Canada and Italy have entered talks for Canada’s purchase of M-346 advanced jet trainer aircraft.
The announcement was made after a meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains.
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The jets are designed and produced by Leonardo, one of Italy’s largest aerospace companies.
It’s unclear how many jets Canada is looking to purchase.
The leaders say the agreement will enable the Royal Canadian Air Force to train in “state-of-the-art” equipment and build sovereign training capability.
Earlier this year, the International Test Pilots School of Canada ordered six Italian-made M-346 fighter jets for a new NATO training centre in North Bay.
Ya cause that’s what we need to spend our money on!!!
I wonder if Giorgia asked how the “Buffone ” is doing.
Why can’t we build jets here.We built the Avro Arrow.We build aircraft.
We can even make a Liberal version of the jet by adding an exquisite in flight menu and a weapons system that fires bundles of taxpayers cash at the adversaries
“Anonymous ”
Speaking about dumb, It’s “Acrobatic ” not “Areobic” which you also spelled wrong. “Aerobic” is correct.
As well “Mineral Resources” not”miniral resource.
A lot of dumb MAGAs here. These are for training, not aerobic shows. These are jets, not props. Italy is buying major miniral resource.
Anyone but our still largest trading partner because Liberal.
Did we not just sign a deal with Sweden? To buy Canadian Bombardier aircraft, built in Sweden.
Does the Liberal government have a clue as to what they are doing. They just announced that they are shutting down the Snowbirds airshow, until they can replace the old jets with turboprops. Now they are thinking of jets? Anybody in the planning department, or are they just announcing everything and going with what we object to the most?
I like how they are classifying these planes as JETS ! As far as I understand , they are turbo prop planes. Why on earth would we go back 60 years , when the world uses jets to train their elite pilots . Canada will be the laughing stock now of the world …
Supplying our troops with subpar equipment just so the LPC can stick it to Trump.and manipulate their emotionally unstable base
And what is Italy getting from us? Will it help our economy? Will the costs of food come down? Housing for all? No no and No! It will do nothing. These are trainer jets for the air show. Nothing more. They are to replace the old Tudors. Once again, Canadians will be fleeced of millions to pay for a frivolous thing.
One can hope that they are more reliable than the average Fix It Again Tony
Hey Carney, what are Italy buying from
us ???
You know like trade deals