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Defense News: Airbus Wins Potential $2.3B Search & Rescue Aircraft Replacement Contract With Canada


Canada has selected Airbus-built C-295 to serve as the next fixed-wing search-and-rescue aircraft and replace the country™s fleet of aging C-130s and Buffalo planes under a potential $2.3 billion contract, Defense News reported Wednesday.

David Pugliese writes Harjit Sajjan, Canada™s defense minister,  and Judy Foote, the country™s procurement officer, are set to announce the contract award Thursday at the Royal Canadian Air Force base in Ontario.

Other competitors for the FWSAR project included Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Embraer, industry sources told Defense News.

Airbus™ defense and space business has collaborated with CAE (NYSE: CAE), Pratt & Whitney™s Canadian arm, L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) subsidiary Wescam and PAL Aerospace for the project.

The Canadian air force expects Airbus to complete aircraft deliveries by 2023 under the deal that would also include in-service support, the report added.

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