Canada hosted a information session on Monday to meet with possible vendors for the Fighter Jet Replacement. They asked suppliers to respond to a request for invitation by Feb 9th.
The Attendees had representatives from Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Saab, and Dassault. Boeing decided not to attend and is mulling over even bothering to be included in the process. Its likely that they won't at this point.
http://blog.executivebiz.com/2018/01...t-competition/
So that means that there is a likely hood that the fighter Jet replacement will be between
the F-35, the Airbus Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab Gipen J-39 E/F, and the Dassault Rafale.
So here are some quick notes
F-35
Cost (expected second production run will see the costs reduced to between $80 to $90 million US.
Multi-role 5th generation advanced fighter with nmatched advanced sensor fusion, sensors and avionics.
Saab Gripen JAS 39 E/F
Cost per plane approximately $60 million per plane, but pricing not finalized
A smart plane, but a Generation 4.5
Eurofighter Typhoon Multi-role
Cost per plane estimated at 90 million euro's ($111 million USD)
Agile dogfighter, generation 4 fighter craft.
Dassault Rafale
Approximate cost of the M model 79 million euro's (98 million dollar peurchase)
4th generation multi-role 4th generation fighter.
Competed against the f-35 during the previous fighter jet replacement study and lost due to concerns about inter-operability with Norad and concerns over Dassault being able to confirm cold weather operations concerns.