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Canada may slash its F-35 stealth fighter order from 88 jets to just 30

Summary and Key Points: Canada has selected Sweden’s Saab GlobalEye as its new Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at the CANSEC defense show. Built on a ...
National Security Journal on MSN

Canada is stalling on a big F-35 stealth fighter sale. America’s punishment playbook is already out

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has frozen the broader Lockheed Martin F-35A purchase, committing to only 16 ...
Ottawa Citizen

The Canadian military refused to release this photo, but we obtained a copy in the end. Here's how. | Analysis

Somewhere, maybe locked in a vault at Department of National Defence headquarters, is one of the rarest recent photos ...

Pentagon doubles down on Canada rebuke with demand for NATO spending road map, F-35 decision

After publicly freezing a historic Canada-U.S. defence forum earlier this week, senior Pentagon officials sharpened their ...
Aviation Week

Canadian F-35 Order Faces Cost Spike, Facility Delay And Pilot Shortage

A cost estimate jumped 46% in three years to C$27.7 billion ($20.2 billion) to complete the acquisition of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35As for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), the Auditor General of ...
Flightglobal

Top Canadian defence officials back F-35 acquisition as prime minister weighs full procurement decision

Although a final decision on Canada’s procurement of more US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters rests with Prime Minister Mark Carney, some of the country’s top defence officials are ...

Canada falling short on defense spending, F-35 review, Pentagon official says

The U.S. decision to suspend planned biannual defense ​talks with Canada follows deepening concern that Ottawa is failing to ...
Flightglobal

Audit projects Canadian F-35 acquisition costs will nearly double

The cost of Canada’s stealth fighter acquisition is soaring, years before the first jets are even delivered. A report from the office of the Canadian Auditor General finds the Royal Canadian Air Force ...

Canada may walk away from most of its F-35 deal, and the decision could hit Lockheed while exposing a crack in North America’s air defense

Canada’s $20B F-35 deal is under fire. Could a fleet split with the Saab Gripen solve Ottawa's budget and climate headaches?
Aviation Week

Canadian F-35 Training Proceeding Despite Program Review

OTTAWA—Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilots recently started familiarization training on Lockheed Martin F-35As amidst an ongoing review of Canada’s acquisition plans for the stealth fighter. Seven ...