Feds risk derailing major projects unless they chart a clearer course for defence procurement, experts say

'I simply hope that we find a way to reconcile the government’s intention and the military’s interpretation of its mission, so that we don’t allow that to derail these massive defence investments that we’re seeing,' says Carleton University professor Philippe Lagassé.
Canada’s multibillion-dollar purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin have been in review since last winter.

The federal government must set clear political direction and concrete objectives to prevent multibillion-dollar military projects from derailing, Senators studying defence procurement heard this week.

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