F-35’s Stealth Offshoots missing from B.C. Media Radar
Oct 11th, 2010 by kevinhung
As soon as the Harper Government announced its intention of purchasing the Lockheed Martin F-35 Stealth fighter, media anti-aircraft batteries opened fire along the border from Vancouver to Montreal. If the mainstream media and federal opposition parties have their way, decision on the purchase will be delayed until the Liberals are returned to power and drive the stake through the dragon’s heart.
Surprise, surprise…BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER reports that the first beneficiary of the F-35 project in Canada is not Montreal, Toronto, or Winnipeg. It’s us! NGRAIN of Vancouver has developed a pricey interactive 3D flight simulator for the F-35 that the US Air Force loves and even the Australians may purchase. NGRAIN is negotiating a 20-year contract with Lockheed, and it will certainly be used by the Canadian pilots.
That is the software story, lets get to hardware. Avcorp Industries of Delta has signed a deal with BAE Systems to supply airframe components for the US Navy version of the F-35. Since the average Canadian F-18 pilot is ten years younger than his aircraft, lets get on with it!