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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Questions Loom for Used F-18 Fleet with Budget Officer Report

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By: David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen The Defence department’s procurement chief says the Royal Canadian Air Force might not need the seve...

Friday, January 4, 2019

Canada Finalizes Deal for 25 Australian F-18s; RCAF will fly used jets Summer 2019

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By: David Pugliese, The National Post Canada has finalized a deal to buy 25 used fighter jets from Australia, the first of which are expec...

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

New RCAF Aircraft to be Operational in 2026; but No Decision on Replacement Yet

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By: David Puligese, The Royal Canadian Air Force will be operating the first nine aircraft from its new fleet of fighter jets starting in 20...

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Liberals Press Ahead with Second-Hand F-18s Amid Questions Over Who Will Fly Them

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The Canadian Press - The Kingston Whig-Standard The Trudeau government pressed ahead with its plan to buy second-hand fighter jets from Aus...

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

CF-18 Replacement Delay Fueling Exodus of Pilots from RCAF

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By: Bruce Campion-Smith, The Toronto Star OTTAWA—The oft-delayed purchase of new fighter jets is contributing to a flight of pilots out of t...

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Norway's Experience with F-35 Procurement is a Lesson for Canada

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By: Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International s the federal government embarks on a much delayed and criticized quest to find a replacemen...

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Auditor General Slams Government Plan to Maintain CF-18 Fleet Until 2032

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By: Murray Brewster, CBC News Canada's auditor general has shot down the Liberal government's handling of the air force's aging...

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Smol: Trump Paying Attention to Canadian Defence Spending

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By: Robert Smol, CBC News Defence procurement is the government promise that keeps on rebooting. At the moment, Canada is preparing to purc...

Monday, June 18, 2018

RCAF Ups Used-Aussie F-18 Purchase to 25

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch Canada has boosted the number of used Australian fighter jets it is purchasing to 25 but the deal to acqu...

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Canada-US Trade Dispute Could Impact US Firms Out in Military Equipment Sales

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By: David Pugliese, The National Post U.S. President Donald Trump’s tirade against Canada and threats to punish the country could undermin...

Thursday, June 7, 2018

RCAF CF-18's Ground-Based Radars are Failing due to Age

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By: David Pugliese, Postmedia The ground-based radars key to supporting CF-18 fighter jets on domestic and international operations are fa...

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Canada Quietly Pays $54 Million to remain in F-35 Consortium

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The Canadian Press Canada has quietly paid another $54 million toward the development of the F-35 stealth fighter jets, bringing its total i...

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Still No Cost Associated with Used Australian F-18 Purchase

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By: Charlie Pinkerton , iPolitics Costs for the used F-18 fighter jets the government plans to purchase from Australia are still up in the...

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

CF-18 Replacement Program Does Not Account for Losses from Attrition

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch A Canadian government project to buy new fighter jets does not include replacement aircraft to deal with t...

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Dassault & Airbus Team-Up - What Does it Mean for the CF-18 Replacement

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By: Daniel Maillet, CAF Dispatch Author Breaking news was announced today from the Berlin Airshow that Dassault Aviation and Airbus are te...

Friday, April 13, 2018

Addressing the "Fighter Gap"

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