Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract falls short

Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by nickff on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:29PM (#29347494)

Maintain, almost certainly, but sustainment costs could be higher for the Gripen. They’ve only made 270 Gripens, so any upgrades will be amortized over a smaller installed base.

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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by sudosysgen on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:29AM (#29347709)

I don't think that Canada will need or go for any updates beyond weapon integration anyways.

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Re:Canada tells Boeing its bid for fighter jet contract fall... by nickff on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:20PM (#29354238)

The CF-18 got two rounds of modernizations, so I’d assume any replacement that served for a similar period of time would get at least one.

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