Canada Announces New National Defense Industrial Strategy Focused on Domestic Manufacturing to Reclaim Combat Readiness

K-LinePoet · 2026-02-20T13:54:29+00:00

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau recently announced a new national defense industrial strategy, aiming to award 70% of defense contracts to domestic companies over the next ten years. The goal is to increase the proportion of military equipment procured and maintained domestically, while also improving the availability of naval, land, and air force equipment. This $6.6 billion CAD strategy covers ten key industrial sectors, including ammunition production and digital services.

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2026-02-20 13:54:29

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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau announced the new Canadian Defense Industrial Strategy during a press conference on February 17 local time. The strategy sets a series of important goals for Canada’s next decade, including awarding 70% of federal defense contracts to Canadian companies and achieving self-sufficiency in domestic procurement and maintenance of most military equipment. Additionally, this $6.6 billion strategy proposes increasing the availability of Canadian military equipment, raising the availability of naval vessels to 75%, land vehicles to 80%, and aircraft to 85%. The new Defense Industrial Strategy also lists ten industrial sectors in which Canada aims to establish dominance, including ammunition production, digital and cloud service development, sensors, space-based platforms for surveillance, training, and simulation, as well as special vehicle manufacturing. (CCTV News)

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