National Defence committee  Chair, let me deal with that last issue quickly. What happens is that the train has left the station around the world in terms of being able to produce for the joint strike fighter. There are contracts signed on an ongoing basis. The fact is that when there is uncertainty in a

National Defence committee  I'll answer you as the representative of Pratt & Whitney Canada. This is an independent company. The headquarters are in Hartford. What we want is to help Pratt & Whitney Canada everywhere in the world. You're asking me if there is pressure on Lockheed Martin, Pratt &amp

National Defence committee  Personally, I can only answer for what our company does in Canada. I'm not sure whether Mr. Kalil has more information on the topic.

National Defence committee  I apologize, I don't have that number; otherwise, I'd be pleased to answer.

National Defence committee  Thank you. Again, with us today is, for instance, Magellan Aerospace. Pratt & Whitney Canada works very closely through Magellan, Haley Industries in Renfrew. We have a long history of being able to do that, and part of our responsibility.... Just so you understand, under

National Defence committee  Sure. As a matter of fact, I just want to give you this—through the chair—to be able to respond. For instance, with the rotor blade that we talked about, that unit that we've been able to take, research, and so on, what we have been able to do at Pratt & Whitney Canada with

National Defence committee  In terms of the importance of this in the context of what you're saying--to answer your question specifically--as I said, in 2004 we started the contract on that because that is a very sophisticated and high investment from our point of view. As I said, because we had the involve

National Defence committee  I will begin by answering your questions. Afterwards, Paul can talk about the impact because he is currently in negotiations. I have an IBR contract with Pratt & Whitney Canada. The field is competitive. People from Italy, France and around the world manufacture engines or p

National Defence committee  Currently the engine on the airplane that is in production is the F135 produced by Pratt & Whitney. The competing development engine is being developed currently by the joint strike fighter team, the GE Rolls-Royce Team, which is continuing to work on the program but is seeki

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to appear today. I am speaking to you as the vice-president of Government Affairs in Pratt & Whitney Canada's president's office. Pratt & Whitney Canada has a proud 80-year history of continuous innovation, achievement, and s

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I don't want it to be misunderstood, but the fact is that if you buy C-17s, buy Hercules, and have the joint strike fighter coming and add all that up, you're into $20 billion or $30 billion, and then you're looking for IRBs across the country. While we talk about the strength of

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I didn't say we can't today.

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I just want to make sure, when politicians say they're going to spend $5 billion on something and are going to get $5 billion in IRBs, that somebody has worked through where those IRBs are going to come from on that type of product, what quality of IRBs they are going to be, and

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  Well, the IRBs for Pratt & Whitney Canada are a little more difficult sometimes, but the fact is we do get some work from Pratt & Whitney Hartford. But I would like to make a general comment on IRBs. We talked earlier about innovation, research, and so on. I don't know i

Subcommittee on Canadian Industrial Sectors committee  I don't know of any. National defence?