Further to all the sorry stuff in this post,
Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships Put on Ice (and other things too)
More dismal news about super-sluggishness from DND’s Report on Plans and Priorities 2012-2013, “Supplementary Tables: Status Report on Transformational and Major Crown Projects” (remember a lot of the dates below are not firm)–plus latest on F-35 (still specifically named):
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PROJECT – STRATEGIC (ACP-S)
- AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PROJECT – TACTICAL (ACP-T)
- ARCTIC/OFFSHORE PATROL SHIP (AOPS)
- ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC)
- CANADIAN CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (CCMP)
- CANADIAN FORCES UTILITY TACTICAL TRANSPORT HELICOPTER (CFUTTH) PROJECT
- CANADIAN SEARCH AND RESCUE HELICOPTER (CSH) PROJECT
- CANADIAN SURFACE COMBATANT PROJECT (CSC)
- CLOSE COMBAT VEHICLE (CCV)
- FIXED WING SEARCH AND RESCUE AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT(FWSAR)
- FORCE MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT (FME)
- HALIFAX CLASS MODERNIZATION/FRIGATE LIFE EXTENSION (HCM/FELEX)
- INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE, TARGET ACQUISITION AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISTAR)
- JOINT SUPPORT SHIP (JSS)
- JOINT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM (JUSTAS)
- LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE III UPGRADE PROJECT (LAV III UPGRADE)
- LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER (LWTH)
- MARITIME HELICOPTER PROJECT (MHP)
- MATERIAL ACQUISITION AND SUPPORT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MASIS)
- MEDIUM-TO-HEAVY-LIFT HELICOPTER (MHLH)
- MEDIUM SUPPORT VEHICLE SYSTEM PROJECT (MSVS)
- MERCURY GLOBAL (MG)
- NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER CAPABILITY (NGFC)
- PROTECTED MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (PMSC)
- SUBMARINE CAPABILITY LIFE EXTENSION (SCLE)
- TACTICAL ARMOURED PATROL VEHICLE (TAPV)
- TANK REPLACEMENT PROJECT (TRP)
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ARCTIC/OFFSHORE PATROL SHIP
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List of Major Milestones Date Treasury Board Preliminary Project Approval May 2007 Release of Definition, Engineering, Logistics and Management Support Request for Proposals (DELMS RFP) December 2007 DELMS RFP Close February 2008 DELMS Contract Award May 2008 Revised Project Approval (Definition) I October 2011 Revised Project Approval (Definition) II Fall 2012 Award Definition Contract Winter 2013 Project Approval (Implementation) 2015 Award of Implementation Contract 2015 Delivery of First Ship 2018 Initial Operating Capability of First Ship 2019 Full Operational Capability 2023 Project Complete 2024 …
FIXED WING SEARCH AND RESCUE AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT
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List of Major Milestones Date Expenditure Authority approved (Definition) March 2012 Project Approval (Implementation) Fall 2013 Contract Award Spring 2014 Delivery First Aircraft 2017 Initial Operational Capability 2017 Full Operational Capability 2018 Project Close-Out 2020 [Remember this aircraft was a “priority” in 2004!!!]
…JOINT SUPPORT SHIP
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List of Major Milestones Date Options Analysis Fall 2009 Revised Project Approval (Definition) June 2010 Project Definition Phase Recommenced July 2010 Project Approval (Implementation) February 2014 Award of Implementation Contract March 2014 Initial Operating Capability - First Ship Spring 2018 Final Operating Capability Fall 2019 [this one also had a 2004 go-ahead]
…JOINT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM [JUSTAS]
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This project will deliver a mature Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System to provide the mandatory capabilities for domestic and international operations. This Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Surveillance Target Acquisition System will complement existing reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition capabilities, increase maritime and arctic domain awareness and provide precision force application in support of Land and Special Operations Forces [emphasis added]…
List of Major Milestones Date Project Approval (Definition) To be determined Project Approval (Implementation) To be determined Contract Award To be determined First aircraft delivery To be determined Last aircraft delivery To be determined Project Completion To be determined [this has been around since well before 2005]
…MARITIME HELICOPTER PROJECT
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List of Major Milestone Date Preliminary Project Approval June 2003 Invitations for Bids Posted on MERX December 2003 Effective Project Approval November 2004 Contract Award November 2004 First Delivery (Interim Maritime Helicopters) June 2012 First Delivery (Fully Capable Maritime Helicopters) Late 2013 Final Delivery 2013 Project Close-Out 2014 …
MEDIUM-TO-HEAVY-LIFT HELICOPTER
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List of Major Milestone Date Synopsis Sheet Preliminary Project Approval June 2006 Advanced Contract Award Notice Posted on MERX July 2006 Effective Project Approval and Contract Award June 2009 First Aircraft June 2012 First fully mission ready aircraft June 2013 Initial Operational Capability June 2014 Full Operational Capability* June 2017 Project Close-Out June 2018 *Explanation of variance. Shortage in the delivery of trained pilots is expected to extend the achievement of Full Operational Capability by two years.
[this was supposed to be basically an “off-the-shelf” acquisition; eleven years till fully operational]
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And the F-35 (still named as the plane to be bought):
NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER CAPABILITY
Description
The objective of the Next Generation Fighter Capability (NGFC) project is to acquire 65 next generation fighters [whatever they are, no definition–at least “fifth generation” is not used] to replace the CF-18 fleet on its retirement so as to maintain a manned fighter capability necessary for the defence of Canada and North America, and for CF collective expeditionary operations…
List of Major Milestones Date Synopsis Sheet (Identification) January 2010 Treasury Board Project Approval (Definition) 2012 Treasury Board Project Approval (Implementation) 2013 First Participant Procurement Request 2013 Delivery First Aircraft 2017 Initial Operational Capability 2020 Full Operational Capability 2025 Project Close-Out 2027 …
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