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It’s looks like the confusion continues within NDHQ and the government when it comes to the CF-18 fighter aircraft replacement. The Defence Acquisition Guide, released by the DND on Monday, states there will be a request for proposals issued for a new fighter jet. That indicates a competition. Well hold on there….that’s what it says alright. But now government officials say there is nothing holding them to that process since the guide, after all, is not set in stone.

Canadian Press has this article to explain the back and forth on Monday:

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OTTAWA – National Defence laid out its timeline Monday for replacing Canada’s aging fleet of jet fighters, saying a contract won’t be finalized until at least 2018.

But the Harper government was quick to say details in its long-anticipated defence acquisition guide should not be treated as gospel.

The document, which is meant to provide industry a snapshot of the military’s expected equipment needs over the next two decades, contains some 200 different pieces of kit, a schedule of when the government is expected to buy and roughly how much the programs are worth.