It also reiterates the morass with which the entire military procurement system has been embroiled for years. “The Canadian International Trade Tribunal will not recommend that the contract awarded to Mack Defense LLC be cancelled,” the ruling reads. Late last week, the trade tribunal released a ruling calling on Public Works to re-evaluate Oshkosh’s design. RelatedBut Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense, which submitted its own truck design to the competition, challenged the government’s decision to award the contract to Mack Defense. The ruling by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal represents the latest blow to Canada’s troubled military procurement system, which the Liberal government has vowed to fix without offering any details.

Source: National Post May 24, 2016 17:45 UTC