Procurement

The NATO Association of Canada’s Procurement Program provides Canadians with analyses of trends relating to Canadian and international defense procurement and illustrates how these trends affect NATO’s collective mission capabilities. The program also provides in-depth discussion regarding the bureaucratic management, specific trade controls and various other institutional processes governing the defense industry and defense acquisitions, while integrating elements of international trade and economics.

Ben Hess Procurement

RCN’s Blue-Water Capabilities: New Supply Ships

Benjamin Hess discusses Canada’s broken naval acquisition process and the procurement of joint support ships.

Aleksi Korpela Canadian Armed Forces Procurement

The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy: Progress and Prospects

Aleksi Korpela discusses the current progress and problems of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.

Julie-Anne Labonté Procurement

Afghan Air Force Receives New Wings

Julie-Anne Labonté discusses the bolstering of the Afghan Air Force and the training of Afghan pilots in the United States.

Aleksi Korpela Procurement

The Long, Winding Road of CH-148 Procurement

Aleksi Korpela outlines the troublesome acquisition of the CH-148 and the cost of delays in project delivery.

Aleksi Korpela Defence Spending Procurement

DND’s Independent Spending Authority to Increase to $5 million

The Department of National Defence to increase spending authority on goods and services to $5 million. The change will take place in early 2016 and be instituted through a phased implementation process.

Procurement

Canadian Industry Visit to NATO March 7-9, 2016

The Joint Delegation of Canada to NATO and the Embassy of Canada in Brussels, Belgium are organizing a Canadian industry visit to NATO Headquarters in Brussels and the two major NATO procurement agencies, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) in Brussels and the NATO Support Agency (NSPA) in Capellen, Luxembourg. The visit will take place March 7 – 9, 2016, and include several networking and business-to-business engagement sessions with local companies and stakeholders from Belgium and Luxembourg with the support of the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC).

Aleksi Korpela Canada Procurement Security, Trade and the Economy

The F-35 and the Declining Canadian Dollar

The recent decline of the Canadian dollar in relation to the US dollar will have a significant impact on the procurement of a replacement aircraft for the ageing fleet of CF-18s. Prospects look increasingly bleak for the F-35, but the aircraft still remains a strong competitor.