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Archives by date > 2007 > February > 6th

Canada Signs Contract for 4 C-17s

Feb 06, 2007 09:00 UTC

C-17A, Kandahar

USAF C-17, Kandahar

In 2006 Canada intended to own strategic lift aircraft. The government wanted to offer a supplement to the rental of Russian IL-76s and super-giant AN-124s under NATO’s SALIS partnership et. al., and get themselves out of the international queue. To achieve that, they planned to spend C$ 1.8 billion (USD$ 1.6 billion) for total procurement costs, plus C$ 1.6 billion anticipated for 20 years of in-service support. The contract was conducted as an Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN), in which the government picks its desired winner (the C-17) and asks contractors to show it something that wows them more. Obviously, unless you’re the preferred choice, the odds are rather poor – even a leased BC-17 solution with “Canada first” priority and basing was rejected as unqualified.

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