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P PROCUREMENT www.vanguardcanada.com AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015 31 REGISTER NOW! Join the LEDC, with the support of CADSI, for our 2015 Best Defence Conference Wednesday November 4, 2015 The London Convention Centre 300 York Street, London, Ontario, CANADA NEW this year – the option for display tables (limited space available) EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS OCTOBER 1, 2015 LEDC.com/Best-Defence For more information, contact: Heather Pilot 1 519 661 4957 hpilot@ledc.com made an effective contribution and strong collaboration was evident. One strand of this project's story was re- silience to airframe quantity changes. The project started with the goal of upgrad- ing 18 aircraft. In 2007, the government announced project cancellation but then quickly decided to upgrade 10 aircraft, assuming that the Aurora would be even- tually replaced with a new platform. In 2014, in a decision that deferred platform replacement, the fleet size was increased to 14 aircraft and sustainment was planned to the year 2030, with a further package of avionic and structural upgrades. The selected incremental strategy has worked. It has not been easy, or quick, as the relationship among the Crown and its industry suppliers has been both a hy- brid network and incremental contractual structure. The AIMP project compares favourably with the equivalent Australian project Air 5276. Three factors appear to stand out in this success. First, the practical and effec- tive use of taxpayer dollars and industrial capabilities enabled buy-in and project suc- cess. Second, support by the maritime air community, who continued to operate the platform during these prolonged renova- tions, was unstinting. And third, having one project manager, Mr. Bruce Lewis, throughout the entire project life has en- sured an unprecedented continuity of ap- proach. Land Force ISTAR The second of our three project cases is LF ISTAR, an omnibus project approved by Treasury Board in 2003. Its strategic in- tent was to progressively develop, deliver and evolve an integrated and interoperable sensor suite for the army. The operational output was to be a recognized land pic- ture supporting commanders and their decision-making. The acquisition concept was to acquire mature technology through ten sub-proj- ects. These sub-projects spanned command nodes, data links and wide-bandwidth communications together with electronic warfare, reconnaissance vehicles, radars, acoustic sensors and unmanned aerial ve- hicles. Most of the project is now delivered. All sub-projects had approval as of 2012 and two sub-projects remain to be contracted. The project office maintained architec- tural responsibility and coordinated across the spectrum of army functions — not an easy task. A number of sub-projects were acquired through Foreign Military Sales with the U.S. One of the more demanding aspects of this project was the acquisition and fielding

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