National Defence committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

National Defence committee  They didn't actually expand on that. Although we were quite clear in our own minds that we again met the Norwegian requirements, we did not get from the Norwegian authorities a definitive answer as to exactly why we suddenly fell short, having been all the way through that very l

National Defence committee  Sweden will decide, so you will not be a “launch or loan” customer, and there will be at least 100 aircraft operated by the Swedish air force. We would very much hope that you would not be the only export customer, and we would certainly say that even if you were, we would most d

National Defence committee  We believe so. We believe our software program is as good as any in the world. It's certainly the most up-to-date in the world. We change our standard every 18 months, and that would align with anything that the F-35 is doing. We would make sure it had to because in the NATO al

National Defence committee  We have an ambivalent view about assembly lines. When we're looking at the investment required to actually set up a tooling to actually put the aircraft together in a country, there is a business case and a certain number of aircraft required to make sure that is actually a viabl

National Defence committee  I can only assume, sir, that the technical experts in your air force were satisfied that they did not require to look beyond one particular solution for their next generation, for whatever reason. That's obviously their decision. All we are doing in coming here and testifying i

National Defence committee  Certainly I would put a question mark over the cost element. I think you would be very well advised--please, forgive me for suggesting this--to take a forensic look at exactly what these costs are and drive out of the people involved much more precisely how much it is going to co

National Defence committee  It holds 3.3 tonnes internally and up to 3 tonnes externally.

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  We could find out.

National Defence committee  We continuously look at the survivability across all aspects of lowering the signatures for both visual...the heat signatures. We're looking at putting in more radar-absorption material, particularly around the frontal areas of the intake, although that does come possibly at a pe

National Defence committee  It's simply an option, just in case. We're realists. We know that you are very close to the F-35 program. If there's no way you're going to separate yourselves from that program, then we would offer another option. We still believe we could save you a considerable amount of money

National Defence committee  I'm not sure they'll ever go to a short list. I was running that campaign for three years. They may just run straight through with all six competitors. They have the capacity to do that. They've also shown that they have the capacity to do the dynamic flight tests and run them al

National Defence committee  We'd look at not winning in India as a concern. It certainly would not be a terminal blow to us. We have enough other campaign opportunities to make our minimum total fleet requirement, which is not less than 600. We're looking for 750 aircraft globally by the end of all our sale

National Defence committee  They are Sweden, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and the Thai air force.