Canada seeks to strengthen industrial ties with the US on classified programmes
A NORAD fighter pilot monitors the Artemis II launch over Cape Canaveral. (Photo: US Air Force)
Ottawa explores expanding defence-industrial cooperation with Washington into sensitive programmes, an approach that could reshape NORAD modernisation, strengthen North American supply chains and create new opportunities for defence contractors.
The Canadian government has been signalling its interest in expanding defence-industrial cooperation with the US into the classified domain, in a move that could open new opportunities for companies on both sides of the border.
During a webinar conducted on 13 July by the US-based think tank CSIS, Joanne Lestracco, Canada’s Director General for Defence Procurement in Washington, suggested that Ottawa and Washington should consider moving beyond their existing arrangements for controlled non-sensitive technology.
“A lot of [Canadian] and American companies work really well together, are producing for each other and for other nations,” Lestracco claimed. “Why could we not do
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