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Irving Shipbuilding held a keel laying ceremony for Canada’s third Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Max Bernays. The ships are built using modular construction, and therefore do …
Keel Laid for Canada’s Third Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Read More Canada has been forced to temporarily halt its frigate acquisition program following a ruling from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CTT). In October, a team of Lockheed Martin Canada and …
Canadian Frigate Program Delayed as Trade Tribunal Investigates Complaint Read More Dassault Aviation has pulled its Rafale fighter jet out of Canada’s CF-18 replacement competition, expressing concerns about interoperability and intelligence sharing requirements for Ottawa’s future fighter. The concern appears to …
Dassault Exits Canadian Fighter Competition Read More Canada issued a draft solicitation for its CF-18 Hornet replacement program, giving bidders until the end of the year to provide feedback before a formal request for proposals is released …
Canada Issues Draft Solicitation for Fighter Jet Competition Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Senior Naval & Marine Power Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The decision by Canada to select the BAE Systems/Lockheed Martin bid for the Canadian Patrol frigate replacement has …
Type 26 Frigate – Emerging From the Shadows Read MoreBy Richard Pettibone and Ray Jaworowski, Analysts, Forecast International. Boeing and Embraer have confirmed that the two companies are engaged in discussions regarding a potential combination, the basis of which …
Embraer and Boeing Merger Would Round Out Aircraft Offerings Read Moreby Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 18 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and associated equipment to Canada as part of a potential deal …
U.S. Approves Canadian Super Hornet Deal that May Never Happen Read Moreby Douglas Royce, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Earlier this week, the U.S. Commerce Department took Boeing’s side in an ongoing dispute with Canada’s Bombardier after Boeing claimed that an …
U.S. Commerce Department Sides with Boeing on Bombardier Subsidy Fight Read Moreby Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Canada’s new Liberal government released its first defense budget in March, and the spending plan portends a continued struggle for the military’s troubled acquisition …
Canadian Defense Budget Resorts to Old Tricks Amidst Acquisition Delays Read MoreBy Derek Bisaccio, Middle East Analyst, Forecast International. On January 2, Saudi Arabia carried out the execution of 47 people on terrorism charges. Among those executed was Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, a …
Will Saudi Executions Affect LAV Purchase? Read More