts, and costers. It is also based on actual contract expens