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Ottawa earmarks $1.5 billion to support RCAF’s new Husky tanker fleet
Contracts totaling $1.5 billion awarded to L3Harris MAS and Airbus will maintain nine CC-330 Huskys for mid-air refueling, cargo, and medical evacuation missions.
- On Monday, Industry Minister Joly and Procurement Minister Lightbound announced $1.5 billion in contracts to maintain the Royal Canadian Air Force's new fleet of nine CC-330 Husky aircraft over seven to 10 years.
- In 2023, Canada acquired nine Airbus Husky tanker-transport aircraft for $3.6 billion to replace the aging CC-150 Polaris fleet and improve mid-air refueling and transport capabilities.
- The Defence Investment Agency awarded two contracts totaling $1.1 billion to L3Harris MAS Inc. for equipment support, while Airbus Defence received $374 million for engineering services.
- These deals advance Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy by channeling spending to domestic firms, while helping the government meet its commitment to allocate two percent of GDP annually to defence.
- As the Husky aircraft arrive in 2027, maintenance agreements will sustain essential operations including mid-air refueling for fighter jets and transport for up to 300 troops.
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Ottawa inks $1.5 billion in defence contracts with Mirabel-area firms
The funding will go to maintaining Canada's new fleet of tanker transport planes that can refuel fighter jets and transport cargo and troops. The funding will go to maintaining Canada's new fleet of tanker transport planes that can refuel fighter jets and transport cargo and troops.
Winnipeg Free Press
Ottawa earmarks $1.5 billion to support RCAF's new Husky tanker fleet
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
The Defence Investment Agency – which was established in October by the Carney government to simplify and accelerate the approval of defence contracts – has retained the services of L3Harris MAS Inc. and of Airbus Defence and Space S.A. to provide long-term maintenance of the CC-330 Husky transport and refuelling aircraft fleet.
Canada awards $1.1 billion contracts to L3Harris Unit MAS for CC-330 Husky tanker fleet sustainment
The contracts include a 10-year maintenance agreement and a seven-year materiel support agreement, both with options to extend up to 20 years. Under these terms, MAS will support a fleet of nine Royal Canadian Air Force CC-330 Husky multi-role tanker and transport aircraft. Work on the programme will be carried out by MAS teams based in Mirabel, Quebec. The company already provides mission systems and sustainment services for several Canadian mi…
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