New Push for Airships – For Arctic Missions

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a Canadian non-partisan think-tank, has published a paper written by US Navy Lieutenant-Commander Cam Kovarek on the merits of using Lighter Than Air aircraft (LTAs) to secure the Arctic for both the […]

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Feds Loan $52 Million to Thompson Airport

The Canada Infrastructure Development Bank (CIB) announced this week that it has reached an agreement with northern Manitoba’s Thompson Regional Airport Authority (TRAA) to lend it $52 million for the redevelopment of the airport, including […]

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Some of this Week’s Other Highlights in Brief

The RCAF CC-150 Polaris aircraft that was involved in a collision with a French air force Airbus A400M in Guam last July after the un-chocked Polaris rolled into it (see 2023-09-16 Weekly Update) will be […]

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US Ambassador Puts Pressure on Canada to Buy Boeing

U.S. ambassador David Cohen has reportedly sent a letter to federal cabinet ministers urging them to continue through with the purchase of Boeing P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft to replace the aging fleet of Lockheed CP-140 […]

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Two Canadian Astronauts Given Mission Assignments

Pilot Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to crew Starliner-1, which will transport him and three other astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month mission, which is expected to launch in 2025. The […]

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