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De Havilland Canada is planning to double production capacity for its DHC-515 amphibious firefighting aircraft after securing CA$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in financing.

Saab has selected a Nova Scotia-based company to establish a final assembly line in Canada if the Swedish manufacturer’s Gripen fighter wins an order from Ottawa.

The Royal Canadian Air Force has received its first two Lockheed Martin CF-35As at Luke AFB, Arizona, on Oct. 22 for predelivery training.

The Canadian Defense Department has committed CA$20 million ($14 million) to support NordSpace's Atlantic Spaceport Complex.

Airbus Helicopters says the H175M could include more Canadian content and be assembled locally if chosen for Canada’s nTACS rotorcraft program.

NorthStar Earth & Space, a startup providing sats for space situational awareness, debuted as a publicly traded company but saw its stock price lose ground.

The Canadian government has signed a nonbinding term sheet with Saab in a new step toward buying the GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft.

Bombardier quickly responded to President Donald Trump’s post on social media calling to ban the sale of Bombardier jets in the U.S.

NordSpace secures $7 million in new public-private funding to accelerate development of Canada’s Atlantic spaceport.

Saab has reiterated its intention to build an aerospace hub in Canada that would be capable of producing the Gripen E/F fighter, should Ottawa decide to split buy its combat aircraft fleet.

On June 2 Canada signed a $1.88 billion contract for 26 Lockheed Martin-made HIMARS launchers and a preliminary stock of surface-to-surface missiles.

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Canada’s Volatus Aerospace is exploring the potential of autonomous firefighting with the developer of a Spanish uncrewed amphibious aircraft.

The Canadian government on Aug. 7 announced the conditional sale of 10 retired Lockheed Martin C-130Hs to British Columbia-based Coulson Aviation.

Canadian satellite services provider Telesat has signed a C$2.3 billion ($1.6 billion) deal with the Canadian government to expand its Lightspeed network and provide Ka-band service to the armed forces.

Germany, Sweden, Canada and the U.S. are expanding launch infrastructure as military demand strains existing spaceport capacity.

Bombardier is searching for a site in Canada where it can perform defense-related modifications to its business jets, including to the Global 6500 long-range business jet used as a GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, and other aircraft.

As Canada joins GCAP as an observer, governments and industry are working out how to manage the next steps in this ambitious fighter program.

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Canada has formally joined the Global Combat Air Program as an observer.

Canada is expected to join the British-Italian-Japanese GCAP fighter program as an observer, signaling interest in its next-generation stealth aircraft.

Canada will open a military-industry hub in Mirabel, Quebec, to advance the domestic drone industry, Defense Minister David McGuinty said on July 14.

The U.S. military’s key intelligence partners will soon be able to use the U.S. Space Force’s new domain awareness platform ATLAS thanks to forthcoming upgrades.

Canada’s Dominion Dynamics has raised a $100 million Series A round to further develop its Scout CCA and AuraNet command-and-control platform for the Arctic.