Airbus Defence and Space and PAL Aerospace have announced a strategic partnership for the provision of In Service Support for C295 aircraft operated by members of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. It builds on the existing partnership for Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) program.

The Royal Canadian Navy has sent HMCS Vancouver to assist the people of New Zealand affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the South Island on November 14.

TAURUS Systems GmbH (an MBDA Deutschland GmbH and SAAB Dynamics AB joint venture) has handed over the first lot of TAURUS KEPD 350K stand-off missiles to the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF). TAURUS weapon system will provide RoKAF with the most advanced stand-off and deep strike capability currently available on the world market.

Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan today completed a successful visit to United Nations headquarters in New York, NY, where he met with UN, US, and African officials, and reiterated Canada’s commitment to United Nations peace operations as part of Canada’s broader efforts to re-energize Canadian diplomacy and leadership on the world’s stage.

The ministers of Foreign Affairs, International Development and La Francophonie, and National Defence have announced that the Government of Canada has deployed the Canadian Disaster Assessment Team (CDAT) to Haiti and set aside up to $3 million as an initial humanitarian response for those in Haiti and other countries in the region affected by Hurricane Matthew.