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Canada Rejects Boeing Super Hornet For Fighter Replacement

Canada Rejects Boeing Super Hornet For Fighter Replacement
A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 in action over Iraq in 2015 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The government of Canada confirmed it has rejected Boeing [BA] as a finalist in the government’ project to replace its 76 aging CF-18 Hornet fighters. The government is seeking to acquire 88 new fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in a competitive process and on Dec. 1 it announced only Sweden’s Saab, offering the Gripen E, and Lockheed Martin [LMT], pitching the F-35, are the two remaining bidders eligible under the Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) procurement…

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