Though the federal government expects to award a contract for a new fleet of fighter jets in 2022, it admits that schedule is aggressive and could yet face further delays. But in the update DND also admits that timeline is tenuous. The Liberals have committed to purchasing the new jets in a program expected to cost up to $19 billion. The competition was launched on Dec. 12, 2017, and Canada expects to examine four different fighter jets as candidates for the RCAF’s new fleet. Wednesday’s DND update points out success stories as well as challenges with some of DND’s multi-billion dollar projects.

Source: National Post April 18, 2019 17:03 UTC