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Sovereign loyal wingman: Can Canada turn a startup announcement into a real force multiplier for its future Lockheed Martin F-35A fleet? Sovereign loyal wingman: on March 5, 2026, Dominion Dynamics said in a Newswire release that it would invest an initial C$50 million to begin developing Canada’s first Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP), an uncrewed aircraft
Arctic defence plan, or an expensive confession that Ottawa waited too long to defend its own North? Arctic defence plan: On March 12, 2026, in Yellowknife, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled what Reuters reported on March 12, 2026 as a roughly C$35 billion package to expand northern airfields, build support hubs, and reduce Canada’s reliance
Religious exemption ruling: what does the March 3, 2026 pilot compensation ruling really change for Canadian aviation labour? Religious exemption ruling: However, the answer is more precise than the first wave of headlines suggested. According to HRD Canada’s March 6, 2026 report, the case centred on seven Air Canada pilots whose religious accommodation requests were
Volatus Mirabel hub: what, exactly, has changed since our October 22, 2025 report on the drone project at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX)? Since then, the public record has become much richer. Volatus Mirabel hub: On October 21, 2025, Volatus Aerospace announced a 200,000-square-foot secure innovation centre and manufacturing hub at Mirabel. The project targeted Canadian
TKMS CAE submarine agreement — could the partnership formalised in Ottawa on March 4, 2026 give Germany’s premier naval builder the decisive edge in Canada’s most consequential naval procurement in a generation? TKMS CAE submarine agreement: On the opening morning of the 94th Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) formalised a
Canadian surveillance aircraft worth a quarter-billion dollars are now flying from a base in Ontario — so why were they built in Texas? Canadian surveillance aircraft: That question sits at the heart of a growing debate over how Canada spends its defence dollars abroad. Essentially, the country’s own aerospace sector looked on from the sidelines.
Canada P-8A Poseidon procurement — why is Ottawa’s most expensive aviation purchase already falling behind schedule while the domestic aerospace firms that could have competed were never invited to bid? Canada P-8A Poseidon procurement: On February 19, 2026, the Department of National Defence (DND) announced that Boeing had joined the fuselage sections of Canada’s first
Who controls a fighter that wins by sharing information faster than it fires weapons? F-35 data sovereignty: In early 2025 and through late 2025, public debate sharpened across Europe about “kill switches,” software dependence, and what sovereignty means when combat power rides on code, encryption, and cloud-connected sustainment. Meanwhile, real-world tests kept pushing the jet
Gulfstream certification: has Transport Canada finally cleared the G500 and G600—and does that cool a trade fight that briefly put Bombardier’s Global Express in the crosshairs? Gulfstream certification: On February 20, 2026, Reuters reported that Transport Canada has now certified General Dynamics’ Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets, citing a Transport Canada type-certificate data sheet
Could Alberta DHC-515 waterbombers finally give one of Canada’s most wildfire-prone provinces the aerial firepower it has long needed? On February 17, 2026, Premier Danielle Smith stood before cameras at De Havilland Aircraft of Canada‘s Calgary offices. She announced a $400-million contract — what the province calls a major step forward in strengthening wildfire protection
