Fighter jet fiasco best example of procurement system that’s cumbersome, bureaucratic, and beset by political interference
The idea that military spending can be cranked up by 70 per cent over 10 years, as envisioned in Strong, Secure, Engaged, looks increasingly fanciful.
Canada was a founding member of the Joint Strike Fighter program—the U.S.-led consortium with Lockheed Martin to develop the F-35 fighter jet—back in 1997. The government of Australia joined the program five years later.
On Dec. 10, 2018, two F-35s arrived at the Royal Australian Air Force’s ...
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