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Bv206 MOSV or SUSV – Parts Procurement – MERX NPP –
June 2011 What's in a Name? Bv206 SUSV or Medium Over-Snow Vehicle? Between 1983 and 1985, the CF took delivery of 78 Swedish Bv206 Medium Over-Snow Vehicles. All these Bv206 MOSVs had 5-cylinder Mercedes diesels engines. Now DND is looking for spare engines for an SUSV – the US Army name for its later M973 Bv206. 
This later US Bv206 variant is powered by a totally different diesel engine – an inline 6-cylinder of the
type DND is requesting in this NPP. The question arises: why is DND looking to replace engines in a Bv206
variant not currently in Canadian Forces inventory? Or isn't it? Have the CF taken on some numbers of the
more powerful US version of the MOSV? If so, why and who's using the SUSVs?Read CASR commentary on Bv206 MOSV engines and this SUSV Spares NPP |
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Leopard 2 ARV – Armoured Recovery Vehicle – NPP – Apr 2011 Leopard 2 Tow Trucks: Armoured Recovery Vehicle Conversions DND asks for 8 ARV conversions with options for another 4 conversions – adding two more options to the total combined number previously covered by the Tank Replace- ment Project ( TRP ) and Force Mobility Enhancement ( FME ) project LOIs combined. 
Even if DND planning approaches continue to mystify the Canadian citizenry, the outcome of the ARV NPP will
hold few surprises. There are two available choices for Leo 2 conversion to ARV. These are the previously
mentioned BPz 3 Büffel and the BPz Wisent 2 conversion by FFG (Flensburger
Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft) offered in both ARV and AEV configurations. In other words, the choice is between
Rheinmetall and FFG.Read CASR commentary on this Armoured Recovery Vehicle conversion NPP |
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CF-18 Armament – 1000 lb Practice Bombs and Fins – MERX NPP – March 2011 CF-18 – 1,000 lb Mk 83 Practice Bombs and Fin Assemblies 
During NATO's 1999 action against Serbian military targets in Kosovo, Canadian CF-18s dropped nearly 200
tons of bombs. In the 12 year since, no CF-18 has deployed overseas for a combat mission let alone drop bombs
'in anger '. So why is DND ordering 300 practice bombs and 1000 sets of fins to go with them? Well,
practice does make perfect they say.Read CASR commentary on these two DND NPPs for CF-18 bomb components |
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CCV Project – Close Combat Vehicle – NPP/SOIQ –
Sept 2010 Close Combat Vehicle (CCV) Project: MERX NPP/SOIQ Revised 
DND insists that CCV be a MOTS combination of off-the-shelf platform and turret. Then DND demands a level
of armour protection unheard of on existing hulls. Small wonder suppliers put forward the same candidate
vehicles submitted for two UK FRES contests. No supplier would risk integrating a different turret
system onto a hull for a modest order of 108 vehicles. Nor will suppliers develop new armour packages when
responding to an NPP/SOIQ specifically demanding a Military-off-the-shelf 'solution'.Read CASR commentary on this revised DND NPP/SOIQ for the CCV Project |
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Night Vision Equipment – Finger Lights – MERX NPP –
May 2010 DND Encourages Finger-Pointing: New Night Vision Finger Light 
As the name suggests, a 'Finger Light' is a miniature flashlight worn on the index finger. The light emitted is
compatible with night-vision goggles and the like. Generally, a toggle on the side switches the light on and
off, making finger lights a relatively 'hands-free' source of discrete spot illumination for map
reading.Read CASR commentary on Tactical Finger Lights and this DND NPP |
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Artillery Fire Locating – AN/TPQ-48 LCMR Upgrade – MERX NPP –
May 2010 Transceivers for CF's LCMR (Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar) 
The Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar is part of DND's ISTAR counter-IED sub-project. Two LCMR were
deployed to Kandahar in 2006, along with its sound ranging counterpart, HALO (Hostile Artillery Locator). HALO
(by SELEX/Finmeccanica) proved rather limited (being a direction only system) but the LCMR can track an in-coming
round 30° in elevation while giving 360° coverage. This NPP is to provide the CF LCMR with new transceivers
compatible with Tactical Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies. The NPP emphasizes TFOCA-II but this really only means that
replacement transceiver sets must mate with second-generation military cable connectors. (TFOCA stands for a Tactical
Fiber Optic Cable Assembly ruggedized for military use.)Read CASR commentary on the AN/TPQ-48 LCMR and the new tranceiver NPP |
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CF-18 IMP – Radar Warning Receiver Installation – MERX NPP –
April 2010 CF-18 IMP AN/ALR-67(V)3 Radar Warning Receiver Installation 
The Raytheon AN/ALR-67(V)3 Radar Warning Receiver set is one part of DND's CF-18 Incremental Modernization
Program. As the name suggests, this set warns CF-18 pilots when their aircraft are being 'painted' by hostile radar.
A Foreign Military Sales notification was filed with the US government to allow Canada to purchase
59 AN/ALR-67(V)3 sets as well as spares, support equipment, and training. These Raytheon sets would then
replace CF-18's existing 1970s-vintage NorthropGrumman AN/ALR-67(V)2s. But this NPP is just for installation of
RWR.Read CASR commentary on CF-18 RWR and the AN/ALR-67(V)3 Installation NPP |
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