Airbus pulls out of the competition due to complaints about requirements
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...-complaints-2/
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Airbus was one of four companies that had been expected to bid on the $19-billion contract to build 88 new fighter jets that will replace the Royal Canadian Air Force’s aging CF-18s.
But the company told the government today that it will not enter its Eurofighter Typhoon plane in the competition.
Airbus had previously complained about a change the government made to the process that benefits rival Lockheed Martin’s F-35, loosening a long-standing requirement that companies promise to reinvest in Canada.
Airbus was also concerned about the way the government was handling a requirement that jet-makers prove their planes could plug safely into the U.S. military’s highest-security intelligence systems.
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So the Rafale and Typhoon are now out of the process.
This leaves the Gripen JAS-39, the Super Hornet and the F-35. I would expect that the Gripen will eventually be pulled, its a nice plane but doesn't have the capabilities or the ability to interlock into Norad.