Defence suppliers biggest winners of federal contracts in 2024

List topped by $11.2-billion RCAF contract awarded to aircrew training company SkyAlyne Canada

Kate Schneider
Kate Schneider is a U.K.-based reporter with experience working at the Oxford Political Review and the Canadian Law Review. Her work has also been published by the CBC.
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Kate Schneider

24 December, 2024 • 9 min read

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A pilot sits in a Royal Canadian Air Force plane stationary on the tarmac.

A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet pilot prepares to perform at the Aero Gatineau Ottawa airshow in Gatineau in this file photo from September 2023. (The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle)

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Canada’s military suppliers were the top recipients of government contracts in 2024, according to a new IJF analysis.

Overall, contracts signed by Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) totalled $13.6 billion, or 64.5 per cent of the total value of all contracts awarded by the federal government in 2024.

Defence suppliers biggest winners of federal contracts in 2024

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