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Politics, Procurement Practices, and Procrastination: the CH-124 Sea King Helicopter Replacement SagaStephen Priestley reviews DND’s quarter-century long ( and running ) struggle to replace Canada’s CH-124 Sea King Shipboard Helicopters.
Part 1 — the MHP in the Current Political LandscapePart 2 — In the Beginning: the Search for a Sea King ReplacementPart 3 — “Slide!” ... Air Command Listens to its ‘Power Animal’Part 4 — ASW Rebranded: the New Shipboard Aircraft ProjectSidebar: Obsessing Over Size? or Just Missing the Point?Part 5 — Open for Business: the Contenders for the ‘NSA’Part 6 — Open for Business: the Contenders for the ‘NSA’ (Cont)Part 7 — Narrowing the Field and Racing for the Finishing LinePart 8 — “...‘The Effects of a Permanent Income On Thought’...”Part 9 — Widening the ‘New Shipboard Aircraft’ RequirementPart 10 – NSA Contracts ... ‘Buy Now! Do Not Pay Until 1995!’Part 11 – Out With the Old, ... the 1993 Federal ElectionPart 12 – Going ‘Green’: An Unexamined Option for the NSAPart 13 – Running Out of Time, Options, and AlternativesSidebar: Liberals Try Thinking Small With a Sea-Going GriffonPart 14 – the 1994 Defence White Paper and SAR HelicoptersPart 15 – “Once more unto the breach” — the MHP CandidatesPart 16 – “We had joy, we had fun; we had Sea Kings in the Sun”Part 17 – “... Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things ...”Part 18 – “... Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd ...”