OTTAWA -- Airbus and Boeing are worried that recent changes to Canada's CF-18 fighter replacement programfavor Lockheed Martin's F-35, and the companies have formally expressed their concerns to the governmentprior to the release of a final request for proposals. Saab officials have also voiced similar concerns about theprogram. Recent changes stemmed from Pentagon threats to remove the F-35 from the competition. Draftprogram requirements currently place an emphasis on strategic attack during foreign operations, which is seenas favorable to the F-35.
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机译:渥太华-空中客车公司和波音公司担心加拿大CF-18战斗机更换计划的最新变化 r n偏爱洛克希德·马丁公司的F-35,而且两家公司已在向政府发布最终版本之前正式向政府表达了担忧。征求建议书。萨博官员也对这个计划表示了类似的担忧。五角大楼威胁要将F-35从竞争中移除,这是最近的变化。纲领草案要求目前重点放在国外作战期间的战略进攻上,这对F-35有利。
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