National Defence committee  I would say I think we're ideally suited to meet the requirements of the next-generation fighter.

National Defence committee  I'm confident in that, and it would not be appropriate for--

National Defence committee  Sir, we are active in numerous countries.

National Defence committee  I would name a couple here, then there are many others we are also in competition for, but they would prefer to remain anonymous at this point in time. Some of the public competitions are certainly the Indian competition for the MMRCA. That Super Hornet is the Boeing offering in

National Defence committee  I would respectfully go to you on that, but if you're looking at traditional coalition forces, the answer to that would probably be no, sir.

National Defence committee  Sir, each country has their own unique requirements and/or capability needs. Each country would make those decisions on their own. We've had numerous discussions with several of those countries, and those continue on an informal basis. What I think is important for this committ

National Defence committee  Sir, if I understand your question, there's a little bit of a misnomer there. The Super Hornet has never been in competition with the F-35 program. It was not evaluated as part of the initial joint strike fighter down-select program. That was a competition between the Boeing Comp

National Defence committee  Sir, in that discussion, I would go to the Royal Australian Air Force on what their specific requirements may or may not be.

National Defence committee  However, I would also submit to you, sir, that to my knowledge there has never been a competition in Australia between a Super Hornet and an F-35. You would have to speak with them on the specifics of their analysis that led them to their projected force structure. What I can o

National Defence committee  If you look at the program of record there, yes, sir.

National Defence committee  Absolutely, sir. Yes.

National Defence committee  Yes, sir. On the fixed price, one thing that would be worth noting there is if you are also talking about fixed prices for 20 years of support, not just the procurement.

National Defence committee  I would share with you, sir, that would certainly be an option. We would likely submit to you that a more affordable option, because of some of the incumbent risks that occur over 20 years, might be to go ahead and price commensurate with aircraft delivery and then options beyond

National Defence committee  No, sir, it does not. Again, I would say this discussion around fourth and fifth generation has now almost become pure marketing, so I think a better discussion would be around very specific requirements and what weapon system best meets those requirements at the best price.

National Defence committee  Sir, again, as I answered previously, I believe, depending upon the level of that pricing information, I would need to go back and ensure that there was not Boeing proprietary information that was released in that publicly. Again, that would be more up to the United States Navy.