{"id":39666,"date":"2018-01-24T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T15:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/24\/boeing-a-no-show-at-industry-day-for-canada-jet-buy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:17:01","slug":"boeing-a-no-show-at-industry-day-for-canada-jet-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/01\/24\/boeing-a-no-show-at-industry-day-for-canada-jet-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing a no-show at industry day for Canada jet buy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VICTORIA, British Columbia \u2014 Some 200 participants from seven countries took part in the first industry day for Canada\u2019s proposed purchase of a new fighter jet, but one company was notably absent \u2014 Boeing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada has announced it will buy 88 new aircraft in a project estimated to cost more than CA$16 billion (U.S. $12 billion), but Boeing has not said whether it will take part in the competition. Boeing has been involved in a dispute with Canada that started last year when the company asked the U.S. Commerce Department to investigate Canadian aerospace firm Bombardier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian officials said as many as 108 firms took part in Monday\u2019s gathering that outlined the basic parameters for a next-generation fighter jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada will now develop a list of suppliers \u2014 foreign governments and their aircraft manufacturers \u2014 who have expressed interest in the Canadian program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A request for proposals for the new jets is expected to be released in spring of 2019, said Troy Crosby, director general for defense major projects for Public Services and Procurement Canada, the federal department coordinating the acquisition. A contract would be awarded in 2021 or 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockheed Martin\u2019s F-35, Eurofighter Typhoon, the Dassault Rafale and Saab\u2019s Gripen are aircraft that could be considered. Industry sources say representatives of those firms took part in the Canadian meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials from Boeing were not involved, although members of the U.S. Navy, which operates the company\u2019s Super Hornet jets, were present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Boeing\u2019s dispute with Canada, the company claims that Canadian government subsidies allow Bombardier to sell its C Series passenger aircraft in the U.S. at cut-rate prices. As a result, the Trump administration brought in a tariff of almost 300 percent against Bombardier<\/a> aircraft sold in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\t