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Airbus A220-500: is the 160-seat A220-300 certification programme becoming the commercial evidence Airbus needs before deciding whether to launch the long-discussed A220-500 stretch? That question sharpened on October 7, 2026. In a new Aviation Week interview with Airbus, Europe region president and head of commercial Europe Johan Pelissier offered a numerical indication of demand. He
Volatus Aerospace has opened its Mirabel drone factory—but what is taking shape inside, and how does Ukraine fit? The answer runs through aircraft engineering, autonomous flight software, operator training and a partnership connecting Ukrainian developers with Canadian manufacturing. On September 29, 2026, the company formally opened its 53,000-square-foot facility at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX), Québec
Can Éric Martel turn a Canadian business-jet leader into a larger military integrator as allied governments open their treasuries? Bombardier defence expansion: On July 30, 2026, Éric Martel, Bombardier Inc.’s president and chief executive officer (CEO) linked acquisitions, aircraft maintenance, and a Canadian military-modification site during the company’s post-results media cycle. Crucially, the immediate development
A220-500 launch timing now looks less certain after Reuters reported on June 5, 2026 that a Farnborough International Airshow reveal in late July is now “not probable” — but is this a delay, or a warning sign? The report, citing six industry sources, says Airbus is wavering over when to approve the stretched A220. However,
Did Airbus just close the CSeries sales campaign Bombardier began with AirAsia during the 2012 Silverstone Grand Prix weekend, before the Farnborough Airshow? AirAsia A220 order: Today, May 6, 2026, in Mirabel, Quebec, Airbus is turning that long courtship into an A220 breakthrough for AirAsia. The aircraft is Canadian-born, Airbus-backed, and finally aligned with a
Mirabel defence hub: is one Quebec site quietly becoming the industrial hinge between Canada’s fighter review and its airborne-surveillance competition? On April 21, 2026, MAS, an L3Harris company, and Lockheed Martin announced a new framework to pursue an F-35 Air Vehicle Depot in Canada. Yet a February 2026 L3Harris paper had already placed the same
Canada F-35 review: is Lockheed Martin coming to Quebec, Canada, to make threats? Canada F-35 review: According to Montreal daily La Presse on April 20, 2026, representatives of Lockheed Martin are due at L3Harris beside Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (YMX/CYMX) in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, for a public move tied to the proposed F-35 maintenance-centre project. Moreover,
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
UPDATE #2: Bombardier Gripen Canada: what changed after our November 10, 2025 report asked whether Canada might actually build the Saab Gripen at home? New information has also raised the stakes Notably, on November 10, we published our first look at the Bombardier–Saab idea (to read first). At the time, the concept still lived somewhere
Bombardier Gripen Canada: is this the moment a Swedish‑Canadian fighter line becomes real? On October 22, 2025, Sweden and Ukraine signed a letter of intent for up to 150 Gripen E fighters, instantly raising the stakes for Saab’s production capacity and vaulting Canada—through Bombardier—into the conversation about where new assembly lines could land. Two days
