Space Force...

[AWP]

Folks they want will still sign up.
My take, and @AWP can chime in, it takes 3+ years to get folks up too speed. So you get less than a years productivity before they separate.
8 year enlistment will cut down on turnover.

Agree. 8 years is a good ROI for the country and frankly for the person. The TS/SCI and the stuff you'll do will make someone a very attractive candidate in the private sector, especially with a STEM degree.

It takes the Army over a year to develop a satellite controller. (25S with a...1C or something ASI) I'm not sure about the Space Force/ USAF version.

 

[RackMaster]

Thought this relevant here. A little awkward ask when the current government is looking at canceling our F35 order, again. Along with all the trade bullshit to cozy up with China.

https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/defence-watch/canadian-forces-space-project

 

[DA SWO]

Thought this relevant here. A little awkward ask when the current government is looking at canceling our F35 order, again. Along with all the trade bullshit to cozy up with China.

DND seeks U.S. help for $400-million Canadian Forces space project

Folks at f16.net think the delay is for political consumption and they will go ahead and finish the buy.
LM has offered to put a overhaul facility in Canada but contingent on a full buy.

 

[RackMaster]

Folks at f16.net think the delay is for political consumption and they will go ahead and finish the buy.
LM has offered to put a overhaul facility in Canada but contingent on a full buy.

DND is going all in an investigation on who leaked the previous competition results. There's major push within the party, same that canceled the purchase previously, to cut ties with the US completely. They think we can become a satellite state of the EU with zero repercussions.


https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7016775

 

[AWP]

LM has offered to put a overhaul facility in Canada but contingent on a full buy.

That carrot or some version is dangled to a lot of prospective buyers.

Our Foreign Military Sales department is feast or famine over the last 18 months.

DND is going all in an investigation on who leaked the previous competition results. There's major push within the party, same that canceled the purchase previously, to cut ties with the US completely. They think we can become a satellite state of the EU with zero repercussions.


https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7016775

Everything has second and third order effects Man's hubris in thinking "it will be different this time" is staggering.

Though you would think LM and Boeing would get their shit together because of the stiff competition coming out of Europe and Asia.

 

[DA SWO]

Everything has second and third order effects Man's hubris in thinking "it will be different this time" is staggering.

Though you would think LM and Boeing would get their shit together because of the stiff competition coming out of Europe and Asia.

Gripes has a US engine, so Trump gets money.
Gripen would be assembled, not built in Canada, so the job numbers touted by SAAB are high.
I suspect LM won't renew the current F-35 manufacturing contracts if the buy doesn't go through, for a job loss.
F-18 overhaul facility goes away with no replacement, again, a net loss of jobs.
Gripen is a joint Sweden/Brasil build. Brasil is Canadair's primary competitor in the Regional Jet Market. Buying Gripens means Canada is funding their competitor.
Canada gets 16 F-35's and 60+ Gripens. Anyone want to guess how quickly the F-35's get retired.

But hey, show Trump you mean business.

 

[RackMaster]

Gripes has a US engine, so Trump gets money.
Gripen would be assembled, not built in Canada, so the job numbers touted by SAAB are high.
I suspect LM won't renew the current F-35 manufacturing contracts if the buy doesn't go through, for a job loss.
F-18 overhaul facility goes away with no replacement, again, a net loss of jobs.
Gripen is a joint Sweden/Brasil build. Brasil is Canadair's primary competitor in the Regional Jet Market. Buying Gripens means Canada is funding their competitor.
Canada gets 16 F-35's and 60+ Gripens. Anyone want to guess how quickly the F-35's get retired.

But hey, show Trump you mean business.

Besides the fact that we don't have the pilots to fly the old F-18 fleet, as it is. To the point we shut down our flight school. We already have enough problems with enough technicians for maintaining our current mixed rotary and fixed wing fleet.