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Showing posts with label F-35. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F-35. Show all posts
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...
Monday, January 29, 2018

RCAF to Fly CF-18s until 2032

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By: David Puglise, The National Post  Canada will squeeze even more flying time out of its aging CF-18s, keeping the jets operating for anot...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Canada Signs EOI to Purchase Australian F-18s

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DefenseWorld.Net News  The Canadian government has submitted an expression of interest to buy used Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from Au...
Friday, March 17, 2017

Will Super Hornet Acquisition Affect Arctic Sovereignty?

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By: Matthew Fisher, The National Post If the Liberal government goes ahead with its decision to purchase Super Hornet fighter jets instead o...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

F-35 Dominates At Red Flag With 15:1 Kill Rate

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Lara Seligman | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report - Aviation Week  The U.S. Air Force’s F-35A made its debut at the toughest Red Flag y...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

A Deeper look at the necessity of a mixed RCAF Fighter Fleet

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By: Alexis Amini, NATO Association  Despite the military and economic benefits of having a mixed fighter fleet composed of the 5th generati...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Lawson fears Liberals Fighter Jet plan too Pricey

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By: Laura Payton, CTV News  The former head of Canada's military says the Liberal government’s plan to buy an interim fighter jet fleet ...
Friday, October 28, 2016

U.S. Again Pitches F-35 jet to Ottawa as Liberals aim to Replace CF-18

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By: Daniel Leblanc, The Globe and Mail  The U.S. Air Force made a last-minute pitch to the federal government in favour of the Lockheed-Mart...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

F-35 exit strategy: Canada could pay about $313M to pull out of jet program

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By: David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen Canada could withdraw from the F-35 stealth fighter jet program on short notice by paying a little mo...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Liberals pay $33 million to stay in F-35 program

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By: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Canada has so far forked over more than $311 million to develop the F-35 — without any guara...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Sajjan: F-35 consortium agreement never seen as commitment to buy

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By TIM NAUMETZ, The Hill Times  A 2002 agreement Canada signed with the U.S. and seven other countries for development of the F-35 stealth w...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Coyne: Fighter-jet purchases more about politics than what military needs

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By: Andrew Coyne, National Post  Ever since the Liberals promised, during the past election campaign, that they “would not buy the F-35” ste...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Lockheed may shift F-35 fighter work away from Canada

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By: ANDREA SHALAL,  Berlin,  Reuters Top U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp is studying whether to shift work on its multibillion-dolla...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Liberals Miss Membership Payment to Stay in F-35 Consortium

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By: Murray Brewster, CBC News  The Trudeau government has missed the deadline for a multimillion-dollar payment that keeps Canada in the clu...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Sajjan: CF-18's Need Replacement Now

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By: Daniel Leblanc - The Globe and Mail  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has pushed the purchase of new fighter jets to the top of his prio...

Liberal Officials Explore CF-18 Replacement Options

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By: Daniel Leblanc - The Globe and Mail  The chief of staff to Procurement Minister Judy Foote sat in an F-35 simulator and fought against f...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Lockheed Tells Liberals - F-35 Attractive option for Arctic defence

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By: MATTHEW FISHER in Crystal City, Va. National Post THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE IN THE ARCTIC IS NOT MYTHICAL. IT RENOVATED 15 BASES THERE IN ...
Friday, March 11, 2016

US Still Waiting on Official Canadian Decision on F-35

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Written by: CBC-News The U.S. deputy secretary of defence says he'd like the Canadian government to make up its mind, one way or the o...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Canada to Remain as part of JSF F-35 Consortium

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Undated/Uncaptioned photo of F-35 from The Associated Press Published by: Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail  The Canadian government inte...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Cayouette: Statement of Requirements for CF-18 Replacement

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Fighter Replacement The Need for a Statement of Requirements BY RICHARD CAYOUETTE © 2016 FrontLine Defence (Vol 13, No 1) There is no doubt ...