Got to say that these announcements from both competing ship building yards are becoming tiring. I’d just like the government to make their selection and get on with it. And while I’m at, could we get a decision on the fighter jets? Sorry to sound so sour but I’ve been hoping for a sense of urgency from the government.
Hydrogen is great, particularly in aerospace. If the ground work takes place, we can plug into that infrastructure - it has 3x more energy p/kg than fossil fuels. Way lighter than batteries which means more useful load.
I always wonder what the enforcement mechanism on these promises are. I also suspect a lot of this type of stuff ends up as brownfields pretty quickly. They may be the lucky ones, that don’t limp along as unwanted, embarrassing, money-sucking subsidiaries for too long.
Or maybe all these promises just give the buying government some form of trading chits for when the obvious unsuitability of the proposals become apparent.
I would love to see the government scoresheet on this project, and I still think the downside of having to mollify the losing bid will be epic.
The follow-up on ITBs does take place. The Lockheed Martin $9.5 million support for the engines of an Air Inuit B737 just recently announced was part of the offset package for the C130Js under a DND contract signed in 2007.
Got to say that these announcements from both competing ship building yards are becoming tiring. I’d just like the government to make their selection and get on with it. And while I’m at, could we get a decision on the fighter jets? Sorry to sound so sour but I’ve been hoping for a sense of urgency from the government.
Hydrogen is great, particularly in aerospace. If the ground work takes place, we can plug into that infrastructure - it has 3x more energy p/kg than fossil fuels. Way lighter than batteries which means more useful load.
I always wonder what the enforcement mechanism on these promises are. I also suspect a lot of this type of stuff ends up as brownfields pretty quickly. They may be the lucky ones, that don’t limp along as unwanted, embarrassing, money-sucking subsidiaries for too long.
Or maybe all these promises just give the buying government some form of trading chits for when the obvious unsuitability of the proposals become apparent.
I would love to see the government scoresheet on this project, and I still think the downside of having to mollify the losing bid will be epic.
The follow-up on ITBs does take place. The Lockheed Martin $9.5 million support for the engines of an Air Inuit B737 just recently announced was part of the offset package for the C130Js under a DND contract signed in 2007.