DANIEL PROUSSALIDIS | QMI AGENCY Ca se precise http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2013/01/20130125-173215.html OTTAWA - The feds are playing quiz-master with fighter jet manufacturers, asking five companies for input on a draft questionnaire developed for the industry. The move is part of the government's new effort to evaluate the F-35, Super Hornet, Saab Gripen, French-made Rafale, and Eurofighter as replacements for Canada's old CF-18 fleet. "Describe the air-to-air, air-to-ground and anti-surface warfare weapon capabilities intended for operational use on the aircraft," the questionnaire asks manufacturers, among more than two dozen questions. The questionnaire makes no specific reference to stealth, but does ask for details of each plane's "probabilities of detection." Manufacturers have until Feb. 7 to give their input, so officials can develop the final questionnaire. A separate questionnaire will be developed to ask about costs. Meanwhile, the feds have awarded a $162,000 contract to management consultants Samson and Associates to evaluate the government's response to last year's auditor general's report critical of CF-18 replacement plans.