Canadian Defense Industry Gets Early Warning On Next Big Contract

Canadian NATO AWACS service member (left) talking with Danish service member

A Canadian crewmember, left, served on a NATO E-3A Sentry mission over Europe earlier this year, but Canada has never operated its own airborne early warning aircraft.

Credit: NATO
A recent bonanza for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s aircraft fleet bypassed Canada’s aerospace industry. Ottawa has signed orders for 104 new military aircraft over the past 18 months, but none from Bombardier, despite a furious challenge for a contract that went to Boeing. As the government begins...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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