It helps that the base plane is built in Canada, and that the PM made commitments to the Swedish king in November 2025.

kspacewalk2 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Worth noting that the base plane for one of the US-based contenders, the Aeris X by L3Harris, would also be the same Bombardier Global 6500 business jet.

	▲	rozab 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That one has the disadvantage of not yet existing, although South Korea has ordered

▲

866-RON-0-FEZ 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Or, consider that the smaller Saab better fits the mission profile for Canada, and may be cheaper to operate, all the while The Guardian is furiously beating off trying to turn this into a bigger story than it really is.

▲

xethos 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Cheaper to operate and mission-fit (debatable) is one thing, but the real question is: "Would this have happened without the US president's antics?"

▲

jleyank 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Unfortunately, there is nothing in the US system (as far as I can see) that prevents Trump-like behaviour being the new standard. There were three supposedly independent, contentious branches of Government. One is inert (legislature), one enabled Trump (SCOTUS) and the third, of course, is Trump. I am unaware of any mechanism that can change things.

▲

lysace an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Obviously not. Canada would gladly have kept paying 2x market prices just to stay in the good graces of the US, with a presumption of 'free' defense in exchange for paying so much.

This era is over. US defense companies now need to compete for real.

▲

munk-a an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Without the second election of Trump? It's likely. Canada's aircraft industry got majorly burned by the US in 2017 during his first administration and Biden didn't significantly reverse the impact in any way.

	▲	866-RON-0-FEZ an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Canada's aircraft industry got majorly burned by the US in 2017 Canada's aircraft industry has been on life support since long before Trump took office, having been forced to partner up with China. The C-Series was divested to Airbus, the Dash 8 isn't produced anymore, and all Bombardier proper produces are biz-jets.