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    Colt Canada liefert im Rahmen eines beschleunigten Beschaffungsprozesses mehr als 65.000 Gewehre an kanadische Truppen


    Colt Canada liefert im Rahmen eines beschleunigten Beschaffungsprozesses mehr als 65.000 Gewehre an kanadische Truppen

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-colt-canada-rifles-canadian-armed-forces-procurement-defence/

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    1. cyclinginvancouver on

      Ottawa is buying more than 65,000 new assault rifles from Kitchener, Ont.-based Colt Canada through an expedited procurement process that’s setting the standard for the government’s new Defence Investment Agency.

      The contract with Colt, which will begin with the purchase of 30,000 rifles over three years for around $307-million, will replace the more than three-decades old weapons currently being used by the Canadian Armed Forces.

      It’s part of the first wave of high priority procurements to be delegated to Ottawa’s new investment agency after it was created in October to streamline the otherwise sluggish process. As a result, Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr said delivery of the rifles will begin two years earlier than originally anticipated.

      Colt will manufacture up to 65,402 new assault rifles for the Canadian Armed Forces. The first 30,000 will be delivered beginning in 2027 and are general service rifles, meaning they’re for broad use across the armed forces and often serve as personnel protection or deterrence. Another 19,207 general service rifles and 16,165 full spectrum rifles, meaning they’re for use in frontline combat roles, will be procured starting in 2030, though the contract details for this latter half of the order are still being ironed out, Mr. Fuhr said.

      Ottawa says its spending on rifles will contribute roughly $10-million annually to Canada’s gross domestic product over the next five years and create 70 new jobs at Colt.

      On Colt’s part, the company has committed to ensuring its rifles contain at least 80 per cent Canadian content and generate knock-on economic effects through the country’s Industrial and Technological Benefits policy. Those same Canadian content requirements are likely to translate into other procurements underway at Colt, Mr. Fuhr said, such as the 50,000 rifles it’s delivering to Denmark.

      The ammunition used in the Canadian Armed Forces’ new rifles will also be made in Canada, though largely by a Quebec-based subsidiary of the U.S. defence giant General Dynamics.

    6. Euclidisthebomb on

      Not knowing exactly what the price includes I am refraining on the cost per unit. At some point the details will come out. I think it has to be for more than the bare unit.

      Both weapon and munition made in Canada is exactly what Canadians are requesting of government when possible. And a faster procurement cycle. This seems to deliver on both.

      Seemingly daily the Carney government is announcing new defence based initiatives. Some of them such as investments in drone and space will have civilian spin off applications.

      To me this government is walking the walk. There seems to be real intent to deliver. I don’t expect miracles to happen daily nor instant results on all of its initiatives. Trade agreements and outcomes from them are measured in years, not days and weeks. But I am encouraged.

    7. BaseCommanderMittens on

      Canadian production is great and all but I’m not a fan of the blatant monopoly. Colt Canada gets pretty much every gov’t contract at this point because no other companies really exist (probably because the same gov’t put them all out of business with dumb gun laws that killed civilian market sales). On the bright side, maybe this will at least spur some future competition…

    9. DukeandKate on

      A good start. As I understand our armed forces have been asking for this for quite a while.

      While we’re at it how about the Reserves? How about ammo?

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