Defense Watch Watch: Good News for Once
So, last time I linked a document that ended with four recommendations for the NSP. 1. Open-up the non-contractually-binding umbrella agreements with Irving and Seaspan. 2. Cancel the Canadian Surface Combatant design competition and re-launch the entire procurement as an expedited fixed-price competition involving completely off-the-shelf designs. 3. Cancel the Joint Support Ship design contract and re-launch an expedited fixed-price competition for the immediate conversion of a second container ship into a supply ship. 4. Shelve the plan to build a heavy polar icebreaker in Vancouver and launch an expedited fixed-price competition for the conversion or construction of 4-5 medium icebreakers. The good news is that #4 is now being taken up. Davie Shipyard gets contract for three commercial icebreakers for Canadian Coast Guard. Considering how far behind the NSP is, this is good, though I suspect at least a big a consideration was cushioning eco...