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Ottawa paying Lockheed Martin $1.5 billion to maintain Hercules transport aircraft - BNN Bloomberg
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OTTAWA — The federal government says it will pay Lockheed Martin $1.5 billion through an updated contract to maintain and upgrade the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Hercules transport aircraft.
The Hercules aircraft provide logistics support to military operations within Canada and overseas, including disaster relief, by transporting passengers, supplies and equipment long distances.
Lockheed already had a contract to maintain the CC‑130J aircraft dating back more than a decade, and this will extend the partnership.
The new agreement consists of two contract amendments — one that extends in-ser…
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