Canada Taps P-8A For CP-140 Replacement Over Bombardier Offer

An illustration shows the Boeing P-8A in the colors of the Royal Canadian Air Force. 

Credit: Boeing
The Canadian government will buy at least 14 Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to replace an aging fleet of Lockheed CP-140s, rejecting pleas by Bombardier and some politicians to consider a homegrown variant of the Global 6500 business jet. The announcement by the Department of National...

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