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Ottawa won't say if it penalized Gripen jets in 2021 analysis
National Defence declined to share evaluation details after reports said a risk factor lowered Saab's Gripen E score to 33% versus the F-35's 95% in the 2021 competition.
- Asked about the 2021 evaluation, National Defence said it declined to disclose how bids were scored, citing procurement integrity, after a leaked scorecard showed the F-35 at 95 and Gripen at 33.
- Documents show Ottawa added a risk coefficient that reduced the Gripen's scores, and the 2021 report remains unpublished after a Radio-Canada leak triggered an internal investigation.
- Saab responded that Gripen met or exceeded 2021 requirements and pointed to a 2025 autonomous test flight, defending its aircraft's capabilities.
- At stake is Canada's fighter procurement, with the government refusing to disclose 2021 evaluation scoring details amid political debate over the F-35 and Gripen options.
- The procurement has long been politicized, with Saab floated a production hub creating 10,000 jobs and Pete Hoekstra warning that failing to buy all 88 F-35s could alter NORAD arrangements this year.
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The Toronto Star+5 Reposted by 5 other sources
Ottawa won’t say if it penalized Gripen jets in 2021 analysis
OTTAWA - National Defence is refusing to disclose how it analyzed competing fighter jet bids after a Swedish media report suggested the evaluation was weighted against Saab's Gripen E.
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Winnipeg Free Press+24 Reposted by 24 other sources
Ottawa won't say if it penalized Gripen jets in 2021 analysis
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
·Winnipeg, Canada
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This report follows the leak of the federal government's 2021 evaluation sheet. The post Ottawa will not say whether it penalized the Gripen aircraft in its analysis of 2021 appeared first on Les Affaires.
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