Competition heats up as Ottawa reviews options to procure costly F-35 fighter jets

The Boeing aerospace company has provided the Canadian government with cost and capability data for an advanced version of its F-18 Super Hornet fighter jet which Boeing suggests would cost $1.7-billion less for a fleet of 65 jets than the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter project that the federal government has temporarily put on hold.

PARLIAMENT HILL—The Boeing aerospace company has provided the Canadian government with cost and capability data for an advanced version of its F-18 Super Hornet fighter jet which Boeing suggests would cost $1.7-billion less for a fleet of 65 jets than the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth ...

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