Canada Was Going to Buy 88 F-35s — Today It’s Only Committed to 16 and Hedging on 14 More as Saab Pitches the Gripen Alternative
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Canada Was Going to Buy 88 F-35s — Today It’s Only Committed to 16 and Hedging on 14 More as Saab Pitches the Gripen Alternative
Canada committed in 2023 to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters to replace its CF-18 fleet — today it has firmly committed to only 16, with long-lead component payments hedging another 14 aircraft. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has refused to set a deadline on its review of the program amid surging prices and deteriorating ties with Washington, while Sweden’s Saab is pitching a Gripen E alternative built around a secure Montr…
Canada decided to buy F-35 fighters, then it decided not to buy them, then it decided to buy them anyway, and now it may not buy them, at least not all of them. Canada's fighter procurement saga continues, according to Reuters. Most recently, the country's Prime Minister Mark Carney put the purchase of a total of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters under reconsideration amid tense relations with the United States.
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