Canadian American Strategic Review  —  Government Documents  CASR |  Background  Documents  |  In Detail  | Modest Proposal  |  Editorials CASR Government pages generally cover Government of  Canada procurement documents. GoC and DND press releases are covered in our DND Press Releases index. Sometimes, the first,  or only,  publicly-available indicator of pending DND procurements. Such documents are published here (sometimes in edited form) along with an associated CASR commentary. CASR  Industry Press Releases / Backgrounders are listed in reverse chronological order.  Industry Press Releases/Backgrounders Relevant to Procurement February 2012 •  US VH-71 Presidential Helicopters Shipped North as CH-149 Cormorant Spares From prestige purchase to 'Hangar Queens' – CH-149 spares but no plans to fly them. June 2011 •  Danish Sea King Disposal: Yet another procurement lesson from the Danes Choose replacements, phase them into service, sell-off old type briskly. Tricky stuff this. April 2011 •  $1.3 B Cut from Defence  —  Bleak Future Plans from the Dutch The Netherlands provides an example of potential future defence budget cuts. February 2011 •  12 Surplus Swiss Pz87 Leopard 2s to Become CF Armoured Engineer Vehicles Swiss MoD on sale of de-armed Pz87 for future conversion to AEV for Canadian Forces. November 2010 •  Krauss Maffei Wegmann's improved Leopard 2A4M CAN heading for Afghanistan KMW press release on the first delivery of  Leopard 2A4M CAN tanks to Kandahar. May 2010 •  New Canadian-Made Automatic Rifles for the Danish Army – the C8 IUR M/10 Do Integrated Uninterrupted Receiver rifles for the Danes hint at CF's SARP II outcome? April 2010 •  Norway's Kongsberg Gruppen to build Medium-Calibre RWS in London, Ontario PMO and Kongsberg on MC-RWS unmanned turret (as proposed for the CCV contest). November 2009 •  Demonstrator for FRES SV – The British equivalent of the Close Combat Vehicle? BAE Systems unveils a new CV90 derivative specifically tailored to Britain's FRES SV. September 2009 •  SADI – Industry Canada's  Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative BAE Systems unveils a new CV90 derivative specifically tailored to Britain's FRES SV. •  Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel – Damen Shipyards Announces Award  for partner, Irving Damen announces order for 9 x Stan Patrol 4207 boats for the Canadian Coast Guard. August 2009 •  Danish Defence Chief, Adm TS Jørgensen, visits Nunavut to plan for future defence May 2009 •  Kelowna Flightcraft to Maintain CC-115 Buffalo and CC-138 Twin Otter fleets A 4-year renewable contract to KFL for heavy maintenance and other support services. February 2009 •  DHC-5NG  —  a New-Production Viking Buffalo Compared with the Italian C-27J An html version of  Viking Air's original pdf  type history and performance comparison. January 2009 •  A potential source for proposed Long Range Precision Rocket Systems (LRPRS)? DND wants precision-guided rockets, Denmark is selling its upgraded M270A1 MLRS. December 2008 •  Buffalo for FWSAR Project  —  First Rebuilt CC-115s and then New-Builds? Viking Air CEO, David Curtis, responds to desired FWSAR ACAN for 17 Italian C-27Js. November 2008 •  Orders for 48 additional Force Protection Buffalo and Cougar EROC vehicles An add-on order for more armoured vehicles for Expedient Route-Opening Capability. •  Extra C-17 equipment: Halvorsen 44K (aka TASLU) Rough Field Cargo Loader Measuring the true cost of buying C-17s by tracking all the add-on equipment costs. September 2008 •  Lockheed Martin News  –  CP-140 Aurora Structual Life Extension and new Wings Lockheed Martin announced both a $156M ASLEP contract and new wing production. August 2008 •  MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates and Project Noctua for leased MALE UAVs MDA joined forces with IAI Malat to offer leased Israeli Heron UAVs for Kandahar. July 2008 •  CH-146 INGRESS – Interoperable Griffon Reconnaissance Escort Surveillance L-3 Wescam/GoC press releases on Wescam MX-15 imaging systems for helicopters. June 2008 •  AOPS Project Definition, Engineering, Logistics and Management Support contract Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship DELMS from BMT Fleet Technology and Aker Yards Marine. •  CC-115 Buffalo FWSAR Aircraft – Spare Parts and Viking Air's Support Service Viking's David Curtis responds to perceived CC-115 misperceptions in press coverage. May 2008 •  Industry Canada's National Aerospace/Defence Strategic Plan "A Vision for the Aerospace and Defence Industry in Canada to 2025" from IC. •  CC-177 IRBs and Visual Analytics – Cash, Data Bases, and Pretty Pictures C-17 Industrial Regional Benefits from Boeing to SFU & UBC (with top-ups from NSERC). February 2008 •  Thales UK News Release  – Leased Watchkeeper UAV offered for Project Noctua Elbit Systems Hermes 450 Tactical UAV (Watchkeeper in British service) lease offer. September 2006 •  Thales Canada News Release  –  Elbit Systems CU-168 Skylark Miniature UAV Outlining Thales Canada's involvement with the 'Skylark Mini-UAV System Program'. August 2006 •  TOW-armed LAV TUA hulls to be converted to LAV III  Infantry Section Carriers GDLSC $49.2M contract to convert to LAV-RWS with Nanuk Remote Weapon Stations.  CASR |  Background Documents  |  In Detail  | Modest Proposal  |  Editorials