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pugs144 · October 16th, 2009, 11:15

Just had a discussion with someone from DLR. For what will be a lucrative contract, it would be preferred that the new rig be Canadian-built as opposed to giving that money to a foreign company. It wouldn't look good to give megabucks to an outfit in Australia, you know. Once the results from the trial have come in a SOR will be written and bids will be sent to industry.

It’s great to see the troops’ load carriage issues being addressed but there’s still a lot of work, hand-wringing, and teeth-gnashing to be done. Take something as simple as the attachment system itself for example. Are they going to go with MALICE clips? Is the CF willing to pay for the license to use the MOLLE system? If not, will we have to develop our own attachment system? How many rigs are we going to buy? To whom will they be issued? Who will this new rig cater to? If we go with a COTS design, how much are we willing to pay for the license to produce it? What are we going to do with the old CTS vests? Etc, etc.

Buying COTS sounds great and all but unfortunately there are logistical, political, and policy-driven forces at work here. It is changing, albeit slowly. Sad, but that’s the nature of the beast.

Whatever rig we end up with, it had better be RIGHT because we can’t keep having to get a new rig every time we go to a new TO.

October 16th, 2009, 11:15	#30
pugs144 Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: At the entrance to the Big Top	Just had a discussion with someone from DLR. For what will be a lucrative contract, it would be preferred that the new rig be Canadian-built as opposed to giving that money to a foreign company. It wouldn't look good to give megabucks to an outfit in Australia, you know. Once the results from the trial have come in a SOR will be written and bids will be sent to industry. It’s great to see the troops’ load carriage issues being addressed but there’s still a lot of work, hand-wringing, and teeth-gnashing to be done. Take something as simple as the attachment system itself for example. Are they going to go with MALICE clips? Is the CF willing to pay for the license to use the MOLLE system? If not, will we have to develop our own attachment system? How many rigs are we going to buy? To whom will they be issued? Who will this new rig cater to? If we go with a COTS design, how much are we willing to pay for the license to produce it? What are we going to do with the old CTS vests? Etc, etc. Buying COTS sounds great and all but unfortunately there are logistical, political, and policy-driven forces at work here. It is changing, albeit slowly. Sad, but that’s the nature of the beast. Whatever rig we end up with, it had better be RIGHT because we can’t keep having to get a new rig every time we go to a new TO. Last edited by pugs144; October 16th, 2009 at 11:48..