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Federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne refused to confirm to reporters on Tuesday (Nov. 7) if the contract to purchase replacements for the RCAF’s fleet of CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft will be sole-sourced to Boeing, […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force has announced a series of flypasts across Canada to mark Remembrance Day 2023, in addition to its annual flight over Parliament Hill in Ottawa, which will be conducted with CF-18s. […]

Helijet Airways, the helicopter airline based in Vancouver, has announced the order of a pair of ALIA-250 eVTOLs from Beta Technologies of Burlington, Vermont. Both Beta and Helijet hope the battery-powered aircraft will be certified […]

In a news release dated Friday, November 3, Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND)announced that last Sunday (October 29), two Chinese Shenyang J-11 fighter jets made three intercepts of RCAF CH-148 Cyclone helicopters while on […]

The Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC), based at Breslau, Ontario’s Region of Waterloo International Airport, announced earlier this week that it has broken ground on a 3,300-square-foot (307 m2) expansion that will house its new […]

In an announcement posted on Van’s website Friday (Oct. 27), founder and principle designer Dick VanGrunsven cited a serious cash flow situation that will cause shipment delays and the suspension of kit orders, refunds and […]

Lightning struck and severely damaged the tail rotor assembly of a Helijet Sikorsky S-76 helicopter midway between Vancouver and Victoria on Tuesday. The aircraft was cruising in IMC at around 4,000 feet ASL when lightning […]

In a study funded by Canada’s Department of National Defence, a highly regarded British think tank specializing in defence and security matters concludes that Canada’s CF-18 force “is in crisis,” citing low morale, high rates […]

“In a country like Canada, with the natural resources that it has, with the competences in the industry that it has, with the many players of the industry…it would be really bizarre in my view […]

Six cities spread across the western U.S. have submitted reams of supporting documents in their bids to be the new home of the National Championship Air Races (NCAR), previously known as the Reno Air Races. […]

Bombardier made the announcement this past week at the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) annual conference in Las Vegas. “It was like yesterday that we started the deliveries,” said Bombardier CEO Éric Martel on Monday. […]

Northern Ontario’s Sault Ste. Marie airport is to receive $660,000 in funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor), the federal government’s entity used to channel funds for the economic development of […]

Atlantic Canada Aerospace and Defence Association (ACADA) honoured four companies with 2023 Industry Excellence Awards. Black Arcs Inc., Duxion Motors, Genoa Design International and IMP Aerospace & Defence were recognized for their respective contributions to […]

Pratt & Whitney Canada, the quasi-independent division of U.S.-based Pratt and Whitney, has recently obtained a type certificate for their new PW127XT-L, a turboprop engine designed for regional airliners. The first type certificate issued to […]

A Piper PA-34-200 Seneca crashed near Chilliwack airport shortly after 2 pm PT Friday afternoon (Oct. 6) killing all of the three people on board. The crash site was about 300 metres south of the […]