National Defence committee  Our our normal process is that we identify requirements. We go into what's called an “option analysis”. In option analysis, we look at whether we life-extend, replace, lease, or eliminate. That is a project that is literally in the identification phase and has not even entered

National Defence committee  Again, yes, we have a directorate of costing services. Our chief financial officer's work was done on what would be the rough order of magnitude approach for infrastructure in that model. They looked at hangars and what kinds of runways. Again, I would just say that it was early

National Defence committee  I do not.

National Defence committee  In the context of the acquisition budget that was discussed and reviewed for the F-35, we can take that question on notice and go back to our chief financial officer.

National Defence committee  I think we can predict no better and no worse than anybody else, as you indicate. I'll speak to ships. I spent a lot of time in that domain. As you indicated, the costs are about one-third acquisition and one-third personnel. If you look at the $100 billion we more or less fore

National Defence committee  I beg your pardon for interrupting. I would not say that there is no current thinking in the context of needing the capability.

National Defence committee  What that looks like and how that evolves.... The Polaris aircraft, for example, were retrofitted for that capability. Again, the Herc-Hs were modified. Fuel bladders are installed so they can be.... I won't say it's simple, but it's a different thing that could be done. Potentia

National Defence committee  For aircraft or for infrastructure?

National Defence committee  I don't know. I'm sorry.

National Defence committee  We don't have the order of magnitude established yet, in the sense that we're still looking at options and are unsure of aircraft and what that would involve. The point I was going to make as the project leader for all these new acquisitions—and it's something that's somewhat u

National Defence committee  Again, I think that when General Hood was here he talked about how that becomes.... You can look at a fighter decision, and then that comes thereafter. If I remember correctly, for the Airbus anchors, we'll have another decade out of them. The Hercules model H aircraft, of course

National Defence committee  Again, I can't speak to the capability on behalf of the air force. Certainly, I can say it needs to cover the Canadian airspace. In the request for proposals, there are timings that they have to meet, so there are some capabilities of that nature. Of course, there's the nature of

National Defence committee  It is a project that is in evaluation. In fact, we have just completed this week the flight testing of the second aircraft. We are down to two suppliers in this competition. Again, there are lessons learned from the past—which I talked about early on—about the length of time thes

National Defence committee  I'm sorry, I don't have the information with me on the number that are available right now. What I can tell you is that the required rotary wing search and rescue is being covered. In the context of a kind of 3:1, as you indicated, materiel, I would say that that's not unusual of

National Defence committee  I think ultimately the Cormorant was more focused on search and rescue. The EH101 was multi-purpose aircraft and also meant to be the maritime or shipboard aircraft, which of course engenders all kinds of things when operating in a maritime environment and structure, and with the