Canadian American Strategic Review  —  Government Documents  CASR |  Background  Documents  |  In Detail  | Modest Proposal  |  Editorials CASR Government pages generally cover Government of  Canada procurement documents. However, official press releases are often the earliest indicators of the pending procurement and, sometimes,  the only publicly-available source of  information.  The CASR Docs pages listed below cover select GoC press releases and background papers related to procurement issues. Most have been issued by DND but others are from other government departments. DND suppliers are another source of relevant press releases. See: Industry Press Releases. CASR  DND Press Releases/Backgrounders are listed here in reverse chronological order.  DND/GoC News/Press Releases Relevant to DND Procurement February 2013 •  Non-Combat Ship Preliminary Funding: National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy The usual GoC fanfare over the NSPS but these 'preliminary contracts' seem rather skimpy. •  Industry Consultation Announcement for the Canadian Surface Combatant Project 'Second round' consultations with industry on future warships. But what of design skills? September 2012 •  Close Combat Vehicle Project:  Revised, Recommitted, Reset, Rebid A third 'final' Request for Proposals is issued for CCVs to accompany the Leopard 2s. August 2012 •  Maritime Helicopter Project Status: Update on the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone Delayed MHP delayed: Flogging 'Interim Maritime Helicopters' to a sceptical audience July 2012 •  A Big Move Forward for the Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) Project? When did Costing, Planning, and Reviewing become major procurement achievements? June 2012 •  Treaty on Open Skies: a Russian Surveillance Tu-154M Visits CFB Trenton DND Open Skies Background + details on Russian plans for future observation aircraft. •  Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle: Contract Award for the TAPV Julian Fantino announces Textron Systems Canada as the winner of  the TAPV contest. May 2012 •  Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV) Conversion: Leopard 2 Specialty Vehicles MERX Contract Award Notice: Tempest in a teapot for 1 x Rheinmetall ARV 3 Büffel? April 2012 •  Funding Search-and-Rescue: GoC Investment in Prevention & Response Lumping rather than splitting on SAR ... but still no sign of  'progress' on FWSAR. February 2011 •  Army Announces the Delivery of  First Upgraded Leopard 2A4M CAN tanks Rebuilt and uparmoured Leopard 2A4M CANs for the Tank Replacement Project. December 2009 •  Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance:  New Beechcraft ISR Aircraft US DoD announcement: 2 x King Air 300s to be modified for CF ISR use in Afghanistan. November 2009 •  SAR Techs Shine in Ice Floe Rescue but Southern-Basing Questions also Raised A Winnipeg-based CC-130 effected the rescue but local civilian plane was first on scene. •  Acquiring Military Vehicles for Use in Afghanistan – Leopard 2s as a Case Study The Auditor General reviews DND's behind schedule Tank Replacement Project (TRP). September 2009 •  Contract Award for the Canadian Coast Guard's new Mid-Shore Patrol Vessels Irving Shipbuilding Inc awarded $194M to start building 9 x Damen-designed MSPVs. July 2009 •  Backgrounder on CCV  —  Future Land Combat Systems'  Close Combat Vehicle DND outlines the CCV, a planned infantry fighting vehicle for the Canadian Forces. •  Backgrounder on FME Project  —  DND's Force Mobility Enhancement Project FME order to include Armoured Engineering Vehicles and 'tools' for the Leopard 2s. •  Backgrounder on TAPV  –  DND's Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle Project DND outlines the CCV, a planned infantry fighting vehicle for the Canadian Forces. •  Backgrounder on LAV-UP  —  DND's Light Armoured Vehicle III Upgrade Project DND outlines the LAV III  're-set' and rebuild/upgrade for the Canadian Forces. June 2009 •  Ministerial Announcement of a "new" Multi-Engine Utility Flight (MEUF) Already formed at CFB Trenton, MEUF consists of contractor-owned King Air B200s. July 2009 •  Small UAV (SUAV) System  —  'Turnkey' Lease Contract and Background Lease of  Boeing-Insitu ScanEagles SUAV services to support the CF in Afghanistan. February 2009 •  Canadian Coast Guard's On-Again, Off-Again MSPV Mid-Shore Patrol Vessels A slimmed-down MSPV requirement to better fit trimmed CCG budgets. December 2008 •  Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone — Delays and Contract Adjustments PWGSC/DND press release on delays to the Maritime Helicopter Project, 2008 style •  Canadian Forces CH-146 Griffons Heading to Kandahar – DND/CF News Release After much AF insistance that CH-146 utility helicopters were unsuited for Afghanistan! November 2008 •  LAV III Add-on Composite Armour/IED Protection Kits from EDOC/IBD Deisenroth More advanced AMAP-IED ceramic composite armour panels from Germany for LAV IIIs. June/August 2008 •  Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (SCFO) Report The Senate SCFO on the Canadian Coast Guard, Icebreakers, and Arctic Sovereignty. June 2008 •  News Release  –  CANADA FIRST   DEFENCE STRATEGY An html format version (of the pdf original) Canada First Defence Strategy press release. January 2008 •  Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules Purchase: News Release/ACP-T Backgrounder A $1.44 B GoC order 17 C-130J to satisfy their Airlift Capability Project - Tactical project. December 2007 •  Continuing the CP-140 Aurora Incremental  Modernization  Program (AIMP)? Cancelled in Sept 2007, back on by Dec but now only 10 CP-140s to be 'life-extended'. July 2007 •  Armed Naval Icebreakers – the Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships From Armed Heavy Naval Icebreakers to 'Slushbreakers' in multiple, painful moves March 2007 •  CCG Mid-Shore Patrol Vessels (MSPV) and Fisheries Research Vessels Fisheries and Oceans Canada Backgrounder on the Mid-Shore Patrol Vessel project. May 2006 •  Actros  AHSVS – the interim Armoured Heavy Support Vehicle System IOR order for 82 Mercedes-Benz Actros with armoured cabs for use CF in Afghanistan. •  New EROC Route-Opening Vehicles: South African Husky & US Cougar & Buffalo Expedient Route-Opening Capability vehicles for mine and IED detection and clearing. April 2006 •  Lockheed Martin Sniper – the AMIRS Targeting Pod for the Updated 'CF-18M' A new IR sensor/targeting pod for the CF-18's Incremental Modernization Program. March 2006 •  The Treaty on Open Skies and the CF Hercules' SAMSON Observation Pod "Snoop onto them as they snoop onto us". Open Skies Hercules observation aircraft.  CASR |  Background Documents  |  In Detail  | Modest Proposal  |  Editorials