In 2010, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government announced a sole-source deal to purchase 65 F-35s for the RCAF at a cost of ...

Article Summary – Canada’s Eurofighter Typhoon decision was never really about engines or agility. Ottawa’s CF-18 replacement race collided with NORAD’s “2-Eyes” security rules and rigid ...

Twelve retired senior Royal Canadian Air Force officers have written to Prime Minister Mark Carney warning against reducing Canada's planned 88-aircraft F-35A purchase in favour of Swedish Saab Gripen ...

Mixing the U.S.-built F-35 jets with a Swedish-made Gripen aircraft right now would be a mistake in operational, logistical ...

As Canada’s CF-18 fleet enters an unexpected fourth decade of service, the details of a nearly $1 billion upgrade package are settled. Credit: Department of National Defense With operators in Europe, ...

Key Points and Summary – Newly released data from Canada’s 2021 Future Fighter Capability Project show just how lopsided the country’s jet competition really was: the F-35 scored 57.1 out of 60 points ...

A state visit to Canada by top Swedish officials, including Defense Minister Pal Jonson, Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch and ...

Lockheed Martin has arrived at a $14.2-billion (C$19-billion) deal with the Canadian government to supply 88 F-35A fighter jets, with deliveries expected to begin in 2026. The deal includes the cost ...

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) plans to upgrade some of its ageing Boeing CF-18A Hornets with Raytheon Technologies’ APG-79(V)4 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars. The US ...

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) on 3 January ended its latest contribution to NATO’s Operation ‘Reassurance’ air task force enhanced air policing mission over Romania, which featured five Boeing ...