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The federal government has awarded Bell Textron Canada Ltd. (BTCL) a contract worth $2.28 billion to extend the service life of the RCAF’s fleet of 82 CH-146 Griffon helicopters, which are a variant of the […]

. Azure, a Canadian company that hopes to be a leader in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in this country, has obtained over $6 million from the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), a federal crown corporation, […]

**Corrected** Sealand Flight of Campbell River, British Columbia, announced this week that it will be adding a battery-electric two-seat training aircraft to its training fleet later this month. Designed and manufactured by Pipistrel of Slovenia, […]

In a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force, a Second World War-era Avro Lancaster Mk. X bomber will tour Canada this summer, appearing in several air shows. While most of […]

Canadian Army General Wayne Eyre, Chief of Defence Staff, is set to retire this summer, according to an announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office Friday (Jan. 12). Last fall, the holders of the purse strings […]

Bombardier has been awarded a contract to sell at least one Global 6500 jet to the U.S. Army, according to an announcement on Wednesday (Jan. 3). Included in the contract is an option for the […]

As a follow-up to last week’s report of the crash of an Air Tindi de Havilland Twin Otter while attempting to land on the frozen surface of Lac le Gras in the Northwest Territories on […]

Airbus announced the sale of 40 additional A220-300s to the Lufthansa Group, whose Swiss subsidiary was one of the manufacturer’s first customers in 2016. “With today’s order for 40 additional Airbus A220s, we are continuing […]

In what is considered to be the excellent execution of a rescue operation, the two-person crew and eight passengers of a chartered Air Tindi Twin Otter were recovered after their aircraft crashed into terrain short […]

  In an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail on Wednesday (Dec. 27), Harvard professor Jeffrey Frankel suggests that the FAA is ill-served to provide air traffic control services in the United States. Frankel […]

Bombardier was presented with a most welcome Christmas gift in the form of an order for 12 Challenger 3500 aircraft, valued at U$326.4 million. A much-improved version of its predecessor, the Challenger 350, the 3500 […]

CubCrafters of Yakima, Washington delivered its 1000th aircraft to Bridger Aerospace of Belgrade, Montana. Bridger operates, among other aircraft, a fleet of six Canadair CL-415 ‘Super-Scooper’ turboprop aerial tanker fire-fighting aircraft and four piston-powered CL-215s. […]

  The government of Canada made simultaneous announcements on both the East and West Coast earlier this week that it has entered into a contract with U.S. manufacturer General Atomics for the purchase of a […]

According to a story published this week in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, the federal government received reports prior to the decision to sole-source the CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft replacement to Boeing for the P-8A […]

October 11, 2023, was an important date in the long and storied career of the de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo, for this was the last trip of what served as a workhorse for the RCAF […]