Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have the breakout numbers by airframe. We've established a budget for the entire investment. We're on track to deliver the entire requirement within that budget of $393 million, as I say, to include the acquisition and the updates of the aircraft to bring the

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, very quickly, in case I transposed my numbers when I was responding to the earlier question, it's $339 million. I may have said $393 million at some point for the interim fighter capability project investment. In terms of the question just asked, there are a number of

Government Operations committee  I'll break the process down into two broad steps. The first two deal with identifying a need and then developing the requirements in an options-analysis phase that's led by the sponsoring service, whether that be the RCAF, the navy, the army or the special operations forces. Duri

Government Operations committee  Perhaps, Mr. Chair, I can provide some opening comments. Mr. Page may have something to add here as well. It would be difficult to provide a generic answer. The procurements we pursue vary greatly in complexity. Some will move quite quickly through the process, and I think we've

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, the outcomes of last year's progress would be spread across any number of projects. Some of the spending that would have been forecast well in advance of even the last fiscal year would have reflected forecast delivery timelines. In some cases, COVID and supply chain

Government Operations committee  We are moving forward on our “Strong, Secure, Engaged” investments, and we respond to priorities as they're identified. In this case, if Ukraine has identified any specific requirements, appropriate authorities have taken a look at those, and we've been able to work with them to

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, at this point we have no specific activity that we're accelerating, but we are ready to do that as operational requirements might require.

Government Operations committee  My apologies, Mr. Chair, but could the second part of the question be repeated?

Government Operations committee  Thank you for repeating the question for me. Budget 2021 did provide an initial $252 million over five years to support continental defence and NORAD modernization initiatives, including advancing research related to all domain awareness, sustaining the North Warning System and

Government Operations committee  Yes, it is.

Government Operations committee  The Canadian aerospace industry is a world leader in many domains and provides very important support to a number of our fleets across the country. I see it continuing to do that well into the future.

Government Operations committee  As is typical in our procurement processes, once we are in a contract with a provider, of course, we start to work much more closely. We move through the process of ensuring that the equipment meets the contracted operational and performance requirements, and we conduct testing a

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, the C-295 is a mature aircraft. The aircraft that we have for our fixed-wing search and rescue requirements has been modified to fulfill the operational requirement for fixed-wing search and rescue, as was mentioned in the question, to include the ability to have parac

Government Operations committee  Not necessarily. I have to correct myself if I said that. It's not centre of gravity issues. They're considerations in how the aircraft is safely operated by the crews.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, some of the modifications that are being brought to the C-295 for our application include Airbus enclosing the landing gear. In the older model C-295, you would actually see the wheels protruding below the belly of the airplane. Given the range and endurance requiremen