Carney says Canada's Lockheed Martin fighter contract could be adjusted

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Carney says Canada's Lockheed Martin fighter contract could be adjusted

Reuters
Tue, March 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM EDT 1 min read

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday said if his ruling Liberals won a general election on April 28, Ottawa would look at how the planned purchase of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters could be adjusted.

Carney last week ordered a review of the C$19-billion contract, in part because he said Canada relied too much on the United States for security.

Canada, locked in a trade war with the United States, is committed to buying 16 F-35s but could look to other manufacturers for the remainder, he said at the time.

"We have alternatives to the F-35 so we will explore those, as the ministers of defense and procurement will explore how the F 35 program could be adjusted, including greater investment here in Canada, greater production here in Canada," Carney told a press conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He did not give details.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/carney-says-canadas-lockheed-martin-135841261.html

[ImNotGod]

1. The free world needs to distance itself from shithole USA, especially when security is involved. nt

[usonian]

2. "The U.S. regime will be overthrown when it costs the wealthy more than they gain in tax breaks" ... Marx

[Bev54]

3. The problem is the pilots having to be trained on different aircrafts.

I was kind of hoping they find a way to donate the 16 F35's to Ukraine or sell to other countries and we order all other planes from another country so our armed forces are trained on one aircraft.