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A growing U.S.-based aerospace company with an Ottawa presence has received a $50-million contract extension to provide engineering support and equipment to Canada’s fleet of CF-18 fighter jets. Virginia-based Peraton announced the contract extension Tuesday. The firm provides logistics support to various systems on CF-18s as part of a long-term contract with the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces that is valued at nearly $400 million. “We look forward to continuing this valuable partnership and delivering the highest standards in maximizing fleet availability in support of Canada’s mission,” Greg Nelson, acting director of Peraton Canada, said in a statement. ....
On April 19, 2021, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the Liberal Government’s 2021 budget (Budget 2021). Budget 2021 is titled “A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience” and unveils CA$101.4 billion in new spending, along with certain policy developments. One of these new policy developments is Canada’s procurement for new fighter aircraft. Budget 2021 reaffirms Canada’s economic interests as a core principle of its procurement policy. 2017 policy In December 2017, the Government of Canada (the Government) launched a competition process for 88 advanced fighter aircraft, CF-18s, the biggest investment in the Royal Canadian Air Forces in more than 30 years (2017 Procurement). The contract value for the 2017 Procurement is between CA$15 to CA$19 billion. The 2017 Procurement was originally due to close in March 2020. However, in February 2020, the Government granted a 3-month extension to the deadline at the re ....
Canadian UAVs secures funding for development of Tasker January 27, 2021 Canadian UAVs has secured funding through TECTERRA’s BUILD Program for research, development, and commercialization of “Tasker”, a UAV tasking software product which builds on the success of SkySensus – a project to develop unmanned systems operations, airworthiness standards and training. Tasker is intended to build a UAV tasking platform, according to Canadian UAVs, streamlining the management and execution of BVLOS operations for oil-and-gas clients engaged in geospatial data acquisition. SkySensus is a R&D project funded and led by Peraton Canada for the commercialization of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) technology in unmanned systems. It is a collaboration between Canadian UAVs, Foremost UAS Range and Aerium Analytics. The project addresses many of the significant technical challenges that will advance safe BVLOS in Canada. ....
By Garrett Reim2020-12-14T23:09:00+00:00 Saab is offering to open two new aerospace centres as part of its Gripen E proposal for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project. The aerospace facilities, the Gripen Centre and the Aerospace Research & Development Centre, would be based in the greater Montreal region, the company announced at Aero Montreal’s International Aerospace Innovation Forum 2020 on 14 December. Source: Saab Gripen E Mission system software and hardware development, as well as integration, for the proposed Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Gripen E would be done at the Gripen Centre. The Aerospace Research & Development Centre would focus on a variety of aerospace technologies, including automation, artificial intelligence and “greening” technologies. That work may or may not be directly related to the Gripen E. Rather, the research and development would focus on next-generation aerospace technologies more generally. ....