Could THIS is the beginning of Canada finally standing o its own two feet in national Defense, after the Avro disaster? A home-grown defense industry using home-grown technology?
The public sentiment is ripe for this initiative to NOT be suppressed by American narcissism.
The bugaboo is the bullet point
“On-site one-on-one continual interaction with Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) end-users, United States (US) Government - Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD), and science experts.”
To what extent will the Americans dominate the ownership of the intellectual property rights demonstrated at this event?
90%+
A significant portion of the US military budget goes to R&D. Prior to the mango taking a second term they made a lot of that back selling the tech to “allies”. Bit less so these days…
A significant portion of the US military budget is spent on graft, kickbacks, and outright fraud, disguises as research. Boeing is a case in point.