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In my PERSONAL opinion, the federal Liberal party is preparing to purchase ANOTHER inferior helicopter for the CF.
No surprise here - the Gryphon is already proving itself to be nearly useless for international operations (i.e. once you bolt on some armour to this CIVILIAN pattern helicopter, it is incapable of taking off unless it‘s empty ... but then what good is a chopper without payload or fuel ... and who the **** spells it "GRIFFON" anyway? I‘m leery of deliberate illiteration ... but, I digress ... no need to slag the rocket scientist spin doctors here ...)
It is painfully obvious the CF would benefit from a common navy/army/airforce fleet of EH-101 helicopters, capable of operating at much higher altitudes than Marcel Masse‘s Griffons (oh, did I mention they were built in Marcel‘s riding ... ?)
However, the federal Liberal political advisors wearing red suspenders, unaccountable to the electorate because they‘re paid by the party and not taxpayers, and addicted to the polls, would attempt to dupe the unsuspecting Canadian public into believing another piece of crap helicopter would be just peachy (but politically correct, since it includes Membertou). After all, who cares if it‘s too small and underpowered to do anything meaningful - unlike other armies and air forces who operate Chinooks, CH53‘s, Puma‘s, etc. ... (oh, sorry - I forgot - the only people who really care are the suckers who have to fly them, or ride in them, and their opinion doesn‘t matter to the smarmy political advisor pukes in red suspenders ... grrr ...)
Pity.
Here‘s an indication of what‘s to come.
BOHICA.
Lockheed Martin Canada and Eurocopter seek navy helicopter contract
Canadian Press
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
OTTAWA (CP) - Lockheed Martin Canada and Eurocopter Canada have teamed with a group of smaller Canadian firms to promote the NH-90 helicopter as a replacement for the aging Sea Kings used aboard Canadian warships.
The formal announcement of the partnership comes Wednesday. Lockheed Martin Canada is a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. of the United States, the world‘s largest defence company. Eurocopter is a subsidiary of a European firm.
While Eurocopter offers the NH-90 as the basic aircraft, Lockheed and the other team members will provide the mission systems and integrate them into the helicopter.
Until last December, the federal government had planned to sign two contracts: one for the chopper and the other for the electronics and other systems. But it changed that after years of protest from the aerospace industry and is now going with a single tender.
The government announced three years ago that it would spend about $3.1 billion for 28 helicopters to replace the Sea King fleet. It wants the first helicopter delivered by late 2005, although it has yet to sign the key contracts.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his Liberals have been criticized for years for not acting fast enough to replace the Sea Kings, which were built in the 1960s.
When he took office in 1993, Chretien cancelled a contract signed by the previous Conservative government to replace the choppers, saying it was too expensive.
Lockheed has already signed up a team including xwave, LearnStream Inc, Honeywell, Provincial Airlines, Northstar Network Inc., and Membertou, an aboriginal firm based in Nova Scotia. The team will provide mission systems as well as engineering and in-service support to the new fleet.
No surprise here - the Gryphon is already proving itself to be nearly useless for international operations (i.e. once you bolt on some armour to this CIVILIAN pattern helicopter, it is incapable of taking off unless it‘s empty ... but then what good is a chopper without payload or fuel ... and who the **** spells it "GRIFFON" anyway? I‘m leery of deliberate illiteration ... but, I digress ... no need to slag the rocket scientist spin doctors here ...)
It is painfully obvious the CF would benefit from a common navy/army/airforce fleet of EH-101 helicopters, capable of operating at much higher altitudes than Marcel Masse‘s Griffons (oh, did I mention they were built in Marcel‘s riding ... ?)
However, the federal Liberal political advisors wearing red suspenders, unaccountable to the electorate because they‘re paid by the party and not taxpayers, and addicted to the polls, would attempt to dupe the unsuspecting Canadian public into believing another piece of crap helicopter would be just peachy (but politically correct, since it includes Membertou). After all, who cares if it‘s too small and underpowered to do anything meaningful - unlike other armies and air forces who operate Chinooks, CH53‘s, Puma‘s, etc. ... (oh, sorry - I forgot - the only people who really care are the suckers who have to fly them, or ride in them, and their opinion doesn‘t matter to the smarmy political advisor pukes in red suspenders ... grrr ...)
Pity.
Here‘s an indication of what‘s to come.
BOHICA.
Lockheed Martin Canada and Eurocopter seek navy helicopter contract
Canadian Press
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
OTTAWA (CP) - Lockheed Martin Canada and Eurocopter Canada have teamed with a group of smaller Canadian firms to promote the NH-90 helicopter as a replacement for the aging Sea Kings used aboard Canadian warships.
The formal announcement of the partnership comes Wednesday. Lockheed Martin Canada is a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. of the United States, the world‘s largest defence company. Eurocopter is a subsidiary of a European firm.
While Eurocopter offers the NH-90 as the basic aircraft, Lockheed and the other team members will provide the mission systems and integrate them into the helicopter.
Until last December, the federal government had planned to sign two contracts: one for the chopper and the other for the electronics and other systems. But it changed that after years of protest from the aerospace industry and is now going with a single tender.
The government announced three years ago that it would spend about $3.1 billion for 28 helicopters to replace the Sea King fleet. It wants the first helicopter delivered by late 2005, although it has yet to sign the key contracts.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his Liberals have been criticized for years for not acting fast enough to replace the Sea Kings, which were built in the 1960s.
When he took office in 1993, Chretien cancelled a contract signed by the previous Conservative government to replace the choppers, saying it was too expensive.
Lockheed has already signed up a team including xwave, LearnStream Inc, Honeywell, Provincial Airlines, Northstar Network Inc., and Membertou, an aboriginal firm based in Nova Scotia. The team will provide mission systems as well as engineering and in-service support to the new fleet.